Medicine Spoon

[Schwert]

Medicine Spoon

I finished this medicine spoon this weekend. The shape reminded me of a spoon my Mom used to shove liquid vitamins down our throats.

I did it out of a green alder limb that was cut at the base of a multi-stalk "bush". The natural bend coming out at the ground formed the curve. I was not sure if it was going to turn out too well as alder is pretty soft, but I think it worked out. It is in flax seed oil now.

 

[fishfish]

tidy bit of carving there mate!

 

[Dean]

A nice piece of work, reminds me of my first spoon only problem I had was that you could see through the bottom (LoL).

 

[tomtom]

Nice work Randy.

 

[godfather]

Schwert,

I like it alot. I am fed up of using plastic spoons with the kids!

 

[SOAR]

Nice spoon, lovely shape well done.

Simon.

 

[DoctorSpoon]

Nice work - finding a bit of wood with a natural curve in the right place is very pleasing, isn't it?!

 

[brancho]

Schwert
Nice job quite elegant

 

[Schwert]

Thanks all.

It is indeed nice to find a piece of wood with a curve that works.

I actually picked up the branch to use for my smaller netting needle, but as I was preparing that end of the branch...I kept loooking at the slight S-curve in the other end. The branch was only a couple of inches in diameter and I could not really see a useful spoon down there.

But I did see at least some carving practice, so I took it down to the pith with the drawknife and then gave it a go.

As I was refining the shape I found it more and more pleasing so just kept at it. I totally remined me of this long handled narrow spoon my Mom used....not really a pleasant memory of those awful vitamins, but a pleasant memory of her chasing my sister and me around the house

 

[Arth]

Nice bit of carving there mate.

 

[Mungo]

Nice shape! Looks a bit like one I carved: http://mungobah.blogspot.com/2007/08/carving-spoon-from-locust-tree-wood.html
Smaller spoons are perfect for a lot of uses.
Mungo

 

[Schwert]

Nice one Mungo....does that hound know how to use it?

I like the little snake too.

 

[Mungo]

Beagles have opposing thumbs, don't you know...? ;-)

Actually, the snake was my lovely wife's idea... Now that you mention it, I bought this terrific little book called The Little Book of Whittling:

http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books...7-item.html?ref=Search+Books:+%27lubkemann%27

and it has all sorts of little ideas for carving - little snakes are in there. I highly recommend something like this for those of us interested in bushcraft!

Cheers

Mungo

 

[brancho]

Beagles have opposing thumbs, don't you know...? ;-)

Actually, the snake was my lovely wife's idea... Now that you mention it, I bought this terrific little book called The Little Book of Whittling:

http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books...7-item.html?ref=Search+Books:+%27lubkemann%27

and it has all sorts of little ideas for carving - little snakes are in there. I highly recommend something like this for those of us interested in bushcraft!

Cheers

Mungo

The little bookof whittling is very interesting i have read it

 

[robin wood]

Nice spoon and cracking photos, I love the drawknife action shot. We like the little book of whittling too..great for kids too.

 

[Schwert]

The Twig book is definately worth having. Last year I had three of the neighbor kids over for a carving session....two herons, one chicken and one bandaid (plaster).

 

[Schwert]

Beagles have opposing thumbs, don't you know...? ;-)

Actually, the snake was my lovely wife's idea... Now that you mention it, I bought this terrific little book called The Little Book of Whittling:

http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books...7-item.html?ref=Search+Books:+%27lubkemann%27

and it has all sorts of little ideas for carving - little snakes are in there. I highly recommend something like this for those of us interested in bushcraft!

Cheers

Mungo

I think I saw that fellow playing cards.....

They are talented. My boy never did learn to use the spoon, but he sure liked his coffee.

 

[Hoodoo]

Schwert, I don't care how purty that spoon is, you still ain't gonna get me to take castor oil.

 

[Schwert]

Open wide......

 

[Schwert]

I thought this blank alder was like a canvas…..it needed something. So I pulled out my Del Stubbs Kolrosing knife, found a Celtic heron knot in Lara Irish’s Great Book of Celtic Patterns…copied and lengthened it, transferred it to the spoon and cut in the pattern. A rub with finely ground coffee to reveal the crooked pattern and shading cuts and wham….another perfectly good spoon with my version of art.....or possibly ready for the bin