Fast and effective spoons

[theorsmeister]

If in a hurry, or you find yourself without your spoon gouge, I have found a very effective, yet speedily made spoon design.

Cut a circle out of bark. This can be birch bark, but if you want something thicker, opt for something like chestnut. Fold this to make a cone.

Take a 1 or 1.5 cm wide and 20 cm long live branch and using your knife split about 3 cm in at one end, without letting it split anymore.

Using the split you can hold together the cone by pushing the folded over bit in between the split.

This holds well, but for longevity, tie some cordage to prevent any extra splitting.

If anyone wants I'll take some photos of the process.

Highly recommend this and can be used to make large ladles, to small spoons, your choice!!

If anyone has any comments or queries, or any other methods of easily produced kitchenware, please tell me, cheers!

 

[Moonraker]

Nice tip theorsmeister

 

[match]

A similar idea I've used in the past, if you're near a beach that is, is to take a flat shell (mussel or similar) and take a small stick, split down the end of the stick and push this onto the shell to make a handle, then whip up the stick to grip the shell and stop the split spreading.