Bushcrafting home utensils

[Tjurved]

Hello I've started a long term project. My goal is to get rid of as much plastic crap as I can and replace it with bushcrafted items instead! I've started with a cooking pot I had for like 10 years and replaced the plastic handle with a carved one of birch. You done something similar?

 

[John Fenna]

That looks great!
I have been replacing plastic spatulas with wooden and made a long "pallette knife" or chapati/scone/pancake turner but had not thought of pan handles

 

[WeThePeoplexfbm]

^^ niicee, better then the plastic that for sure ^^ i'd try it but im not good at wood only fire,metal, cars


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Skipp

 

[flexo]

i allways have ambivalent feeling about that,because it is a good idea,to replace plastic by natural crafted things,but former plastic item,don't vanish in outer space,but remains here on that planet!
better buy an allready broken pan!
meanwhile,this is a nicer handle for that pan!

 

[stinger]

thats a hole lot better than an old plastic one. i love this idea and i may actually start to look at things in my house i can change for something more natural.

 

[JohnC]

I like that, I need to do something about my espresso pot, the handles a bit melted from campfires. We do have a lot of spatulas and spoons, and my favourite cup is a kuska I made. I'd love to find a good big bit of wood for a chopping board..

 

[Hugo]

I broke the handle on my potato smasher last week, yesterday I replaced it with an elm one, not as pretty as yours mind you.
Waiting for the glue to harden before testing.

 

[drewdunnrespect]

ausome mate thanks for sharing

 

[Tjurved]

Did a shoehorn in birch so I can replace my plastic ugly looking shoehorn! Not a perfect piece of wood for a shoehorn in any way but I didn't wanna use up my finer pieces of wood...
Too smooth it out I used a gooseneck scraper and steel balls to "polish" the surface.

 

[SteveW]

I have just made a couple of Kitchen utensil racks, but I think I'll have to change the stainless steel handles on the utensils for some nice turned wooden ones, now that I've seen the handle on your pan.

 

[Cobweb]

Very nice,

 

[courtney]

thats amazing skills there guys. i really cant wait to try wood carving i think it will take along time to get any way as good as all of you but im sure i'll have fun learning..

 

[Tjurved]

I remember this thread so I show my new handle for my fridge. Was quite tricky to match the screw holes exactly right with the old handle so no harm has been done to the appliance. The old handle looked exactly like the handle below for the freezer. Now I don't have to touch the horrible plastics each time I open the fridge, hope I don't open it too often now .

The wood is birch and part of a branch I cut down and saved about 4-5 years ago. Been drying inside since.

 

[Realbark]

Damn this forum! I always go away with some newly implanted ideas - keep it up

 

[Coldfeet]

I so have to learn wood carving, this thread is inspirational.

 

[ozzy1977]

Great idea for when the original l e has broken, I would not do it just because I can as it will just go in the land dfill

 

[2trapper]

Great works. I like them very much!

 

[Dreadhead]

what a great thread, love the fridge handles!

 

[Tony]

I remember this thread so I show my new handle for my fridge. Was quite tricky to match the screw holes exactly right with the old handle so no harm has been done to the appliance. The old handle looked exactly like the handle below for the freezer. Now I don't have to touch the horrible plastics each time I open the fridge, hope I don't open it too often now .

The wood is birch and part of a branch I cut down and saved about 4-5 years ago. Been drying inside since.

Very cool indeed

 

[Coldfeet]

i allways have ambivalent feeling about that,because it is a good idea,to replace plastic by natural crafted things,but former plastic item,don't vanish in outer space,but remains here on that planet!
better buy an allready broken pan!
meanwhile,this is a nicer handle for that pan!

So you don't feel guilty about the plastic that is probably already in landfill? At least if you do as he has done, you can repurpose the plastic, rather than just chucking it out.