Spoon question AND let's see your carving projects!

Combination chopping board / long dish..
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Egg scraper/stirrer...
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Both of these and others carved with the GB mini...
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Kind regards
Mick
 
rksoon said:
Awesome guys! Those spoons are beauties...they make my spoon look like chewed cud :D Qrt, did you sand your spoons down to get them that smooth?

Marcelo, how did you and TonyM get your bowls so nice and wide?

And +1 on TF's question. I'd like to know too. :thumbup:
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With those curved carving knives one can make the bowl as wide as the piece that one is carving. Tony got the tight and the more open hooks. I prefered the more open hook. There is a bit of a learning curve to using them.
 
TF - That's funny! Its just about discipline, you have stay focused on whats really important;)

On the finishes for wood eating implements, I think that people who are really serious about spoon and bowl making often recommend using mineral oils, apparently the olive and veggie oils can go rancid in certain circumstances.
 
rksoon said:
Mneedham, those neck spoon pendants are nicely carved. Love the color too :thumbup: Is that part of a fire kit?



Good to know, thanks! :thumbup:
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Yeah, I was fooling around when we were doing KGD's fire project. I made it for my son...

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I love these carving project threads.

My work spoons have improved believe it or not. They are still not up to par with most of you guys though.

 
Wow, this thread is taking off! :thumbup: Right on guys, lets see more!

Mick, I am coming over for dinner :).
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Good workin with the GB Mini, and it's nice to finally put a face (sort of) to the name :thumbup:.

Marcelo Cantu said:
With those curved carving knives one can make the bowl as wide as the piece that one is carving.
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Ah! I thought you and TonyM only used that Helle and Koster in that pic (correct me on the knives if I'm wrong). I really need to pick up a couple from Ragnar :)

mneedham said:
TF - That's funny! Its just about discipline, you have stay focused on whats really important;)

On the finishes for wood eating implements, I think that people who are really serious about spoon and bowl making often recommend using mineral oils, apparently the olive and veggie oils can go rancid in certain circumstances.
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I have to admit, I hard time focusing as well :o:D

Re: the mineral oil, it makes sense, it's what I use on all my knives if there is a possibility of using them in food prep. :thumbup:

Mneedham, awesome! I must have missed that KGD assignment thread, but very cool man.

TonyM, looking leagues better than mine man :D


After seeing all these, I really want to get a hook knife now.
 
BarberFobic1992 said:
for the record, do NOT coat spoons in linseed oil. it is toxic. use vegitable oil or mineral oil.
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For the record, pure linseed oil, is not toxic. What you generally can buy though, isn`t pure. So while i agree with you, that other oils might be better, pure linseed oil will leave a somewhat better finish on most wooden pieces, than other vegetable oils, because of its drying qualities.

Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linseed_oil

Maybe you`re thinking of boiled linseed oil?
 
rksoon said:
Ah! I thought you and TonyM only used that Helle and Koster in that pic (correct me on the knives if I'm wrong). I really need to pick up a couple from Ragnar :)

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It was a Brian Andrews Bushcraft and a Helle. They were use for all shaping of the spoon.

I had Mora curved knives to carve out the spoon portion though.
 
Sorry to bump, just wanted to put some pics up of the progress i've made on the spoon. Still no bowl carving knife here, so I've been continuing to work on it with the F1 and Izula. I love working with the Izula, great tip strength, keeps an edge well, and small enough to manipulate the tip and edge with really fine control. Love that little knife.

Thinned out the shape a bit, widened the bowl a bit, and took some 100 grit paper to it; it's coming along :D Still need to work on widening and smoothing out the bowl further. Hard to do with only a knife, for me anyway. I apologize for the dark pics, no time to set up better lighting.

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Feel free to post new stuff up :)


ETA: Forgot to mention that I started with a 1.75"x1.75"x10" piece of basswood.
 
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Here is a work in progress I started at PWYP. We had a, *ahem*, spooning session. It's like Fight Club, we just don't talk about it.

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As for a size comparison, the stool it's sitting on top of is one of the folding stools you see in Wal-mart. It started out as one big chunk of wood and it's not come down in size very much length wise as you can see.

I chose to whittle my spoon instead of cutting it up in bits like I've seen others do. I just prefer to take my time. This is the first spoon I've ever attempted to make. Forgot to add, I'm using a Fallkniven F1 for carving currently. Joezilla was impressed by the amount of shavings I had taken off of it as he had used a big pile to help stoke a fire.
 
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A buddy of mine once carved a 6" section of 'chain' from a solid block of ebony [i.e. the steel of wood]. There were probably 8+/- links. Crazy stuff.
 
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I use a bow drill to "burn" the bowl into the wood, and then carve the spoon around it.
If you want an oval shaped bowl, drill it deep, and sand at an angle. Use the same kind of wood that you are drilling, or a harder type of wood for the drill. Softer wood won't work very well, if at all.

You can makeshift a depth gauge out of wire, foil, or carve a gauge out of wood so the spoon can be made thin enough to fit in your mouth.
 
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cssims - Good stuff! Sounds like we've been doin the same thing :thumbup:

cssims said:
I chose to whittle my spoon instead of cutting it up in bits like I've seen others do. I just prefer to take my time. This is the first spoon I've ever attempted to make. Forgot to add, I'm using a Fallkniven F1 for carving currently.
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Redpoint - pics or it didn't happen! :p No, seriously, that is pretty crazy/cool :thumbup:

Bumppo - Awesome tips, thank you :thumbup:. Never thought to use a bow drill, and a depth gauge is an excellent idea. This spoon is a tad deep, and I'm going to thin the bowl end down a bit more. Right now I can use it as a ladle or soup spoon of sorts.
 
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