First spoon

[BobFromHolland]

Finally finished my first spoon!

Lacking a proper spoon knife I finally decided to give the 'blow on an ember' boring method a chance. It worked beatifully I must say. You can however still see some scorch marks on it, but hey! What the heck.

It's made of garden-wood (wolmanised pine?) on the back you can still see a bit of the greenish impregnation stuff (wolmanisation-salt?).

I only dipped it in olive oil, so I hope this will waterproof it a bit and give it the chance to survive some outdoor diners.

the back

the front

and the side.

By the way, it is hanging from a willow bark cord

 

[stonyman]

What a really lovely looking spoon, I love the grain pattern.

Keep up the good work.

Paul

 

[British Red]

Bob,

I think the scorch marks add an authenticity that wouldn't be there with a spoon knife - I like that a lot mate - them as knows will love the ember technique

Red

 

[Marts]

I agree. The scorch marks do add something. Well done.

 

[Pignut]

Looks lovely!

 

[Monkey]

That is a great looking spoon, and I echo the comments about the great looking grain pattern. I am on my second spoon and I have already leaned a lot by my mistakes that I made on the first attempt. Such as that I found that the rim of the bowl would crumble away due to the large distance between the growth rings and the softness of the wood. I have some hawthorn that I am using at the moment, and for #3 I am looking for some Lime wood, but it is proving difficult.
great work keep it up!
cheers
monkey

 

[BobFromHolland]

Thanks all for the lovely comments!

I am on my second spoon and I have already leaned a lot by my mistakes that I made on the first attempt. Such as that I found that the rim of the bowl would crumble away due to the large distance between the growth rings and the softness of the wood. monkey

I get what you mean, Monkey, both with scorching as well as sanding the dark growth rings proved A LOT harder then the soft lighter parts. It took quite some effort to make it smooth. I guess the soft parts wear harder as well when in use.

The next one should have the rim at a dark part I guess...

 

[leon-b]

i can only say the same as the others, love the grain

 

[C_Claycomb]

Please pardon my skeptisism...but that is WAY too pretty to be your first spoon!! Lovely shape. So many first spoons look more like laddles...or sometimes even clubs so you can be justifiably proud of that one!

If it were me though, I would be a little worried about using it for food. I really don't know anything about the stuff used to pressure treat timber, but I don't think I would want to share my soup with it.

Good luck with your next project!

 

[JonathanD]

Nice one, looks perfect.

 

[beowolf762]

looks good to me

 

[longshot]

beautifull spoon but don't use it for eating, the copper based chemicals used in the pressure treating is toxic.

dean

 

[BobFromHolland]

Please pardon my skeptisism...but that is WAY too pretty to be your first spoon!! Lovely shape. So many first spoons look more like laddles...or sometimes even clubs so you can be justifiably proud of that one!

If it were me though, I would be a little worried about using it for food. I really don't know anything about the stuff used to pressure treat timber, but I don't think I would want to share my soup with it.

Good luck with your next project!

Spot on, C_Claycomb ! It is not my firt ATTEMPT for a spoon. It was just the first thing that turned out to look like one as well. I've done some woodcarving on sticks and twigs for quite some time already, but things like animal heads and stuff. The first spoon I produced was yew and ended up like a tea spoon. I also didn't figure out how to post pics then. This is the first one I've sanded though, and that really does the trick.

beautifull spoon but don't use it for eating, the copper based chemicals used in the pressure treating is toxic.

dean

Aha!! so now I've got the reason why my skin turned green on me as well and I give light in the dark

And I thought the salad I ate with it yesterday was turning bad....

by the way, I also stirred my tea with the yew one... thrill-seeker me!