Syc Cherry

[Kepis]

yeah, i know more spoons

Asymmetric Cherry eater and a small pocket spoon in Sycamore

g2 by Mark D Emery, on Flickr

a (3)2 by Mark D Emery, on Flickr

a (2)2 by Mark D Emery, on Flickr

a (1)2 by Mark D Emery, on Flickr

b2 by Mark D Emery, on Flickr

 

[Mesquite]

It's a real pleasure opening up a thread to see your spoons Mark, you've yet to disappoint me

 

[Kepis]

It's a real pleasure opening up a thread to see your spoons Mark, you've yet to disappoint me

Thanks mate, nearly time to split another log open, only got three blanks left to do

 

[ScottE]

Lovely pocket spoon....well they're both spot on

 

[Muddypaws]

Love the colouration in the cherry spoon! And the sycamore spoon is cute. As with all your spoons, I just want to pick them up and hold them.

 

[crosslandkelly]

Lovely work again.

 

[mr dazzler]

I love that assymetric symmetry (in moderation) it adds lots of character.Was it how the wood wanted to went, or did you rescue a blunder/munter from disaster? Follansbee does it on many of his spoons, to great effect.
What knife do you use on the inside to get such a good finish? It looks remarkably fresh and crisp, not overworked like mine usually is

 

[Kepis]

I love that assymetric symmetry (in moderation) it adds lots of character.Was it how the wood wanted to went, or did you rescue a blunder/munter from disaster? Follansbee does it on many of his spoons, to great effect.
What knife do you use on the inside to get such a good finish? It looks remarkably fresh and crisp, not overworked like mine usually is

That's asymmetry by design, originally it was a mistake, but i liked the shape so i made a template for future use, many of my spoons are asymmetric, much prefer them to symmetrical ones, think they have more character, the knife i use to finish is a Ben Orford open curve spoon knife, nothing special, but i keep it beyond scary sharp

 

[mr dazzler]

Sometimes the wood itself just "wants to assert itself" and ignore the symmetric thing, I like that.
I just started using a big old scorp I had made about in 1991 by Brian Russell. I used it originally for chair seats, but it works a treat for spoon bowls too as I recently discovered. I think with a bit of practise and technique (and spend time getting a really decent edge) it would do the finish cuts side to side like onion layers. In fact its amazing how fast it is to use (and sounds nice too when its working)