Birch burl Kuksa

[addo]

Finally finished and dryed, soaking in oil at the mo.
The handle ended up a bit off centre but comes in handy when holding in the left hand.










Going off to finish my spoon now, cheers for looking.

Addo

 

[HOUGHTON PIG]

fantastic looking kuksa. I take it you didn't carve it with the pen knife??

 

[addo]

Cheers, Some of the finishing with the SAK, the rest with a small sami knife, spoon gauge, axe and cheated a bit with a bit and brace to start off the bowl

 

[Kerne]

Beautiful! I quite like the assymetry - gives it a much more organic feel.

 

[HOUGHTON PIG]

Bit and brace hey, now theres an idea. I just carved the bowl on my first Kuksa out of seasoned chestnut. You might call it cheating a bit, but I wish I'd used a one, I might not have such blistered hands

 

[hen]

that is beautiful.

 

[DoctorSpoon]

That's great - and it's a beautiful bit of wood too. I reminds me my burr alder one is soaking in oil at the moment and I meant to fish it out to see what it looked like before I came into work. I'll have to wait until I get home now.

 

[addo]

Thanks for the comments folks, recon I'll be making another soon diffent design and a bit better finished, getting quite into carving again, I'll stick my new spoon up tomorrow.

 

[SOAR]

That looks stunning mate very nice indeed.

 

[brancho]

Very nice indeed