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Wow, Standard, you're giving me something to aspire to. Nice work :thumbup:

Next challenge: what kind of feather stick can you do with the 5?
 
Hard Knocks said:
Backyard therapy :) You done good.
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Thanks HK!! I've been working at this lady's gorgeous house and the woman across the street has a son that is a heroin addict that is a piece of shit. He tried starting a fight with me yesterday over nothing and he spit on my Vans windshield. He ran when I opened the gate and told him I already called the cops. It took every bit of my patience to keep calm.

Silver Needle said:
Wow, Standard, you're giving me something to aspire to. Nice work :thumbup:

Next challenge: what kind of feather stick can you do with the 5?
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Thanks Silver! I used branches from a citrus tree so they're relatively soft. If I can do it, so can you!
I'll see what I can do feather stick wise because I honestly suck at it so don't expect anything pretty!
 
I went with a spoon this time. What a pain in the butt.
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Standard78 said:
I went with a spoon this time. What a pain in the butt.
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Dang son, that is amazing! Have you done a lot of Small whittling like that before even if not all in the same stick?

I had a few big branches come down in my back yard and I've been studying up on spoon making. How'd you work out the bowl of the spoon using the 4.1?
 
I have only done a few try sticks in the past with other 1095 knives but I stopped because they rolled and dulled quickly. This steel is just amazing and they're still shaving sharp.
On the bowl part I used only the tip and drilled it first then carefully removed the excess. Just be cautious because the blade can slip easily. I did this one on a table pretty far away from my legs because I've read about people stabbing themselves.
 
Standard78 said:
I have only done a few try sticks in the past with other 1095 knives but I stopped because they rolled and dulled quickly. This steel is just amazing and they're still shaving sharp.
On the bowl part I used only the tip and drilled it first then carefully removed the excess. Just be cautious because the blade can slip easily. I did this one on a table pretty far away from my legs because I've read about people stabbing themselves.
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Very cool, good advice. My goal is to make a GSO 5 spoon.
 
Oh yeah, either birch or silver maple or black locust. I have a variety from a summer of storms.

What were you using for all those try sticks?
 
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Oh man you're lucky! These are all from a weird citrus tree that produces lemons, limes and oranges. This stuff gets a bit stringy.
 
I wonder if oak would make a good spoon? Its readily available here. That and pecan are what I cook and carve most but I never tried a spoon. Just mangled a few wanna be feather sticks. I'm sure y'all seen em and got a good laugh.
 
It might work well if you catch it quick enough. The oak around here is hard as hell!
 
It might be really hard to work with carving wise. I don't know much about wood but the oak tree I have here is dense and a pain to chop.
 
Yea same here, everything else is plum full of sap. I got some family that has lemon trees. I see if my cousin can send me a pic of one of his lemons. There almost as big as a persons head.


He wears large gloves and these are still green.


You can make a pitcher of lemonade out of one. And you don't really need sugar cause these are naturally sweet.
 
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My grandmother has been growing them for years. My uncle and my cousin took clippings this one is my cousins. I'll take some when they get bigger and actually turn yellow.
 
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