Has anyone?

[macem]

Has anyone carved a spoon out of a goorse branch? just wondering if it was suitable or not.

 

[plastic-ninja]

Only one way to find out really......
please post pictures.
Simon

 

[macem]

I'll give it a go......

 

[Colin.W]

I didnt know gorse grew thick enough for a spoon

 

[macem]

I'll have to have a look what i can find and give it a go.

 

[bushwacker bob]

The wood is very yellow. never carved it tho'

 

[JJJ]

Gorse and more so Gorse root are fantastic carving and turning woods often with a beautiful range of colours ranging through black, dark brown, bright red, orange ,purple and green. Pen turners love it seasoned and dry, but at that stage it can be impossible to get a knife into.It
Look out for farmers pulling out long lines of it and you will often get it wide enough for spoons.
Have fun
John

 

[macem]

Thank's for that JJJ, soon as we get a dry spell i'll go rooting about.

 

[xylaria]

The first lovespoon i ever carved was gorse. It was a very little spoon with a tooled finish to the bowl.

[love is in season when the gorse flowers]

the wood was well seasoned which made it very hard. Gorse has quite a prononced twist in the grain.

 

[macem]

Well, went out and found some gorse, only a small branch managed to carve two small spoon like object's.

The gorse carved ok but as xylaria said it has a twist in the grain, and as the spoon's dried out they distorted and on the larger of the two spoon's the area by the bowl split.

The colour is like a creamy ice cream with chocolate streak's and a tiny hint of strawberry ( can you tell i'm on a diet ).

All in all i think i'll give it another go in the future, i did take photo's but due to the rain i think i owe my wife a new camara cos it stopped working half way up the mountain.

Thank's all.