Ugly Spoon, Beautiful Knife

HandofCod

HandofCod

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I finished my very first bushcraft project today! It's not very good looking but it's mine and I made it. I hope to try a second with the lessons I learned making this one. I also came out almost injury free, which was a bonus - I'm not sure the small cut on my index finger counts.

The Aurora is an amazing knife! I got a small nick in the edge mid-way up the blade which I'm hoping will strop out eventually.

Apologies for the crappy iphone pictures, I didn't have room to pack a real camera.

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By the way, I cheated and used a hook knife to carve out the bowl.
 
I got a couple nicks on my canadian special carving out notches for a fire board. I guess the A2 might be a hair brittle. They have been through about 3 stropping sessions since and I hardly notice them anymore. None the less, I still love my BRKT's. What handle material is that on your Aurora?
 
s500yards said:
I got a couple nicks on my canadian special carving out notches for a fire board. I guess the A2 might be a hair brittle. They have been through about 3 stropping sessions since and I hardly notice them anymore. None the less, I still love my BRKT's. What handle material is that on your Aurora?
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It's Amboynia Burl and it seems to get better looking the more I use it. I think either there was a protective coating on the handle that made it look a little grey to begin with or my hand moisture is working into the wood.

Either way I'm very please with it. I carved with it for hours and it was still screaming sharp from tip to bottom. This is the only knife that I can lightly drag through my arm hair away from the skin and feel the hairs catch and "pop".
 
The spoons not bad at all. And the knife looks sweet. I never realized how much the Aurora reminds me of the Woodlore.
 
Sweet looking knife and as long as you don't get any splinters in your mouth it should work just fine. :thumbup:
 
mistwalker said:
The spoons not bad at all. And the knife looks sweet. I never realized how much the Aurora reminds me of the Woodlore.
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The Aurora is my favorite Bark River, though my bocote is not as pretty as this one.

You have a good eye. It is Mike Stewart's interpretation of that design.
 
Hey, that spoon ain't so bad looking and quite functional looking. If that's your first, your being too hard on yourself.

Great looking knife. The Aurora is one of my favorite Bark River's.
 
flnder said:
Do you have better pics of the sheath? Is that some sort of drop down attachment?
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Only this one. It's the basic sheath that comes with the Aurora plus the drop down attachment you can get from KSF. Works a treat! :thumbup:

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JohnnyO said:
Hey, that spoon ain't so bad looking and quite functional looking. If that's your first, your being too hard on yourself.

Great looking knife. The Aurora is one of my favorite Bark River's.
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Thanks JohnnyO. I've seen some lovely finished spoons and thought there was no way I'd get mine looking like that. At least it's recognisable!

SouthernCross said:
Nice handles :thumbup:

Out of curosity, is that Radiata Pine that you made the spoon out of?
Kind regards
Mick
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Quite possibly. It's definitely some sort of pine that I used. The trees certainly weren't native to the area. Up close you can see all the grains running through the bowl which looks really nice.
 
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The blade finish with that dark wood is gorgeous! Extremely mellow and calm. Could almost make your forget that it's sharp enough to shave with.
 
HandofCod said:
Quite possibly. It's definitely some sort of pine that I used. The trees certainly weren't native to the area. Up close you can see all the grains running through the bowl which looks really nice.
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It sure looks like it :thumbup:

A further question if I may.

Did the blade chip with wood only contact?

If it did, may I suggest raising the spine a little when you hone it, in order to thicken the edge a touch. If it will chip on pine, I hate to think what it will do when used on our Eucalypts :D




Kind regards
Mick
 
SouthernCross said:
It sure looks like it :thumbup:

A further question if I may.

Did the blade chip with wood only contact?

If it did, may I suggest raising the spine a little when you hone it, in order to thicken the edge a touch. If it will chip on pine, I hate to think what it will do when used on our Eucalypts :D




Kind regards
Mick
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It may have been from hitting the bench I was on but I certainly didn't hit metal. I'll keep that in mind when I strop next.
 
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