finished kuksa

[fishfish]

well is finished! its not as good as i had hoped mind you it was far harder than i had anticipated,next time ille use green wood and not seasoned!!
i sealed the outside with wax and the inside with a mix of cooking oil and salt.
Theres more to a project than asthetics ,ive learned a lot from the whole thing,there are many flaws and i shall bear them in mind on the next kuksa! , heres some pics:

thanks for looking.

 

[spiritofold]

Its good actually

Near me theres a giant birch burr, about the size of a cows head. I was thinking of harvesting it and trying to carve a kuksa.

 

[redneck]

looks pretty damn good to me!

 

[fishfish]

thanks guys!

 

[spiritofold]

All you gotta do now is fill it with beer

 

[Peter_t]

i realy like the look of the grain in the bottom pic!
nice one

pete

 

[Bernie Garland]

Lovelly Job fish,and as said time to christen it with a beer.

Bernie

 

[Barney]

That looks good that, I have only done a very small spoon. So I can appreciate the effort and wood removal. It is very impressive.

 

[NatG]

wonderful! the scorp worked well then!

 

[jasons]

Its good mate .better than buying one

 

[durulz]

That looks fantastic.
A kuksa is my next winter project ('spose I'd better by one of those spoon knives first. Or I could make one like fishfish did).

Although not entirely relevant, I have been working on my first knife the last couple of days. Fitted the scales today and when I get home from work tomorrow I'm out with the Dremel to shape and smooth the handle. Then some linseed oil to polish it off and then I'll post some piccies by the end of the week.
As fishfish said, you learn an awful lot by doing these kinds of things. My thumbs are already red raw, so I'll let them recover before embarking upon another thumb-intensive endeavour.

 

[DoctorSpoon]

Well done! For your next one as well as working it green, try to find yourself a piece of silver birch, alder or willow. You'll not believe how much easier it is
Nicola

 

[fishfish]

Well done! For your next one as well as working it green, try to find yourself a piece of silver birch, alder or willow. You'll not believe how much easier it is
Nicola

i suppose birch would be the traditional wood , ive not carved them before.i carve from ash as thats what i carve my fising lures from.ille be looking out for birch when i take the dog ot today!

 

[Pignut]

looks bloomin good to me!

 

[Ozhaggishead]

Well done! For your next one as well as working it green, try to find yourself a piece of silver birch, alder or willow. You'll not believe how much easier it is
Nicola

Willow ?I tryed one time make a spoon out of willow and it ended up as a piece of fuzzy tinder .Great work Fishfish!,I like your work mate you have a good eye and steady hands when it comes to craft stuff.

 

[Mungo]

All you gotta do now is fill it with beer

Uhm, what about gin?

 

[ZDP-189]

Good work! Did you carve it out like a spoon, or burn and carve?

 

[robin wood]

Looks great, I love the grain in ash carved out of a small half log like that.

 

[fishfish]

Good work! Did you carve it out like a spoon, or burn and carve?

all carved with my spoon carving knife!

 

[fishfish]

.Great work Fishfish!,I like your work mate you have a good eye and steady hands when it comes to craft stuff.

cheers mate , ime off to get some bich in a mo!