The official BK&T Bamboo Cup

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lowery399

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While I was at the gathering I picked up a few pieces of bamboo that Ethan had laying around and we distributed it throughout some of the guys there to try our hand at making a cup out of Becker bamboo. Yesterday I finally had time to fool with it and I thought I would share the results.

The first thing I did was use my BK11 to map out what I wanted....then I cut it down to size.
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I cut off the top..
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Then the bottom..
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I buffed it up with some sandpaper and then I put it in the oven to make it do kind of a self-varnish. I couldn't find the exact cooking temperatures so I put it in at 350 degrees in 5 minute bursts for about 20 minutes.
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In the end it had a really good self-varnish to it. It was a little bit darker than the dried bamboo and had just enough shine to it...
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The downside of this project however.......was the cooling process. After about 10 minutes of it sitting out to cool, it split right down the middle.
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So in the end, I guess I have a new flour scoop and a new sugar scoop. I guess I will have to snag some more bamboo at the fall gathering and try again. I hope this helps the rest of you that haven't gotten around to making yours yet.
 
Dang. I been using mine as a pen/knife/assorted small crap holder on my desk

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I aint touched it, it's still just like it was when u cut it and handed it to me.
 
thrillbilly said:
I aint touched it, it's still just like it was when u cut it and handed it to me.
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This is probably what I should have done with mine but I remember someone, I think it was vik, saying that it needed to be heated to a certain temperature to seal it. Either way I'm sure I'll get some kind of use out of it.
 
lowery399 said:
I'm guessing that it was either that or it just cooled down too fast? I don't know but I'm sure I'll try it again when I snag some more.
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From what I read, they have to be green, fresh, cut. That bamboo was pretty old, it'd been cut awhile. All dried up and cracking. In the Fall, if Ethan allows, maybe we can cut a fresh piece and we can all try drying it on the fire or something
 
Good shot, brother.

I love me some bamboo, making spoons, and cups and all kinds of other things. Its like natures hardware store.

Probably was good to go as it was, that bamboo was cut in the fall of last year. Been curing for a while.

How hard was it to cut the yellow bamboo?

Moose
 
thrillbilly said:
From what I read, they have to be green, fresh, cut. That bamboo was pretty old, it'd been cut awhile. All dried up and cracking. In the Fall, if Ethan allows, maybe we can cut a fresh piece and we can all try drying it on the fire or something
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Sounds like a plan.
 
Moosez45 said:
Good shot, brother.

I love me some bamboo, making spoons, and cups and all kinds of other things. Its like natures hardware store.

Probably was good to go as it was, that bamboo was cut in the fall of last year. Been curing for a while.

How hard was it to cut the yellow bamboo?

Moose
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It wasn't hard to cut it at all. Sanding it was a pain but I did use some fine grit sandpaper that I had laying around, probably would have worked better with coarse grit. If I had known much about it then I would have left it alone.
 
Tommythewho said:
thrillbilly said:
Dang. I been using mine as a pen/knife/assorted small crap holder on my desk

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By the looks of your desk you need a large crap holder, maybe a hollowed out redwood
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that pic was carefully cropped. My desk is a mess... fatwood, sharpening stones, lanyards, 550 cord, beads, sheaths, notes, sketches, extra factory scales......and I picked up about 12 knives off it today when I took my group pic. I need a bigger desk, and that hollowed out redwood u spoke of LOL
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i shoulda snagged some of the 5 inch bamboo :P
 
I was recently talking to Moose about growing a bamboo patch for just this kind of thing. Cutting down your bamboo though can result in chafing and itching. Pretty cool Lowery!
 
lowery399 said:
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So in the end, I guess I have a new flour scoop and a new sugar scoop. I guess I will have to snag some more bamboo at the fall gathering and try again. I hope this helps the rest of you that haven't gotten around to making yours yet.
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It always sucks when things don't work out the way you plan, but you did a great job of finding the upside. I bet they'd make dandy pet food scoops (if you have any pets). or you could possibly even make some cutlery out of them. Bamboo spork, anyone?
 
ThePointyEnd said:
It always sucks when things don't work out the way you plan, but you did a great job of finding the upside. I bet they'd make dandy pet food scoops (if you have any pets). or you could possibly even make some cutlery out of them. Bamboo spork, anyone?
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O dear sweet sister Sadie, the things you could do with just that little spat of bamboo there.

With one side and a BK17, you could carve out a 3 piece set up of eating tools, fast.

Then, the other side, maybe nice cooking spoon, a good, well shaped pot stirrer.

Like I said, bamboo is the best thing to find in the woods, as possible. If you are in a tough spot, bamboo can make a lot of things easier, fast.

I say roll with it, and if you want some more, lemme know, I can get you all you want, just for the love of god plant it. Please.

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Moose
 
i have tons of the stuff . it aint as big as that stuff from the gathering but its pretty good size . lowery , if you want some to plant just let me know .
 
maybe try cooling to ambient temperature in the oven, just turn off the oven and let it cool on its on slowly
 
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