Well, inspired by all the workmanship on here and armed with a fresh lump of beech rescued from the hands of the forestry firestarters on this weeks woodland wander I have managed to carve my first spoon!
Using nowt more than a cheapo axe (please no requests for pedigree, it's from screwfix) a Frost's Mora and a Frost's Crook Knife (arrived 5pm today) I have managed to fashion this little beauty, okay so the handles a little wobbly and its not going to win any awards for symmetry but I kinda like it, no actually I love it.
Apparently beech has antibacterial properties too, although I'm not too sure about that, I do know that the tight grain was a little bit of a pig to work with and being green wood maybe didn't help. But it's all a learning curve and I'm quite pleased with the 6 hours it tooks to get from log to elegant spoon.
I sealed it with a little extra virgin olive oil. Thanks for looking!
Using nowt more than a cheapo axe (please no requests for pedigree, it's from screwfix) a Frost's Mora and a Frost's Crook Knife (arrived 5pm today) I have managed to fashion this little beauty, okay so the handles a little wobbly and its not going to win any awards for symmetry but I kinda like it, no actually I love it.
Apparently beech has antibacterial properties too, although I'm not too sure about that, I do know that the tight grain was a little bit of a pig to work with and being green wood maybe didn't help. But it's all a learning curve and I'm quite pleased with the 6 hours it tooks to get from log to elegant spoon.
I sealed it with a little extra virgin olive oil. Thanks for looking!