Yet another MFS

[Chainsaw]

I wasn't going to do one, never really got me excited but here I am

I picked up Canoe Paddles: A Complete Guide to Making Your Own by Warren Graham, great book on making your own paddles and general woodwork and I was mucking about transferring the profiles etc and decided to make a paddle. Not a full size one, just a small sugar island to play around with the ideas and techniques. To cut a long story short, rather than shave it down to the proper paddle profile I left it deep and carved a bowl so it's my 'paddle spoon' Pretty pleased for a first attempt at a paddle and a spoon, a couple of irregularities in the bowl and also it may not be quite symmetrical but it may be the grain misleading my eye

Looks nice, kept me occupied for the afternoon and will be a good cooking spoon.

Cheers,

Alan

 

[korvin karbon]

that mouse is MASSIVE

nice paddle spoon

 

[Toddy]

I like that Nice one !
That's almost a spurtle

cheers,
Toddy

 

[Celt_Ginger]

I love that spoon. It looks great.
Toddy, you have as many little local words as my wife does. (She's from Ballymoney.....Ulster Scots) May I beg to ask, what is a "Spurtle"?

 

[Toddy]

It's what you stir porridge with.
The best ones are not turned but carved into a kind of wedge end that gets right into the corner of the pot.

Ulster Scots.........okay, so that's Lallans, some French, some Doric, a wheen of English and some of the Irish too.......I think she has me beat

cheers,
M

 

[Celt_Ginger]

Yep, she uses a wheen a lot, and Och,and Aye, if she dosen't know something it's "I dinnie nae", I wouldn't is "I woodne", I couldn't is I coudne" we have 1 weain, etc etc. And her granny is even better!! Still, it's only 19 miles to scotland. Off topic I know, but you started it with your wonderful words, lol
Anyhow, I still love that Spoon/paddle/porrage stirer.