spooncarving with Jogge Sundqvist

[robin wood]

Jogge Sundqvist is perhaps the best known teacher of spooncarving internationally. His father Wille's book inspired much of the resurgence of interest in the craft worldwide. I have met Wille several times but met Jogge for the first time last week and he is a really wonderful chap and inspirational teacher.

Here he is teaching us the chest lever grip

and giving one on one instruction

This cross thumbs grip was one which I have never thought worth learning but seeing Jogge do it changed my mind, he removed wood at a furious rate leaving a crisp clean bottom to the curved cut.

His knives are gorgeous the blade is a frost 106 and when ground down to nothing he pops it out and puts a new blade in the old handle.

best of all he loved my turned plates and bought a set to use at home

more pics here
http://greenwood-carving.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/spooncarving-with-jogge-sundqvist.html

 

[dancan]

Great blogpost .
Thanks for sharing !

 

[Imagedude]

People carve spoons?

 

[forestwalker]

People carve spoons?

How else do you get spoons?

 

[Imagedude]

How else do you get spoons?

Walk into a shop and buy a stainless steel spoon. Spoons are also available via the Interweb.

 

[milius2]

Popping out blade?? How cool is that!!!! Looks like you had a great time there Robin.

 

[robin wood]

Popping out blade?? How cool is that!!!! Looks like you had a great time there Robin.

The 106 has a long thin tang which goes all the way through the handle, he fits it with white glue rather than epoxy so come the day it is ground away a well aimed blow on the back of the tang pops it out. How many of us wear out our knives though? after 15 years I have a few 106's that are 2/3 used up but I use stones more and grinders less than Jogge.

 

[MartiniDave]

I recently got Jogge's dvd on bowl and spoon carving, amazing how much he conveyed in an hour or so of video, amazingly skilled man. Mind, he looked a fair bit younger on the dvd.

Dave

 

[John Fenna]

Crossed thumb grip?
How does that go?
Not realy understanding that one...

 

[shaggystu]

Crossed thumb grip?
How does that go?
Not realy understanding that one...

my thoughts exactly john

 

[Retired Member southey]

What an awesome oppertunity Robin! Cool pics too!

 

[Tiley]

Brilliant. You were lucky indeed to share some time with (the son of) the great man. By the way, when are we likely to see you own gorgeous looking book on spoons and spoon carving on the shelves? It's all gone very quiet at Amazon...

 

[robin wood]

Brilliant. You were lucky indeed to share some time with (the son of) the great man. By the way, when are we likely to see you own gorgeous looking book on spoons and spoon carving on the shelves? It's all gone very quiet at Amazon...

I have met Wille several times and Jogge had potential to be an anticlimax as "son of the great man" nothing could be further from the truth. He is a superb craftsman, teacher and inspirational speaker, highly recommended if you ever get the chance to see him. Hopefully couple of months for my book.

I recently got Jogge's dvd on bowl and spoon carving, amazing how much he conveyed in an hour or so of video, amazingly skilled man. Mind, he looked a fair bit younger on the dvd.

Dave

That was filmed at country workshops about 1989 or 1990 so yes he is 20 years older now.

Crossed thumb grip?
How does that go?
Not realy understanding that one...

It's an impressive cut or pair of cuts, first you sweep from tip to hilt bringing the right elbow round almost stabbing forward with the point creating a slicing cut, then you flip to the other side of the hollow you are creating and slice back from hilt to tip. There are more photos on my blog.

 

[Samon]

People carve spoons?

carving spoons is 90% of bushcraft.. remember??

 

[Retired Member southey]

carving spoons is 90% of bushcraft.. remember??

Carve a spoon, then see how it teaches you the cuts required to make lots of other very useful tools, or mock others with out giving it a go.

 

[Samon]

Carve a spoon, then see how it teaches you the cuts required to make lots of other very useful tools, or mock others with out giving it a go.

I've carved a few, and it's good fun. My comment was a joke mate, we all know carving spoons is more like 75% of bushcraft.


(incase that one also alluded you, it was also a joke!)

 

[robin wood]

I've carved a few, and it's good fun. My comment was a joke mate, we all know carving spoons is more like 75% of bushcraft.


(incase that one also alluded you, it was also a joke!)

It's true, I am sure the Lord Meers said that come the judgement day he who can not carve a spoon shall be the first to leave the Big Bushcraft house.

 

[Stringmaker]

It's true, I am sure the Lord Meers said that come the judgement day he who can not carve a spoon shall be the first to leave the Big Bushcraft house.

You could be on to something there.

Never mind the celebrity/nonentity Big Brother narcissists; I'd watch the Big Bushcraft House!

"Tonight in the BBH, watch the inmates argue about the merits of what clothes to wear; is a tutu appropriate for the forest?"

 

[ToneWood]

...How many of us wear out our knives though? after 15 years I have a few 106's that are 2/3 used up but I use stones more and grinders less than Jogge.

Interesting to hear that Jogge's wears blades out completely & replaces them. I've seen pictures of Wille's 106s and had assumed they were worn down by a lifetime of full-time use & grinding - seems more likely that he's worn through several of them! I wonder if they use the old blades for anything (e.g. cut them down to make detail knives)?

I normally just strop my 106 or use 600 grit wet & dry sharpening sticks when edge is damaged - which cause no appreciable loss of metal, a knife might last a lifetime sharpened that way, for a hobbyist. But recently I dropped my 106 bending the tip over, snapping it off as I bent it back. So I reshaped it on my big, wet grinding wheel (probably somewhat faster than the Sundqvist's Swedish grinding wheels) - man it whipped the metal off alarmingly quickly but it took no time to re-shape the tip. The knife is now somewhat shorter as a consequence but I always found the 106 too long for comfort (& the 120 too short for general use but handy for detail & enclose areas), now it seems, as Goldilocks might say, "just right".

 

[NoName]

yo lucky one!

want to meet them once one time, got their books, changed alot for me!
Mora woodcarvers 4 ever!