My daughters kuksa

[Tor helge]

Finally I`m finished with my daughters kuksa.
I was thinking of handing it over to her on her 3 year birthday this autumn, but she wants it now. And who can argue against your own daughter .

The cup is made of birch with a piece of reindeer antler as handle. The small dots around the lanyard hole is silver tread. The wood came from a tree only about 10 cm in diametre and the cup is quite small, but so is my daughter too. The size is perfect for her.
She has followed the whole prosess of making the cup and is very eager to take it into use.

Tor

 

[dommyracer]

Tor, that's beautiful, I wish I'd had a father like you to make me one of those when I was small.

 

[penvisser]

That is really looking beautiful, a very nice gift to a very special girl.

:You_Rock_

best regards,

Penvisser

 

[Brian]

Tor,

That is lovely, I'm not surprised you little girl wants it now and doesn't want to wait until her birthday. A truly wonderful gift.

Brian

 

[david1317]

thats very nice i like the wood and antler together

 

[JonnyP]

Very very nice, well done....Please tell more, how was it made, tools used etc...

 

[BorderReiver]

Lucky girl,that looks beautiful.

 

[Too Much Kit To Carry]

Lovely looking kuksa

How long did it take to make?

Any pictures of the work in progress?

Phil.

 

[Tor helge]

When making the cup I used a Sandvik laplander saw, a mora slojd knife and a spoon knife from mora. The final finish is done with coarse file and sandpaper. To carve the notch for the antler handle I used a small cheap carving iron. To form the antler I used the saw and a fine file. The antler handle is glued to the wood with epoxy (araldit).
The lanyard hole and holes for the silver treads is made by an Skil power drill.
Below is some pics from the making of the cup.

It was not until the cup was almost finished I decided I would use antler as a handle. You can see on the last picture that I`ve outlined the handle attachement with a pencil. Even another option as well.

It didn`t take that long to make the cup in itself. The coarse shape and carving of the bowl took about 4 ours. But then the cup was laid away for 6 months. Then I shaped the antler handle. Took a couple of ours. Both things were laid away in a drawer for about 3 months until last week when I finally assembled the whole thing and finished it up.

Tor

 

[fredcraft]

Lovely kuksa, very kind of you to have made such a gift for your daughter !

 

[Marts]

Nice work Tor

 

[jon r]

That is a really nice peice of work!!

 

[Big Bad Stu]

WOW!

I've had one on the go for about 8 months now, I think I'll have another crack at it at the weekend!

Thanks for the inspiration.

:You_Rock_

Stewey.

 

[brancho]

Thats a very nice piece of work I need to get round to making one.