Walnut Spoons

[Kepis]

Made these from a nice chunk of Walnut that was "foraged" earlier this year while i was out and about on a bimble, since the day it "fell" into my possession, the log has been on the wood pile and ive kept looking at it and thinking how best to use it.

I was going to make two, fairly big serving spoons from it, but yesterday, i decided instead of using the two halves, i would take it down further into quarters and try to maximise the wood, as it's not often you get a decent chunk of Walnut like this around here, having quartered the log, i set about carving it with the axe, the first spoon off the block was the bottom one, the next one no longer exists as i snapped it in half - oops, the other two pictured are, well from the other two quarters.

The colour the wood has taken is superb and once it was oiled the colours really started to pop, due to the way i carved these, the best grain patterns are on the reverse of the spoons, all of the spoons have a tooled "off the knife" finish and were oiled using pure Tung Oil.

It made a really nice change to use a wood that had some character to it, as i normally get to carve white woods like Hazel, Sycamore & Willow, now all i have to hope for, is when im out on a bimble and sitting under the Walnut tree having a brew, is another piece just happens to fall off and land in my bag.

 

[Hugo]

Well that's a thing, my walnut spoons turned out a much lither colour from the same branch, the other walnut that I use is the same colour you have there Kepis, that came from a wood pile from a friend.
Nice spoons mate.

 

[Kepis]

Well that's a thing, my walnut spoons turned out a much lither colour from the same branch, the other walnut that I use is the same colour you have there Kepis, that came from a wood pile from a friend.
Nice spoons mate.

Cheers mate, the colour difference is probably because you carved the wood when it was slightly green, whereas this was well seasoned, was lucky you were there when this branch fell off the tree

 

[HillBill]

That happens a lot round here, strange indeed

Nice work mate, love walnut.

, was lucky you were there when this branch fell off the tree

 

[Rockmonkey]

Nice work there Kep!
Always liked your tooled finnished spoons!
Beautiful colour ain't it!

RM

 

[fishfish]

walnut looks really nice,i may have to get some!

 

[crosslandkelly]

Lovely spoons, nice work. Remember to look out for widow makers.

 

[Kepis]

That happens a lot round here, strange indeed

Nice work mate, love walnut.

Bizarre how that happens isnt it?, and the point it cracked at was so clean it couple have been done with a Laplander

 

[Kepis]

Thanks for the comments guys

 

[SOAR]

Very nice spoons fella!

 

[Dannytsg]

I love the grain and colouring on these. Lovely work

 

[Schwert]

All three are quite nice, Color and shape.

 

[HillBill]

Nature truly is a wonderful and generous entity

Bizarre how that happens isnt it?, and the point it cracked at was so clean it couple have been done with a Laplander

 

[addo]

Great stuff, good to have a change of wood now and then. I've a bit of walnut somewhere saved from a tree job years ago.
Might have to have a rummage, but it'll be well seasoned now.

 

[Kepis]

Nature truly is a wonderful and generous entity

That it is Mark, would you believe that today, when i got back to the car after a day in the woods, i noticed that a load of 4" diameter Sycamore had some how fallen into my pack while i wasnt looking - Nature is indeed a wonderous thing, in more ways than one

 

[Kepis]

Great stuff, good to have a change of wood now and then. I've a bit of walnut somewhere saved from a tree job years ago.
Might have to have a rummage, but it'll be well seasoned now.

cheers mate, post yours up when you get it done

 

[Water Gypsy]

Love those, they look fantastic

 

[Kepis]

Thanks WG .