this one's a bit different!

[DoctorSpoon]

A Scandinavian-style serving spoon with a hook on the back so you can hook it on the edge of your pan:

You do the hook by leaving a lump on the back of the handle and drilling a hole through it (cordless drill - very trad craft ) Before you ask, no, I didn't axe that one out - it is Robin's work
Nicola

 

[Barn Owl]

Lovely spoon and such a simple yet practical thing a wee hook is!

 

[Shewie]

NIce work Nicola, I like the natty hook bit, very clever yet so simple

 

[Barney]

That hook idea should be patented. Cool.

 

[hiho]

wish i had the patience/skill to do that. very nice work

 

[robin wood]

That hook idea should be patented. Cool.

I once heard a story about a chinese guy who invented a system for foraging ducks amongst his rice paddies, They ate the slugs increasing rice yields and giving eggs and surplus ducks too. The idea spread rapidly. When told he should patent the idea he asked why he should want to stop someone else using his good idea?

Anyway it's not our idea it is found on lots of traditional old spoons in Sweden and even )though not quite so elegant) on some old Welsh ladles.

We should also thank Rosco for the wood which was a nice crook he brought along on our last course, I think he said it was lilac. was that right John?

 

[robin wood]

wish i had the patience/skill to do that. very nice work

No patience involved, I get stuck right in, and skills can be learned, it's no harder than riding a bike, driving a car, or playing the guitar, just fewer folk put the time in to learning these skills.

 

[SOAR]

Nice work, very nice looking spoon.

 

[bushtuckerman]

No patience involved, I get stuck right in, and skills can be learned, it's no harder than riding a bike, driving a car, or playing the guitar, just fewer folk put the time in to learning these skills.

Well said.

 

[Nagual]

Anyway it's not our idea it is found on lots of traditional old spoons in Sweden and even )though not quite so elegant) on some old Welsh ladles.

For a moment there I thought you said Welsh ladies...


Lovely work, as usual.


Nag.

 

[HOUGHTON PIG]

No patience involved, I get stuck right in, and skills can be learned, it's no harder than riding a bike, driving a car, or playing the guitar, just fewer folk put the time in to learning these skills.

and much the same as playing the guitar, you learn to cherish the calluses and blisters