Does anyone make carvings?

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cutlerylover

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I was just messing around today and decided to try to carve a spoon out of a scrap piece of pine I had lying around...I used a Mora knife, and a mora spoon knife...not bad for my 1st try, but there is certainly room for improvement...I want to try to make a bowl next, I saw a neat way of coal burning to help hollow it out...If anyone has some carvings they made please share pics with us! And keep in mind this was my very 1st attempt in tryign something like this...I know its not perfect...lol



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nice work. I have always wanted to take up carving, yet have not gotten around to it. If I do get a chance to try it, I will post some pics.
 
andrew7978 said:
nice work. I have always wanted to take up carving, yet have not gotten around to it. If I do get a chance to try it, I will post some pics.
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Thanks! Yeah I really want to get into detailed carvings like small statues...but I already have too many hobbies...lol...and not enough time for something like that, I just happened to have the day off today, and decided to try this out...The spoon came out ok, its hard to tell but the "bowl" part of the spoon is much fatter than a normal kitchen spoon...
 
That looks much nicer than my one attempt at carving a spoon. I don't have one of those curved knives though.
 
Thanks, yeah the "spoon" knife, or "crooked" knife is somethgin you need for the hollowing out part, unless you have some kind of guage...I was lucky enough to get my spoon knife for christmas from an online buddy! He asked me what I wanted, and thats what I told him...It means alot to me because ot was a gift, I am glad I am getting to use it...They are not that expensive...about $20 online...If your planning on carving anything with a concave design like a spoon, or a bowl, its a must have!
 
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I've carved Whales and sharks up to 2 feet long with only a hatchet and a slipjoint. but most of the time I cut out a blank with a coping saw. then go after it with a knife.
 
I really need a spoonknife, I'm sick of using pocket knives for the task. The coal burning works really well, I used that on my first attempt at a bowl. Turned out well, but the finish was rough because of the lack of the spoon blade.
 
bikermikearchery said:
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I've carved Whales and sharks up to 2 feet long with only a hatchet and a slipjoint. but most of the time I cut out a blank with a coping saw. then go after it with a knife.
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very nice Mike, I have seen those before in a different thread...they came out great!


SpookyPistolero said:
I really need a spoonknife, I'm sick of using pocket knives for the task. The coal burning works really well, I used that on my first attempt at a bowl. Turned out well, but the finish was rough because of the lack of the spoon blade.
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Yeah, the spoon knife is great for well makign a spoon, lol...I hope to make a bowl soon myself using the same coal burning technique...
 
I carved a kubcar (a scouts car made od a block of pine about 8 inches long that is raced down a ramp) last year, never even got to race it against my scout group.
Heres a pic but it's with the crappy old camera.
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I had to use a dremel a lot, but mostly is was a box cutter.
I was really surprised at how much chips were on the floor.
More artistically I have carved a polar bear and a dolphin from soapstone,
that was fun, but talk about mess! Do that one outside.
 
cool, I remember the pinewood derby when I was in scouts!!! but back then my dad made most of it, I just glued on some weights, and helped design it, and painted it...It came out cool, and I got second place in the race...I still have my little trophy, lol...those were great times...I really wish I was back in scouts again, since I am really into the outdoors more these days...
 
ok guys, well here is my second attempt at a spoon, this one I made form a broken piece of door jam molding I had in my basement...I attempted to make the scopp part of the spoon much thinner and more usable, but it cracked on me...You can't see it in the picture good, but if I continued to work on it it would have broken off, so this spoon is more unfinished than the other one, but I will still keep it for show...Also in the picture is a small piece of natural twine/cord I made from the fibers of a milkweed stalk...It took me about 10 minutes to get it off the stalk and roll it up and sort of braid it...I might make it inot a bracelt, not sure yet? Just messing around with some stuff I have been reading...


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Very cool cutlerylover!! It's nice to see someone actually attempting new skills and posting about it. Sure they aren't going to end up in a museum any time soon, but the imperfections are what make them so attractive to me, and the fact that you are posting pictures now, will give you something to look back on to see how much you have progressed in a couple of months from now. Sure it is cool to see pictures of the work of professionals, but it is also refreshing to see pictures of the work of someone just starting a new hobby or skill. That's what I love about this forum. Which reminds me, I finally got around to building my first figure four trap and my first sling shot. I'll have to post them if I ever get the chance.
 
Nice, I want to try one now. I don't have a spoon knife but I may try out the coal buring method.
Just remembered a funny video I saw, a guy makes a spoon with a small forest axe, pretty neat.
It's like 2 feet long, but it shows how great those axes are too.
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Thanks guys! I can't wait until spring when I can go forage for new foods! I think I might also try to make a duck decoy from cattail leaves...I know I will try to make a willow whistle too!
 
Great post, I am actually hooked on wilderness carving tools right now...I just bought my first Adze and am looking to get a few smaller ones...I am really on a hatchet and axe kick as well. I imagine the larger tools working well with a scandi carving knife. I am looking forward to the next few winter months, as hunting season is over, and I can have free reign over the woods agian! I am planning some outtings with a friend, we are planning to build a large shelter, in a remote spot we know of, and to use the location to better our woods skills. I plan on taking my time on many of the items we will be making...(as much time as I can spare!) and carving is going to be the bulk of this years training, mixed with plant and tree ID'ing.
 
Way better than my carving attempts...I'm getting pretty good at making shavings though!:D

This seems like a good place to ask, but does anyone know of a puuko with a crook knife coming out the other (butt) end ? It was an interesting-looking thing I saw at a yard sale and (thanks to this thread) I think I now know what it was for...I wish I'd grabbed it.
 
hmm, sounds very interesting! and whata great idea, knife on one end, spoon/crooked blade at the other...My only problem I have been havign with ym spoon knife is being carefull with it, I wish it came with a simple rubber sheath or somethgin for storage or carry...right now I made a cardboard sleeve but it doesn't last long taking it on and off...
 
cutlerylover said:
ok guys, well here is my second attempt at a spoon, this one I made form a broken piece of door jam molding I had in my basement...
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May I respectfully suggest that a hard wood (close grain) might be better?
'In the old days' :) sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) was used because it didn't taint the food,
and also didn't hold the food colour i.e. stir a curry with it and it stayed white(ish),
unlike say beech - which turned the colour of the food.
My background is in countryside conservation (natural environment),
and this is what I was taught, (and experienced for a few decades).
Also the wood is easier to carve green that when a dry piece, as the door molding must have been.
You knew that anyway, but some others might not have.
 
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