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beef

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Hi All,
just finished this ladle, started with a 4 by 4" chunk of wood and worked down. In hindsight I should have started with my hatchet, a LOT of carving and sharpening went into this one!

http://s958.photobucket.com/albums/ae62/apfel1984/?action=view&current=ladle2.jpg

http://s958.photobucket.com/albums/ae62/apfel1984/?action=view&current=ladle1.jpg


I coal burned the bowl and then used my crook knife to carve out the chunks. I learned that if I let the burning go on too long, cracks began to appear. So I'd burn a little bit, carve it out and repeat.

Hope you enjoy!
 
That came out nice and I know it's tougher then it looks, I've tried it. How many hours did you put into it?
 
Nice grain pattern!

ladle2.jpg
 
Nice, is there anything ya need to do to season it before ya use it, will coatin' it with EVOO stop the wood from absorbin' anything?
 
Hi Remmmm,
I started working on it about a month ago, but cast it aside as it was such a big job! I picked it up again a week ago and have been doing a little on it every day, maybe 10hrs total? As I said before, I should have used my saw and hatchet more than my knife. I'm used to my spoons only taking an hr at most.

Thanks for posting the pic Skimo :)

T.Erdelyi, after sanding, I just put a few coats of olive oil on it. It takes a few because the wood seems to suck the oil up quickly. I've been using my spoons in the kitchen for cooking with no previous treatment and they seem to be doing fine, apart from looking very well used. Almost a patina developing!

Thanks Al, my spoon knife now has a little hood made from that leather you sent me... Speaking of which, when are you going to post some of your carvings???
 
G'day Beef

Personally I'm a big fan of using a hatchet for the initial stages of carving :thumbup:

As you have said, it saves a lot of time :D



Skimo said:
Nice grain pattern!

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I agree nice grain in that wood. What is it btw?

Is that an enzo in the pic?



Kind regards
Mick
 
Thanks Mick.
Definitely using a hatchet for my next project; a kuska.

The wood is pine and the knife is a SWC bushcrafter, basically the same as a Woodlore.
I've added a micro bevel to it and it copes with harder woods (harder than pine) much better. Not quite on par with my F1, but a lot easier on the eye!
 
G'day Beef

beef said:
......I've added a micro bevel to it and it copes with harder woods (harder than pine) much better.....
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You have raised a point that doesn't seem to get the attention it deserves.

A lot of people here talk about how good scandi grinds are at working with wood, but my experience has been that they don't cope well with seasoned hardwood without a secondary V bevel or a small convex bevell right at the edge.

Not suprising really, when one considers that Scandi's originated in areas where softwoods dominate :D



Kind regards
Mick
 
Great looking spoon! If I could make something 30% as good as that I'd be happy. :eek:
 
SouthernCross said:
G'day Beef


You have raised a point that doesn't seem to get the attention it deserves.

A lot of people here talk about how good scandi grinds are at working with wood, but my experience has been that they don't cope well with seasoned hardwood without a secondary V bevel or a small convex bevell right at the edge.

Not suprising really, when one considers that Scandi's originated in areas where softwoods dominate :D



Kind regards
Mick
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And that coming from you, gets my attention. I look to your knowledge and shake my head in amazement.

Thanks for the thread! The ladle is AWESOME.
 
Thanks all :) Hopefully I'll get to enjoy more of everyone elses carvings soon? (hint hint). I love reading skill based threads.

Mick, I'd be using a convex all the time, but I feel that the scandis have more control, thus the compromise of a micro beveled scandi. That's just for the finer carving stuff. For everything else I think convex is the way to go.
 
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