Weekends spoons.

[fishfish]

selection of Birch spoons. by fishfish_01, on Flickr

carved these this weekend,all carved from silver birch with a tool finish,theres loads of silver birch down around here this winter so i recon theres gonna be a lot of spoon making!

thanks for looking.

 

[gowersponger]

wow love that curly handle one how did you do that ?

 

[crosslandkelly]

Very nice. I love the rope handled one.

 

[fishfish]

wow love that curly handle one how did you do that ?

its a lot of hardwork doing the rope twist, start by drawing 3 equaly spaced lines down thr shaft,then cut a deep groove along each line,then its a matter of rounding the twists by carving the edges off till it looks like a rope twist.

 

[Monikieman]

That barley twist one is great, so is the next one, and the square bowl....................Ah heck, they're all good.

Square one is my favorite. Just wondering how it fits in your mouth!

 

[fishfish]

That barley twist one is great, so is the next one, and the square bowl....................Ah heck, they're all good.

Square one is my favorite. Just wondering how it fits in your mouth!

cheers mate,they are all serving/ cooking spoons ,however they fit mrs fish's mouth fine! lol

 

[weekender]

They're great I like them

 

[Stringmaker]

Lovely work and quick too to make all those in a weekend!

 

[THOaken]

Good work, Fishfish. That rope/spiral spoon is indeed a work of art. Does it handle well?

 

[Clouston98]

The absolutely smashing spoons mate! Great work!

 

[Monikieman]

,however they fit mrs fish's mouth fine! lol

A bit like my wife........I hope she never reads this forum!

 

[Muddypaws]

Beautiful spoons there. Could you tell us a little about the knife that you carved them with - it too is a stunner!

 

[HHazeldean]

Wow those are stunning, love the rope handled one, and the square bowl is interesting, really like it

 

[fishfish]

Lovely work and quick too to make all those in a weekend!

a plain spoon takes me around an hour ,a barley/rope twist is that plus another hour.

A bit like my wife........I hope she never reads this forum!

amen to that one brother!

Beautiful spoons there. Could you tell us a little about the knife that you carved them with - it too is a stunner!

the knife blade is a rat tanged 'bernie garland' 01 tool steel whitlin blade,it was one of his first,the hanle was done by me and consists of padouk wood a home made mosaic pin,(must admit it was copied from one i couldnt afford!) and a bit of plate brass for the bolster,i look forward to this one on my knife rotation.

 

[grey-array]

Class A job Mr fish, lovin those
Yours sincerely Ruud

 

[Dreadhead]

ooo love the twist!

 

[ozzy1977]

Very nice work

 

[shack]

smashing, I love hand carved wooden spoons, what oil are you going to finish them with?

 

[fishfish]

i dont generally oil them and let the owner do that,i was using walnut oil and i have had a few folk not buy due to allergy problems,so now i just advise them what suits their needs ,if they have no needs i usually recomend the walnut oil.