Magnolia Spoon

[Kepis]

Been messing around with a bit of Magnolia wood i acquired from the wood yard up the lane today, it's the first time ive used Magnolia and it carves beautifully, in fact it carves so well, i went back to the yard this afternoon and filled my Bergen with a load more, well, seems a shame to waste it.

I did all of the roughing out work and general shaping with the axe and then tidied it up a bit with a Mora 510, The spoon is just rough carved at the moment and has been left fairly thick as im not aufait with the properties of the wood and have no experience of working it, i figured it's better to err on the side of caution and take it thinner once it's dried out.

 

[Dannytsg]

Nice work there.

 

[Hugo]

Nice grain pattern, looking forward to carving a little bit of magnolia when I get hold of it. Thanks mate.
Nice shape on the spoon.

 

[SOAR]

Nice spoon!. Looks like nice wood too.

 

[shaggystu]

the house next to mine is called "magnolia cottage", i wonder what those ornamental trees are in their garden?.......

 

[Kepis]

cheers guys, the wood is lovely to carve Simon, has a gorgeous, almost citrus, smell to it as well

@shaggystu - think they are called the lesser spotted spoon trees

 

[SOAR]

I must admit to seeing a few with perfect crooks, nice bendy branches
If I get any in the future I will give some a go.

 

[fishfish]

thats a fine wood to whittle mate,like the shape too.

 

[Kepis]

thats a fine wood to whittle mate,like the shape too.

cheers mate

 

[Bluemerle]

Not spent much time on this site for a while, but there you are still churning out really lovely spoons!

 

[Kepis]

Not spent much time on this site for a while, but there you are still churning out really lovely spoons!

Thanks mate