Eating Bowl From Birch

[Kepis]

I made myself a nice new eating bowl today from a lovely piece of Birch that I've been saving for a little while, the bowl was originally designed to be circular, but as i carved it with my adze and crook knife, it just seemed right to elongate the bowl slightly, giving approx final dimensions of 6 inches long and 5 inches wide.

I still have quite a bit of work to do to it as it is a little thick and heavy in places and i need to fine carve the exterior and refine the lines somewhat, before I can enjoy eating my breakfast out of it.

I guess to be fair, I probably need to carve myself a Birch spoon to go with it, so it becomes a matching set, well, any excuse right?.

 

[luckylee]

looks great bud.

 

[Johnnyboy1971]

One day im gonna sit down and have a really good go at making a bowl. My spoons are passable but not great.

I really like this and thanks for inspiring me.

 

[monkey boy]

I like thats very much, good work as always, what kind of axe is that and is it hard to use?

 

[Kepis]

cheers chaps.

@ Monkeyboy - It's a small bowl/gutter adze, dead easy to use

 

[Biker]

Now that's nice. Well done Kepis. I like the set up on the first pic for holding the blank in place. Nice one mate.

 

[Baggy]

Not just an adze, but an HK adze

I have decided that Hans Karlsson tools are worth the extra money his adzes and gouges are amazing.

Nice bowl by the way :notworthy

 

[Bluemerle]

Thats a great little bowl, and very impressed with that adze!

 

[Johnnyboy1971]

What make is your Adze? Been thinking about one for a bit but only now can i really find a use for one.

 

[Kepis]

Now that's nice. Well done Kepis. I like the set up on the first pic for holding the blank in place. Nice one mate.

Cheers mate, the block i made a week or so ago, works well, but needs some mods as the more i use it, the more it's telling me what it needs adding to it to be made better, more on the adze block here

 

[Kepis]

What make is your Adze? Been thinking about one for a bit but only now can i really find a use for one.

It's a Hans Karlsson adze, not cheap, but worth every penny

 

[Kepis]

Not just an adze, but an HK adze

I have decided that Hans Karlsson tools are worth the extra money his adzes and gouges are amazing.

Nice bowl by the way :notworthy

thanks, yep the HK tools are the mutts nuts, ive only had this adze since Christmas, but ive fallen in love with it already, it's a wonderful tool, balanced, easy to use and as sharp as a sharp thing can be

 

[Biker]

Thanks for the link about the Adze block, cunningly clever construction that. I've saved that to file for possible summer project.

Just checked some details about that Hans Karlson adze, looks lovely! And good tools are worth their weight in gold if they do the job well, and that one looks the biz... However some tools are a little pricey. I ran a search on ebay since I'm there too and this came back as a result:

http://http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bo...622?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5647cf595e

One word says it all. Sheesh!!!

 

[Kepis]

Thanks for the link about the Adze block, cunningly clever construction that. I've saved that to file for possible summer project.

Just checked some details about that Hans Karlson adze, looks lovely! And good tools are worth their weight in gold if they do the job well, and that one looks the biz... However some tools are a little pricey. I ran a search on ebay since I'm there too and this came back as a result:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Boxwood-Hand-Carved-Figural-HORSE-RIDER-Stirrup-Adze-/370571958622?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5647cf595e

One word says it all. Sheesh!!!

Cheers on the block, i just took the best of everything i saw and tried to combine it into one, works well.

That adze is as you say "sheesh"

 

[Ian S]

Yup, that bowl's looking good - bowl carving is quite addictive, isn't it?

I like the chopping block as well.

As far as Hans Karlsson tools go, oh yes! I have a few of his tools and they're great.

Cheers

 

[Kepis]

Yup, that bowl's looking good - bowl carving is quite addictive, isn't it?

Just a bit, im torn between spoons and bowls now, still it's a nice problem to have

I like the chopping block as well.

Cheers

Thanks mate

 

[copper_head]

Nice work!

 

[robin wood]

Nice to see more and more people getting into bowlcarving and Karlsson tools. Whilst I find there is a world of complex possibilities in spooncarving there is no doubt most folk tend to be more impressed with an ordinary bowl than a stunning spoon. Maybe it's just bigger is more impressive?

 

[Ian S]

A bit off topic, but I think that the utilitarian nature of a spoon works against it. A spoon is for eating with, or cooking with. A bowl can be for eating from, it can be a fruit bowl, it can contain pot pourri, it can be for holding keys, change, rings etc.

Cheers

 

[addo]

Lots of work involved in bowls too, so thats probably why I like them.

Nice work Mark, the block seems to be working well.