http://users.stlcc.edu/mfuller/NizhnyEthno.html I came across this site which has some interesting old photos from Russia, shoowing various craft type things. About 3/4 of the way down the page are a few pictures of spoon carving, including a massive hollowing knife. It looks to have a handle around 2 inches diameter, but I reckon this will give a powerful torque twist to cut full width shavings out of the ladles. Theres also what looks like a spoon lathe in there. Apologies if its been noted and posted previously!
interesting Novghorod spoon carving photos
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Those are wonderful. Thanks for posting that link. I wonder what the lacquer was that was used on those spoons? And you're right - that's a monster spoon knife!
Thanks for putting this up! Beautiful workmanship with what would be considered "Crude" tools by most!
Grand Dutchy of Finland imported huge amounts of cheap wooden spoons from Karelia during the late 19th century. I have a description of the process of making a wooden spoon in Finnish from year 1902. Supposedly it took them around five minutes to make one from a block of green wood. They did not use pieces of glass or sandpaper to finish the spoons.
