Making a Kuksa

[SOAR]

I've not made anything for a while now and thought that I would get back into doing a bit of carving with a Kuksa, I made a short slideshow of how I got on. I'm quite pleased with it really, its made from Willow and decorated with a bit of Kolrosing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENNmUr4gZ5M

 

[Alessio]

Nice work =]. I am particularly impressed with the engraving, that would be my biggest problem I think, the fiddly bit. So to make it stand out you just rubbed coffee into the indents and wiped it all over with linseed oil? Pretty clever trick =]

 

[Zingmo]

Nice work Simon! What kind of spoon knife are you using? The blade looks really thin.

Z

 

[littlebiglane]

Excellent work and slideshow. I must now go and copy you!

 

[erik]

Hi Simon,

That looks really great! Do you use powder coffee or do you super grind regular coffee?

 

[Fredcompanybushcraft]

Very nice work!
Wish I had a spoon knife

Good job!:wow1:

 

[brancho]

Simon
It a real beaut

 

[Ozhaggishead]

Great vid and work..!!!!Can you tell me a bit about that axe you used.

 

[Hugo]

Thanks for sharing.

 

[SOAR]

Thanks for the comments. The spoon knife is by Svante Djarv, good spoon knives well made.

erik the coffee was granulated, I just ground it down more to the fine powder. it works well.

The axe Ozhaggishead is a Husqvarna hatchet.

http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=51175&highlight=husqvarna+hatchet

http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=51771

 

[SOAR]

Nice work =]. I am particularly impressed with the engraving, that would be my biggest problem I think, the fiddly bit. So to make it stand out you just rubbed coffee into the indents and wiped it all over with linseed oil? Pretty clever trick =]

Yep pretty much,

you can use the inner bark from Birch trees ground up to a powder or nutmeg works well.

 

[Ozhaggishead]

Thanks Soar,will keep a eye out for one at the local hardware shop.