front room spoon carving

[DoctorSpoon]

Whilst the weather was so rubbish yesterday I entertained myself by taking some vid of Robin roughing out a spoon with an axe and stuck it on YouTube <here> Whilst I've seen him wielding an axe many times before, watching this I was in awe of his power and accuracy with the tool!

The weather's still rubbish so maybe I'll do part 2 with the knife this afternoon...

 

[JohnC]

Now when I use an axe or knife in the front room I never hear the end of it. I like the chopping block BTW

 

[JonnyP]

Thats great to see, I have finished spoons inside the house, but never roughed out...
Do you fish not get stressed out with the noise..?

 

[DoctorSpoon]

I like the chopping block BTW

Great, isn't it? It doubles up as a coffee table when we're not carving!!

Do you fish not get stressed out with the noise..?

No, they're bad-bottom convict fish and don't do stress about anything

I just filmed Robin doing the next stage with a knife and found he pulls some amazing faces when he's carving - he's going to love the next instalment

 

[ganstey]

Excellent! Can't wait for the rest. Be sure to post a pic of the finished spoon.

The dog has obviously seen it all before Not sure my cat will be quite so non-plussed!

Hmm, I obviously need to get me a lump of tree trunk and make a chopping block.

Cheers
G

 

[Mirius]

Love the video and can't wait for the next instalment. I'm working on my first spoon now, though I rather doubt it'll be anything other than firewood by the time I'm done with it!

 

[Elessar]

I have to say that that is truely brilliant work, i also can't wait to see the rest. i love the dog not even giving a second look. you can almost see it thinking...."oh god hes at it again"... my dog would be barking and jumping around with all that noise!

an awesome video!

J

 

[bondy]

thats a great vid ,cant wait for part two.

 

[spamel]

Glad to know I'm not the only one who has to dig wood chips out of the video player!

 

[John Fenna]

I often do a bit of knife work in the living room but have not yet done any axe work there - the better half may not be in favour....
Nice coffeee table/block though!

 

[rancid badger]

Fantastic!!
thats absolutely brilliant, you know I have often wondered if I was some sort of nut, having a taste for carving, or doing a bit of leather work sitting on the floor in either the living or dining room but watching that was a real pleasure.

The obvious benefits of being able to just sweep up the bits and sling them straight onto the fire were, unfortunately, totally lost on my wife and family but I can assure you that, given the opportunity, thats exactly the way I would choose to work in winter!

Looking forward to working together in September

Regards
R.B.

 

[Earlyturtle]

Great video, is that a GB carving axe? If so,I've got one of those, really love the weight of it, very useful when choking up on it.
Cheers,
Mike

 

[Kepis]

Great vid, Id get shot if i did that in the house, it was bad enough hollowing out a spoon bowl with the crook knife over a tarp on the floor, let alone weilding an axe in the house.

 

[TheGreenMan]

A lovely bit of video, I really enjoyed it, thanks to you both.

Best regards,
Paul.

 

[DoctorSpoon]

Thanks for all the positive comments - they have made Robin realise how lucky he is that I share his passion for carving so he can carve in the house. Part 2 is nearly there, but was getting too long so I'm just splitting the straight knife from the hook knife before it goes up.

It's a Gransfors carving axe by the way.

 

[Robby]

My wife would explode. Literally. She's badly allergic to raw wood shavings.

 

[TheGreenMan]

...It's a Gransfors carving axe by the way.

Might have to give one of those a try

Cheers,
Paul.

 

[fishfish]

great clip! bet the old dear in the flat below loves him!!!! lol

 

[DoctorSpoon]

great clip! bet the old dear in the flat below loves him!!!! lol

Yes, I'm often thankful we live in a (nearly) detached house with fields on three sides

 

[UKHaiku]

Wow...

Makes it look so effortless too - mark of a real craftsman/woman..

I'm working on my first carving project at the moment - starting easy with a butter knife, hate to think how difficult a spoon will be! (I definitely need to get an axe though - too much hard work with just a knife!)

As the others, looking forwards to seeing the knife-work