Spoony, spoony,cricket

[jungle_re]

Thought it was about time i had a better go at carving some spoons as the first one i made were at best rubbish; bit like an egg cup at the end of a stick.

Perfect opportunity to have ago whilst watching the cricket.

Carved from some offcuts of tulip wood which were to hand rubbed with a bit of dog fish skin and a quick coat of sesame oil.

Big serving/cooking spoon
eating spoon
& tea spoon

 

[John Fenna]

Nice stuff!
I guess you have to have something to do while watching cricket...die of boredom!

 

[VtBlackdog]

nice!
I like how they all have the same handle profile, matched set.

did you use a bent knife, or just a straight blade?

 

[markheolddu]

Nice work, puts mine to shame
Mark

 

[Ogri the trog]

Nice work!
I find it useful to keep my early spoon efforts so I can see the progress made in my carving journey - also helps others to see that, given a few simple techniques, it is an achieveable skill.

ATB

Ogri the trog

 

[jungle_re]

Thanks for the kind words guys.

Ogri i only have one other i have made and it is truely awefull so illustrates you point well.
Has been used uptill now but you do have to adopt a hawk bill upper lip to eat your dinner from it lol

 

[Melonfish]

v nice indeed!
i need some new cooking spoons tbh. bout time i tried to carve myself a spoon.
i'll put A&E on standby.
nice fox-skin btw.

 

[Sean Hellman]

You finished with dogfish skin, what sort of grit would you say it was and how well did it work?
Nice spoons and good to see a matched set.

 

[jungle_re]

The majority of the dog fish skin i have is around the 100 - 120 grit but parts are rougher at about 80 and single direction so it only works pushed in one direction

 

[firecrest]

Cool.
How did you get that fox to sit still and balance them like that?