maple serving spoon
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Really nice, I like that it's not sanded smooth on the back. What's it finished with?
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Very nice!
Were you trying to do the same thing I do and get the divide between the heart wood and sap wood to run down the middle of the handle?
Were you trying to do the same thing I do and get the divide between the heart wood and sap wood to run down the middle of the handle?
Very nice, lovely use of the heart and sapwood 
As Kb said it's nice to see the carving marks, makes you realise it's truly hand carved
Do you take commissions?
As Kb said it's nice to see the carving marks, makes you realise it's truly hand carved
Do you take commissions?
I like the elbow shape and the great thickness where the handle joins the bowl for stability. Well designed with wood figure, too.
Here in the PacNW, carved wood surfaces are commonly textured with carving tool marks.
Personal taste, I suppose, but like Mesquite, I find that far more attractive than a surface which might have been factory-sanded.
For large works, the elbow aze and the D adze are the usual tools with a lifetime of practice to get it "right."
The giveaway is that native carvers texture in rows of chips.
I built a pair of PacNW style crooked knives that will texture easily, about a #5 sweep but the chips are no more than 1/4".
forginhill: next up, you need to carve a feast bowl for that lonely spoon. Lots of fun adze work.
Here in the PacNW, carved wood surfaces are commonly textured with carving tool marks.
Personal taste, I suppose, but like Mesquite, I find that far more attractive than a surface which might have been factory-sanded.
For large works, the elbow aze and the D adze are the usual tools with a lifetime of practice to get it "right."
The giveaway is that native carvers texture in rows of chips.
I built a pair of PacNW style crooked knives that will texture easily, about a #5 sweep but the chips are no more than 1/4".
forginhill: next up, you need to carve a feast bowl for that lonely spoon. Lots of fun adze work.
Thanks all for the generous feedback. Humdrum, I can't take credit for that. Happy accident.... It's a sign of a master when the "happy accidents" are purposeful. I too like the knife marks. Nothing on this has been sanded. Robson, the bowls are calling to me. I've been wanting to for awhile. Mesquite, PM on its way...
forginhill: it occurs to me to wait until you find the wood calling to you for a feast bowl.
It may not be a year or more. I have a cottonwood feast bowl, 12" x 14" x 30" piece of log.
Started but it sits as I work on other carvings.
It may not be a year or more. I have a cottonwood feast bowl, 12" x 14" x 30" piece of log.
Started but it sits as I work on other carvings.
