schmittie
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This is not a tutorial, but just my experience that I'm willing to share:
This began several weeks ago, 350+ miles north of what I call home. We met the wife's family up in Michigan for a camping trip. It just so happens that some of the pieces of firewood were beech. I have mostly hardwoods at home and was happy to come across this softer wood.
I didn't have a saw, so I chopped my piece down to the size I wanted.
Then I found something to trace for size and got it down to a rough size.
I ended up bringing it home where I countinued to work in it as I had the time.
I also used a mora spoon knife to carve out the bowl. Sorry, no pics of this part but its pretty self explanatory.
Then the sanding started. Hours and hours of sanding.
I'm not gonna lie......eventually it saw the belt sander. (See, it's not a tutorial. I cheated a little!). I changed the handle shape as well after seeing more pictures of other kuksas. When I got to where I felt I could stop, (it's far from perfect) I used a light coat of wood stain on the outside and stained the inside with some coffee.
I brought it on this weekends camping trip. Traditionally, I understand the first beverage drank from a kuksa should be coffee or whiskey. The morning cup of joe was a little extra special this morning.
If you have never done a kuksa but would like to, I encourage you to try. Don't get in a hurry, it takes patience more than anything. Well, you have got to have some sharp tools too!
Tools used were my home modified hatchet, Mora spoon knife, Fiddleback Forge Terrasuar and sandpaper/belt sander.
Thanks for looking.
This began several weeks ago, 350+ miles north of what I call home. We met the wife's family up in Michigan for a camping trip. It just so happens that some of the pieces of firewood were beech. I have mostly hardwoods at home and was happy to come across this softer wood.
I didn't have a saw, so I chopped my piece down to the size I wanted.
Then I found something to trace for size and got it down to a rough size.
I ended up bringing it home where I countinued to work in it as I had the time.
I also used a mora spoon knife to carve out the bowl. Sorry, no pics of this part but its pretty self explanatory.
Then the sanding started. Hours and hours of sanding.
I'm not gonna lie......eventually it saw the belt sander. (See, it's not a tutorial. I cheated a little!). I changed the handle shape as well after seeing more pictures of other kuksas. When I got to where I felt I could stop, (it's far from perfect) I used a light coat of wood stain on the outside and stained the inside with some coffee.
I brought it on this weekends camping trip. Traditionally, I understand the first beverage drank from a kuksa should be coffee or whiskey. The morning cup of joe was a little extra special this morning.
If you have never done a kuksa but would like to, I encourage you to try. Don't get in a hurry, it takes patience more than anything. Well, you have got to have some sharp tools too!
Tools used were my home modified hatchet, Mora spoon knife, Fiddleback Forge Terrasuar and sandpaper/belt sander.
Thanks for looking.
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