cup, kuksa

[Peter_t]

i had a crack at makeing a kuksa today, im not sure if it qualifies as a kuksa not knowing the difference between one and a cup but it was a chance to try out my new spoon knife
sorry for any dodgy or upside down pics, i was useing a camera phone and it took 4 atemps to upload from photobucket crashing lol

i cut a bit of dead fallen birch which wasnt a great choice because birch polypor had rotted the wood a bit and it wasnt as solid as i thought

basic shaping with the axe

carving the bowl

makeing the hole for the handle

the finnished product

the tools i used, i take back what i said about axes being unnesasary, it proved very usefull and sped up the shapeing

i also brought along my swedish army trangia and cooked some bannock for lunch

any comments are welcome!

thanks for looking
pete

 

[korvin karbon]

Lovely work, a spoon knife is on my shopping list.

How long did it take you? and are you going to treat the wood?

I think a kukasa is a kukasa if it is made out of a knot of wood, not a hundred percent sure but i know somebody will correct me if i am wrong.

 

[Peter_t]

How long did it take you? and are you going to treat the wood?
sure but i know somebody will correct me if i am wrong.

it took about 2 or 3 hours but i was cooking at the same time. im not going to treat it because the wood was a bit soft because of the polypor and it did crack a bit in my bag on the way home next time i will make one out of green wood

 

[shokay]

nice work it looks good

 

[firestarter31]

Good job ,looks the part!

 

[DoctorSpoon]

Lovely work ... sorry it cracked! You'll find it much easier if you make it out of green wood - try to get an even wall thickness and let it dry slowly and it shouldn't split.
Nicola

 

[Rosco]

Well done that's a nice functional piece of work and I reckon pretty quick too. I agree that axe work is and effort saved.

 

[Pignut]

Looks great!

If you use green wood, you can always boil in salt water after, I think this is the traditional way

 

[Ozhaggishead]

Cool stuff mate thank for posting.

 

[robwolf]

nice one mate i use sycamore mostly for my stuff as its good to carve and lasts well
cheers rob