My last "field" spoon benefited from finding a 35mm sandstone ball in a stream bed. It does a great job of "sanding" out the bowl. Somehow, it seemed better than using my crooked knife. (Good Lord, I've caught the spoon pox! :yikes: )
philaw said:Thanks paganwolf! I'm going to avoid burning this one because it's small will be difficult to do. Sand paper and lots of effort will see a spoon this small finished. I want my first spoon to be an unqualified success, so I stay enthusiastic!
bushblade said:Nice spoon Pagan wolf, though I am curious as to why you split the billet with your axe and then proceeded to put in stop cuts with your saw? If you had the axe to hand why not blank out the spoon with the axe? Its much quicker.
Paganwolf said:Hi Bushblade, theres more than one way to skin a cat, this is just one method easy to follow for a first spoon, if your not used to handling an axe one wrong chop could see half of the bowl in the fire and the rest quickly follows, it gives confidence if your first one comes out good, and yes much quicker to rough out with an axe and its how i would usually blank one, but i just thought showing this method was a tad easier and usefull for carving other small items that can be whittled and carved.. :?: :biggthump