Need help with accessories...

[Pan Tau]

..hope this works - to illustrate Keith`s words.

hope to see pics soon. Have fun!
Andreas

 

[Daniel Koster]

Finished the mug and spoon.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=271869

Thanks for the great tips and help, guys!



Dan

 

[sajuma]

Good work and I hope it will hold hot drinks.

Juha

 

[Ferrous Wheel]

And a pic is worth a thousand words.

Keith

 

[Daniel Koster]

I'm back - pics and stories to follow...

Dan

 

[sajuma]

This is my new kuksa. Made by Eelis Mustonen from Kuopio.
It's bit bigger that usual ones.
15 cm inner diam and volume 1.3 liters.
I want it for soups and such, so it is a kuksa for eating.
My normal kuksa goes inside with spoon and still leaves room...
http://kuvax.net/i/5502_Ku10_2006_k08N.jpg

Thanks for looking.

Juha

 

[Daniel Koster]

Dang, that's a nice kuksa:

Thanks for the follow-up. :thumbup:






p.s. Holy Resurrected Thread, Batman!

from 2003...!

 

[Fiddleback]

That is a sweet looking kuksa. Great work. Post more stuff like this!

 

[namaarie]

What kinda wood and how did you finish it? Looks great!

Chris

 

[sajuma]

It was made from ONE piece of birch burl. Eelis made it by hand. Dear old man that he is...

The finish?
In the end it has been wet, dried, finely sanded, wet, dried.... and so on untill there are no fibers rising. then he used boiled linseed oil for the final finish.

juha

 

[Sylvrfalcn]

Absolutely beautiful, magnificent craftsmanship and true artistry. I very much admire it.
Guys, if you haven't tried a kuksa you're missing out. Like the wooden spoons I use in the kitchen for taste testing, they'll handle any sort of hot food or beverage, without burning your hands or your lip.
If you want to try a good one on the cheap, Ragnar sells these for nine bucks;

By no means are they to be compared to the true kuksas that are handcrafted from birch burl. But, they otherwise function identically. There's nothing I like better to sip tea, coffee, and other stuff more uh, flammable, from.

Sarge

 

[funktree]

"and they say he carved it himself, from a bigger spoon"

 

[sajuma]

Careful though. Those normal wooden cups might not stand for boiling/hot water(coffee,tea,soups). That is the ultimate test for kuksa, put boiling water in it and hope it wont crack. :-/

 

[Lion's Roar]

Cool. One of the ways used by the old indians was to half a piece of wood. Then, put hot coals in the middle of one and leave it. It would automatically burn a nice depression. Replace the coals and move them around as needed, and you have the lazy man's way of making a bowl or cup or whatever you want. Yes some carving was still needed.

Also, it would already be sort of heat treated wood, and you can run a smooth bone over it to make the surface finer.

 

[sajuma]

Good news, Eelis is taking orders if someone likes to have a nice kuksa custom made just for him/her!!
You may contact him in this address.
http://kotisivu.dnainternet.net/mustonen/

All the best,
Juha

 

[Howard Wallace]

My kuksa. This is an old picture. It now is a little darker, with more than a decade of hard use under its belt. Every year or two it gets some beeswax coating. It's still soaking up the cognac like mad though. I can't figure that out. Time to buy another bottle!

Red Flower prefers her kosa.

My son's kuksa, from a craftsman in northern Russia.

Don't have a picture of my daughter's.

Useful little devices, with good spirit.

 

[sajuma]

Cool Kuksas you got there. Funny the bearcub one...
Juha

 

[BruiseLeee]

What are the lanyards for? Do they prevent loss if you drink a little too much?

 

[Daniel Koster]

IIUC...to clip to your belt/pack/etc.

 

[Howard Wallace]

What are the lanyards for? Do they prevent loss if you drink a little too much?

You never want to get separated from your cup at a drinking party! That would be a disaster!

Besides, they traditionally hang from the belt when hiking or rousting about. I've replaced the paracord lanyard on mine with a leather belt hanger that fastens with a brass peg. My kuksa hangs from that now.