spoon anyone?

Alan2442

Alan2442

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Decided to try my hand at making a spoon today.

My dog brought this stick in the house the other day, and it has jsut been sitting on the floor. When i got home from work I decided i was gonna see what i could do with it.

I tried to break it into a smaller piece, but this wasn't happening. It has had a chance to season really well with all the heat here in Oklahoma. So got out the trusty hatchet and busted it up a little. Then i just started carving.
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When i got it about where i wanted it i sanded it a little and coated it in mineral oil.
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I think it came out pretty good. Maybe a little small since I'm a big guy, but i'm sure my mom will want it. I made her a bowl out of an oak knot while I was home this summer. they should go together nicely.

Thanks for taking a look.

Best,
 
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Nicely done! Very cool, I like it. Have never tried making a spoon, but think it would be a good skill to learn. I know there are specialized carving knives and some woods are preferred. Any general suggestions for just using the knife you have with you and whatever wood(s) you may be able to find? Not intending to hijack, so ignore if you dont feel this is appropriate here.
Thanks for the great pics!
Fred
 
You should try a fork too! I love making stuff like this. It's great to just loose yourself in a simple task and not have to think about anything for an hour or two.

So far I've made these. Next project will be a wood bowl now that I've got a little GB axe that'll do the job nicely.

 
Fred...now worries on the questions. Your right there are "spoon," or crook, knives available that would have made carving the bowl part of the spoon much easier, but I don't own one of them...yet. After doing this project I am thinking it would be worth investing in one. As for types of woods, I have herd that cherry is a good wood to start with. It is supposed to be hard enough for kitchen work, but still soft enough to shape easily. I also read somewhere that you should try to stay away from aromatic woods like cedar. Since i didn't have a crook knife I had to use what I had on me. I chose a larger bushcraft style knife to carve out the general shape of the spoon. To make things easier I chose the piece of the larger broken up stick that I felt already most resembled a spoon. I switched to a small blade (around 2 inches) for the finer work. To carve the bowel section I applied pressure and sliced the shape of my bowl, in this case a rectangle, into the spoon. after doing this I used the knife more like a chisel since the blade was to large, and flat, to carve out the material. I used the sliced rectangle shape as a stop for the material i pried out of the bowel section. I'm not sure if this makes sense, but if it doesn't i will get the camera out and try to take some pictures of it. The wood, like I mentioned earlier was just some random stick that my dog carried in the other day, and I took away from him so he wouldn't shew it and leave chips all over the house...of course that's exactly what I did...He probably thinks I'm a hypocrite. I'm sure if you were in a pinch for a spoon, it really wouldn't matter what kind of wood you use as long as its not hazardous to your health. :)
 
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yah i chose to do it inside because it like 108F out and I would rather vacuum the carpet than sit out there and work on a project.
 
HandOfCod how did you go about carving the fork...just slowly taking it down with a blade, or is there some technique to it?
 
Alan2442 said:
HandOfCod how did you go about carving the fork...just slowly taking it down with a blade, or is there some technique to it?
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I battoned my F1 point first to break away the sides of the fork handle. For the prongs it was a slow process of cutting away at an angle on both sides of the fork. It took quite a long time but mostly because I was trying to use just the F1 as a test.
 
Hi.
Nice spoons. I thought I'll share my creation too. It's my first try, made about a week ago.

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Nicely done.I like making spoons, I need to sit down and make a couple more. I think I am going to get a crook knife but burning the bowl out and scraping it was easier for me than carving it. Who made the knives in the pics?


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Oh yeah, carving is addicting/fun alright...
Here are a few forks I carved for a challenge in the becker forum a while back
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Nice carvings everyone, I have carved a few and have found it a very relaxing hobby.
 
the knives in my pics at the begining of the thread were made by Mark Wohlwend. the larger is his compact bushcrafter, and the smaller is the FNBK.
 
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