I cut off some casuarina branches (with a BAS) last week, and luckily have not thrown them away. Had some spare time over the weekend, so decided to carve my first ever spoon out of a casuarina brach. The only condition for this project was to do it with only a khuk and nothing else. So, this is what you can do with a 12.5" khuk and a few hours.
It is quite a rewarding feeling to have got this far. I didn't even think I'd get the blank at all, but once i got going, it was as if nothing else existed. It doesn't look pretty, but perfectly functional.
I had so much fun doing it, and it is a fantastic way to getting to know your khuk! It took me about 1/2 hr to chop and rough a blank. The cavity and shaping the head took another couple of hours, some very awkward holding positions and a few close calls. The rest of the time was just spent refining the shape and smoothing the surface...still doing it. The only thing is I wished the tip and recurve of the khuk were hardened, cos it took a bit of steeling every so often to get the edge to usable sharpness, but no other problems with this little one...which I've had for a few years.
I've been putting off doing a spoon project for so long because I don't have a hook knife. Well, now I know I don't need one.
Cheers
Eric
It is quite a rewarding feeling to have got this far. I didn't even think I'd get the blank at all, but once i got going, it was as if nothing else existed. It doesn't look pretty, but perfectly functional.
I had so much fun doing it, and it is a fantastic way to getting to know your khuk! It took me about 1/2 hr to chop and rough a blank. The cavity and shaping the head took another couple of hours, some very awkward holding positions and a few close calls. The rest of the time was just spent refining the shape and smoothing the surface...still doing it. The only thing is I wished the tip and recurve of the khuk were hardened, cos it took a bit of steeling every so often to get the edge to usable sharpness, but no other problems with this little one...which I've had for a few years.
I've been putting off doing a spoon project for so long because I don't have a hook knife. Well, now I know I don't need one.
Cheers
Eric
