I'm so excited!!!

[Pappa]

Does this mean I'm in the spoon club now?

Carved in elm and finished with olive oil.

Pappa

 

[andyn]

woah that spoons on fire! Literally by the looks of it. Got an interesting pattern there. Nice one.

 

[Topcat02]

Great effort, what tools did you use?

 

[Pappa]

A Mora knife, a Mora crooked knife and some sandpaper. Also some hammers and wedges when I first split the wood (elm really is hard to split).

 

[Hoodoo]

Yup, you are definitely a bonafide member. I like yer style there.

 

[bowman]

Well done, Pappa!

Nice work - I like the grain. I'm still very pleased with completing the first few. It's amazing how much each one teaches you - I guess the skill comes in remembering each mistake on every new attempt.

Congratulations.

 

[Pappa]

I would have prefered the bowl to be a lot thinner, but there's a knot right in the middle of the bowl and it was a real chore to carve out. Eventually I gave up and just finished the rest as best I could. I am very pleased with it as a first attempt, but it's not actually a very practical spoon (which was the original intention). It's definitely taught me a lot though, and I'm sure my next one will be better.

I'm thinking about a tiny blackthorn teaspoon next.

Pappa

 

[pierre girard]

Beautiful work!

PG

 

[tomtom]

Good work mate, thanks for taking the time to show us.. how did you find working the elm? did you season it?

Well done, i really like the look of it

 

[Pappa]

Good work mate, thanks for taking the time to show us.. how did you find working the elm? did you season it?

Well done, i really like the look of it

After reading that Elm rarely splits, I just decided to carve it green. I was fine to work (although I've only ever tried Blackthorn before, and it was considerably easier than that). For some reason, I managed to visialise the basic shape quite early on, but I did have a lot of trouble getting everything symetrical and ballanced later on.

Pappa