Beech Spoon

[Kepis]

Made a small serving spoon out of some Beech that was at the bottom of the wood pile, was tough going, but worth it.

The spoon is pictured resting on the opposing half of the log that bore it, and out of which im hoping i will be able to get an eating spoon at the very least.

side view

The spoon was completed with a fine tooled finish and then oiled with pure Tung oil to protect the spoon from food acids and to really make the grain patterns pop.

 

[Hugo]

Lovely grain pattern and tooled finish Kepis mate, just looking at the other half of the log you can see that it is dry and hard going if worked.

 

[copper_head]

Very nice work.

 

[cumbrian_pete]

Beautiful spoon, I wish mine would look like this

 

[maddave]

Cool design there...

 

[Harvestman]

Excellent as usual. I'm just getting the hang of the simple oval bowl shape, never mind something with lovely edges like this one.

Beech is such an under-rated wood.

 

[Albus Culter]

Very nice job. Nice looking spoon and love beech.

 

[Niels]

What a beauty

 

[British Red]

That beech really looks nice

 

[outdoorpaddy]

Absolutely beautiful work, wonderful grain patterns as well. Carving Beech when its not green is very difficult indeed!
Great stuff as always!

paddy

 

[Macaroon]

You certainly know how to get the tooled finish spot on! That's a very nice spoon indeed............atb mac

 

[MartiniDave]

Hi Mark,

That one is jaw-droppingly good. Did the crank in the side profile come from the log, or is there a technique for getting that shape?

Dave

 

[crosslandkelly]

Very nice spoon.

 

[Kepis]

Thanks for the comments guys - appreciate it.

@Harvestman - You are spot on Beech is very under rated, i love using the stuff, even the 'standard' grain is incredible.

@Red - cheers mate, going to see what the other half of the log produces later.

@MartiniDave, the spoon came from a straight log, i carved the crank in with the axe, it's fairly easy to do, i made a short video last week while i was up in my woods that shows the technique i use to do it, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n43pTlDQUaw, it may not be the best way, but it's the way that works for me..

You do have be careful of the large amount of end grain in the handle when using this technique though, if you study the side elevation pic above you will see the grain running from the back of the handle to the front surface, but, as the grain is long in relation to the thickness of the handle it's retains strength, not as much as using a cranked branch, where the grain follows the shape of the spoon, but it's still strong.

 

[Turnstone]

A beautiful spoon, thanks for sharing!

 

[MartiniDave]

Thanks Mark, that's this lunchtime's you-tube sorted out.

Dave

 

[Dean]

I'm with Mad Dave "a cool design" also what a beautiful pattern on the the grain, nice work Kepis.

 

[Mesquite]

Beautiful work as usual Mark

 

[Steve13]

very nice that man

 

[Elen Sentier]

Love the swan-neck shape and the colours are glorious. Lovely piece of work.