First Spoon

[Maverick299]

I was sitting in a hunting cabin Friday night with no one to talk to but my dog so I did some whittling to pass the time. This is my first attempt at a spoon. I used nothing but a Case mini trapper and Bark River Huntsman. Now I just need to hit it with some sandpaper to take off the rough edges and finish it. What would be a good finish to use that won't affect the taste of food....linseed oil?

 

[Cassander]

Not bad at all for a first spoon. Did you do the bowl with the spey blade?

 

[MTURBO]

That's cool!! :thumbup:

 

[waynorth]

Linseed oil will ruin it for food. I use food-grade mineral oil. Same stuff you use for cutting boards.
Nice work, with somewhat awkward tools for spoon making!

 

[Cory Hess]

Great job for a first try!!

I use food-grade mineral oil. Same stuff you use for cutting boards.

Some stores will list it as butcher block oil. I believe it's the same stuff you get at the pharmacy and the pharmacy should be a bit cheaper.

 

[tew3006]

Nice job!

 

[mike Berkovitch]

Very nice :thumbup:

 

[TX_planes]

Excellent. It's not easy carving the bowl with straight tools! Thanks for posting.

 

[Maverick299]

Thanks guys, I will pick up some mineral oil to treat the wood.

As mentioned, that definitely wasn't easy with only those two knives, I am an no hurry to do another one!