whale scoop

[titanius anglesmith]

Hi all,
I would like to show a scoop that i recently finished. It is carved from some kind of root burr. It was found in a wooded area that containes ,both broad leaf and pine. It was found amongst a tangled root mass, that was on the surface of the wood floor.So it could be from either.I call this scoop the whale scoop,because after de-barking it, it reminded me of a whale.I gave it a tail made from a piece of goat horn. I first drllied a small hole into the horn,then epoxyed a dowel screw into it.Then did the same with the end of the burr.Clamped them together the best i could and left to dry.I rough carved the horn with a knife,then gave its final shape with small files and sanded down to 1200 grit.Finishing with 0000 steel wool.The scoop has had 3 coats of alkanet root oil stain,then finished with about 6 coats of walnut gun stock oil.(I must start useing a food grade finish then i can use my spoons scoops etc).The oil finish does not seem to have affected the horn in any way.Thanks for taking the time to look.All comments wellcome
Regards Chris.

 

[ex-member BareThrills]

Simply Stunning. Such a shame its not food safe though.

 

[Wayne]

Nice work.

 

[shaggystu]

is walnut oil not food safe, or am i missing something?

edit: sorry, forgot to say; lovely piece of carving mate, i like that a lot

 

[titanius anglesmith]

Thanks guys,
Walnut oil is food safe .But the oil i put on is formulated for gun stocks,so will have addatives in it.
Regards Chris.

 

[Dreadhead]

sheer awesome

 

[Peat]

That is bloody gorgeous! Very impressed with that.

 

[Baggy]

Impressed

Very creative thinking

 

[dwardo]

Very pretty indeed.

 

[Whittler Kev]

Now that is nice ::

 

[Hoodoo]

An outstanding example of a carving in found wood. You did a wonderful job of bringing the spirit of the wood forward!

 

[pound]

very nice work i like it .

 

[Hugo]

Lovely piece of wood carving.

 

[shaggystu]

Thanks guys,
Walnut oil is food safe .But the oil i put on is formulated for gun stocks,so will have addatives in it.
Regards Chris.

thanks for clearing that up for me, i guessed it was something like that

 

[stekker]

Beautiful carving!
Nice piece of wood, i like the grain.
It was the decision of the wood to let you make a whale out of it.