I made a spoon...!

[offroadmick]

This isn't my first spoon.... But it's the only one I ever tried to make that finished actually looking like a spoon...!!!

Started with a piece of wood cut from a garden tree, and all my tools....

Split the wood:

Marked out the spoon and cut in the stop cuts:

Started carving:

Getting there now....lol

Nearly done:

Sanded and finished:

I'm really please with my 'first' spoon...

 

[T1Viper]

thats a cracker!

I really need to get a spoon knife and try one for myself!

Tom

 

[JAG009]

Very good and nicely finished !


Jason

 

[morch]

Much better than my attempts, good job!

Dave

 

[offroadmick]

thats a cracker!

I really need to get a spoon knife and try one for myself!

Tom

Thank you... I got a mora spoon knife, but find it really hard to use..!! I'm not sure if i'm doing it right but it seems like a real task to get it going....
Took a big chunk of my thumb off too....!!!

 

[lab72]

Good work fella !

 

[rancid badger]

Brilliant, very nicely done.

The trick now; is to make another, then another, constantly developing your skill levels and confidence.

Of course, then you end up with a load of spoons!

atb

Steve

 

[milius2]

Another trick how not to loose chunks of flesh to the tool is to put plaster on your thumb BEFORE work I do that all the time because my first spoon ended up like this:

With the plaster, or any other protection I have a lot more confidence and work goes a lot quicker.

Happy spoonin' mate you've done a great job!

 

[Kepis]

Superb spoon, like that a lot

 

[SOAR]

Nice stuff fella.

 

[dave53]

hi offroadmick is it the double edged spoon knife, if it is which ever edge you use flatten of the otherside you shouldnt cut yourself so often, try it you know it makes sense ive mentioned this before as mora dont make the left handed spoonknife anymore only the double sided hope this helps and by the way nice spoon regards dave

 

[gsfgaz]

very cool spoon ,,,

 

[offroadmick]

hi offroadmick is it the double edged spoon knife, if it is which ever edge you use flatten of the otherside you shouldnt cut yourself so often, try it you know it makes sense ive mentioned this before as mora dont make the left handed spoonknife anymore only the double sided hope this helps and by the way nice spoon regards dave

Hi Dave, its just a single edge mora, I kept slipping and digging it in my thumb... I dont really know how to hold it or the angle to use it! I'll have to get on youtube and see how it's done.

Another trick how not to loose chunks of flesh to the tool is to put plaster on your thumb BEFORE work

Thanks milius2, I'll give it a try.

Thank you for all your positive comments guys... Half the fun of making stuff these days is to see what everybody else thinks of it!

 

[dancan]

Very nice spoon for a first spoon !

 

[Samon]

nice job mate, i've recently been having a go with some logs in my garden..with no spoon/crook knife its a ****! tried making a crook knife from an old spoon and an old table knife but even though they looked like they'd work..they didn't, wouldnt take a decent edge.

 

[HHazeldean]

I like that, what wood is it?

 

[offroadmick]

I like that, what wood is it?

I don't know! I cut it from a tree in the garden so its either pear, sycamore or lilac... pretty sure it's lilac.

Just checked on google.... It is lilac.

 

[Card-Board-Commando]

that spoon looks awesome i'm starting to make one and i'm it will not look as good as yours i'll post the picture on the website when i'm done

 

[HHazeldean]

I don't know! I cut it from a tree in the garden so its either pear, sycamore or lilac... pretty sure it's lilac.

Just checked on google.... It is lilac.

That is interesting, I have never seen anything carved from lilac before.

 

[Card-Board-Commando]

I don't know! I cut it from a tree in the garden so its either pear, sycamore or lilac... pretty sure it's lilac.

Just checked on google.... It is lilac.

is it good to carve with