Spoon Carving :)

[warthog1981]

I'm a fan of using larger knifes and a believer that practice makes you better at most things so thought id have a bash a carving with my ESEE-6. It did all the work from roughing it out of the Willow branch that I used to all the detail cuts and finishing cuts to the Frost spoon knife was used to hollow out the bowl of the spoon

I think it turned out fine what do you think ?

cheers Russ

 

[ex-member Raikey]

Thats a classic spoon matey,...

i,m new to the spoon making,..and just used what i had on me,...a 5 inch Helle Brakar,...

i got on quite well,..even on the details and tighter cuts,....

i have since tried with a smaller knife and its not as easy,...sooooo much easier with a big blade i must agree,...


Stu

 

[warthog1981]

Thanks Im thinking of having a go with my RTAK II should be interesting with such a long blade

cheers Russ

 

[Retired Member southey]

Great stuff Russ, it's all about being good with what you got, and that looks ace! the ESEE I mean, the spoons ok but look at the lovely lines, Ooof!

 

[Barn Owl]

Aye, that's great Russ.

 

[warthog1981]

Im working my way through my bigger knifes This time it was the Cold Steel Bushman Bowie

 

[Barn Owl]

Don't think I could use a big knife down to that size of carving.

Great stuff again Russ.

 

[dancan]

I've done the bigger knife (but not quite that big) and was happy with the results .
From the looks of your spoons you should be more than pleased , nice work!

 

[warthog1981]

Thanks folks

Russ

 

[warthog1981]

Ive been working my way up to carving a spoon with my RTAK II
I thought it would be nice to use a hard wood this time so Ive used seasoned Oak I think its turned out well the RTAK II has a 10.5 inch blade.
It wasn't as hard to control it for the fine cuts as I thought it would be.
And it was easy to choke up on the blade for finer tip work
Its tool finished again all done using the RTAK II and a frost spoon knife for hollowing out the bowl.
clippers just for scale

What do you think ?

Cheers Russ

 

[gsfgaz]

Brilliant mate , very nice .. what's next chain saw . haa ha

 

[warthog1981]

Ive run out of larger blades now

cheers Russ

 

[dave53]

you have a talent sir i likey regards dave

 

[warthog1981]

Thanks

Russ

 

[Toddy]

Brilliant mate , very nice .. what's next chain saw . haa ha

Don't you be giving him ideas Broken bottles and felling axes'll be next :yikes:

That said, Russ, the spoon carving's beautiful and I know you like the bigger knives, but you'd make a decent spoon with a sharpened penny if need be

atb,
M

 

[tomongoose]

Well done I find my mora a bit on the large side for carving!

 

[warthog1981]

thanks folks

Russ

 

[Scout]

Nice job mate


Nathan

 

[plastic-ninja]

Nice spoon Russ.You can borrow my Sirupate Kukhri for the next one if you like!!
Cheers , Simon

 

[PaulSanderson]

theyre brilliant...far better than any of my attempts. i'll try with a bigger knife next time and see how i get on. thanks for sharing..