Carving decisions

[Chris the Fish]

Went for a bit of a woodland forage today to get some green wood and found this lot. Now to think about what to make???

And are the thin bits too thin for carving spoons etc? Do you need a bigger block?

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[crosslandkelly]

The smaller pieces are fine for spoons. Good haul.

 

[Chris the Fish]

Ta


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[Fraxinus]

The smaller pieces are fine for spoons. Good haul.

What he said , not every spoon needs to be a ladle . have at it and let us know what you end up with because even the ones that go wrong teach us something.

Rob.

 

[Tommyd345]

Can make tea spoons!

 

[humdrum_hostage]

The two bits top left with the plastic bits on the end look like they might make good chair legs

A couple of bits look a bit dead but you got plenty of other bits to play with

Keep them cool and dark too. Maybe seal the ends if you can. Last time I had a big haul it started to dry out before I could have a hack at it all.

As Frax said, let us see what you get up too!

 

[Chris the Fish]

Here's the first little greenwood carve from the wood forage. This is a piece of birch which I tried to do something a bit quirkier with on the spoon theme.

I'd like to oil it as there is some lovely grain, what should I need? Walnut?


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[Hammock Hamster]

Here's the first little greenwood carve from the wood forage. This is a piece of birch which I tried to do something a bit quirkier with on the spoon theme.

I'd like to oil it as there is some lovely grain, what should I need? Walnut?


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Nice job, walnut oil would work well as would tung or olive. I have recently started using almond oil as it's slightly light and doesn't darken the wood too much. Beeswax melted down with a bit of oil also gives a lovely shiny finish when buffed out.


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[dewi]

Here's the first little greenwood carve from the wood forage. This is a piece of birch which I tried to do something a bit quirkier with on the spoon theme.

I'd like to oil it as there is some lovely grain, what should I need? Walnut?


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That is one fine looking spoon!

 

[Chris the Fish]

Cheers guys, I'm going to try and get some walnut or almond oil. I never thought of using olive oil, may give that a go!


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[mousey]

The shape reminds me of a Bodhran tipper - mutli-functional spoon I'm liking that either that or a medicine spoon

Lovely bit of carving and looks pretty solid. I always find it difficult to judge sizes in photos is that tea or desert spoon sized?

Some say Olive oil can go rancid. I've used walnut in the past and seems to work well.

 

[Chris the Fish]

It's more table spoon sized, about 9" long


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[crosslandkelly]

Nice spoon. Steer clear of using olive oil, as Mousey says it can go rancid.

 

[davegreg]

Nice spoon. What's the detailed weight?

 

[Dean]

Nice Spoon. I first started using Walnut oil for my spoons, dries reasonably quick but it does darken the wood and on a Birch spoon you will lose some of the milky-ness of the colour, another oil you might like to use is Cold Pressed Flaxseed (Linseed oil) food grade does not darken the wood as much but does take a little longer to dry.

 

[dwardo]

Can make tea spoons!

Very under-rated bit of kit!

 

[Chris the Fish]

I'm going spoon crazy atm. Got a hook knife (the mora one) and I'm walking around with a crazed look in my eye trying to find anything that needs hollowing out


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[bikebum1975]

Those are fine sizes for eating spoons. I tend to make mine regularly from that size branch. I see a nice bowl lurking in that chunk of birch. Possible a kuksa to. Lovely first spoon to

 

[Chris the Fish]

My spoon efforts so far, loving using green wood, next one will be a dog food ladle thing


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[richardhomer]

Lovely looking spoons