New spoon and a short guide for tristar777

[Hammock Hamster]

Hi all,

In order to earn some brownie points I decided to to carve a love spoon for swmbo, plus I have never tried one before.

I decided to do it all by hand - axe to tidy up the log into a blank, spoon knife, various knives, a mini chisel and lots of sandpaper.
I wanted to take my time and reckon it took about 18 hours in all over maybe 2 weeks in total.

Anyway here's the step my step pics from start to finish, I may well give it another coat of oil in the morning but am reasonably happy with the results.

Cheers, Hamster


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[dancan]

Thanks for the step by step !

 

[Chiseller]

It is....lovely :thumbup: credit to your patience and skill

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[Kepis]

Lovely job that, how many Brownie points did you get?

 

[Hammock Hamster]

Lovely job that, how many Brownie points did you get?

I think it's still yet to be decided but I suspect there will be a trip out on the cards shortly and at least a few weeks with no complaint about wood shavings around the house.

 

[martsim73]

That is a super spoon! What wood did you use.... I can't make it out on my small device. :notworthy

 

[Kepis]

I think it's still yet to be decided but I suspect there will be a trip out on the cards shortly and at least a few weeks with no complaint about wood shavings around the house.

 

[Hammock Hamster]

That is a super spoon! What wood did you use.... I can't make it out on my small device. :notworthy

Too be honest I have no idea, I picked up a fair bit of it earlier in the year in some local woodland after the tree surgeons have been through.
Tree I.D isnt my strong point but it has a fairly smooth grey/green bark and reasonably straight grain. Someone suggested it might be ironwood but I'm not 100%.

It's fairly easy to work with even after its seasoned so probably isn't, there was a lot of it in the area which is a small nature reserve in Chessington, Surrey.

 

[martsim73]

...thanks for replying.... Not to worry about the wood identification. Not my strongest subject either lol. A super outcome anyhow.

Martin

 

[Totumpole]

That's a beauty! Really good to see the progress photos as well - cheers for the wee tutorial

 

[bushwacker bob]

The wood is lime.

 

[Tristar777]

WOW Hamster you are a star!! That is great! You really have set the bar high for me to attempt to follow. Many many thanks , as im sure the step by steps will help and motivate me as I have a go. Ill take some pics when I start to show progress too.
Cheers again.
John.

 

[Hammock Hamster]

The wood is lime.

Cheers Bob, I managed to nab a fair bit of this and have been using for various projects and it been bugging me not knowing what it is.

 

[Hammock Hamster]

WOW Hamster you are a star!! That is great! You really have set the bar high for me to attempt to follow. Many many thanks , as im sure the step by steps will help and motivate me as I have a go. Ill take some pics when I start to show progress too.
Cheers again.
John.

Your more than welcome Tristar, I got the idea from the latest edition of bushcraft magazine which I recall you saying you had picked up in the other thread.

Top tip, especially if you freehand drawing is a naff as mine, trace the outline of the template they provided onto grease proof paper with the missus' eyeliner pencil and rub onto you blank wood with the back of a spoon to transfer it.

 

[Smith28]

That's next anni present for me sorted than. Thanks mate. Great finished product!

 

[Tristar777]

Hi. Remember everyone. The idea is to make a great present AND still have the correct number of digets on each hand at the end of the project.
Stay safe.