Laburnum Spoon.

[Wayne]

I like carving spoons out of laburnum. It's a lovely grain pattern and the contrast between heart wood and sap wood is beautiful.

I have increased the amount of carving I have been doing recently as I have been putting a few different carving tools through their paces.



Finished Spoon. This one took a couple of hours whilst talking to the public at the Countryside Show.




The majority of the carving was done with this carver.

 

[crosslandkelly]

Lovely spoon.

 

[swotty]

Lovely spoon but isn't laburnum poisonous?

 

[starsailor]

Googled it and this came up:

http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6751

Don't think I would use it at all, certainly not for eating off; always led to believe all parts of the tree are poisonous.

Nice spoon though.

 

[Stew]

Looks nice Wayne - will be even better in years to come when the wood has darkened.

 

[Stew]

Googled it and this came up:

http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6751

Don't think I would use it at all, certainly not for eating off; always led to believe all parts of the tree are poisonous.

Nice spoon though.

It's not something to worry about else people would be having issues using it for knife handles.

http://www.woodworkingtalk.com/f6/turning-laburnum-1738/

 

[Robson Valley]

Despite the variety, I can see a few design elements in your spoons, a glimmer of a style! Great!
Next up, how about some forks with no more than 3-4 tines. Also, you're got the skill to carve some dishes.
I think wooden bread serving bowls never fail.