UPDATED 8/20/2013! My Woodcarvings (With Some Becker Content)

[mattchibi]

Wow those are awesome dude.

I recently realized I like carving sticks into points. I tried doing notches recently as well, but found it way too difficult without a small hand saw, or maybe some softer wood would've been better (I was using maple, which has a hardness of around 1400~).

Very inspiring, I think I shall go out and whittle some more!

 

[GarnetandBlack]

that coal spoon looks familiar! that's what my best/most patient attempts turn out lookin. Great stuff though man, that kuksa (sp?) looks really good :thumbup:

 

[Luke.]

Really nice work! glad someone else can look at a hunk of wood and see a bowl or spoon. If you didn't I'd have nothing to eat with!

 

[Stark Knives]

Thanks guys!

G&B, that spelling is correct.

 

[GarnetandBlack]

Thanks guys!

G&B, that spelling is correct.

maybe i missed the explanation, but what exactly is a kuksa and where did it originate?

 

[Stark Knives]

A kuksa is a drinking vessel originating from scandinavia. It was traditionally made from a birch burl but those are hard to find so people use other woods. I suggest Googling the history as it's pretty interesting.

You can look at this Flickr group and this link for more examples.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/1565793@N22/?added=4

http://bushcraftusa.com/forum/forumdisplay.php/187-Adahy-s-Trading-Post

I strongly recommend looking through Alex's (Adahy) forum, there are plenty of photos of spoons, bowls, and kuksas.

If you have more questions, I'd love to answer them.

 

[GarnetandBlack]

cool man, thanks for the info and the linkage! Much appreciated, I'll look into it. heck, maybe ill try to carve one of my own

 

[mattchibi]

A kuksa is a drinking vessel originating from scandinavia. It was traditionally made from a birch burl but those are hard to find so people use other woods. I suggest Googling the history as it's pretty interesting.

You can look at this Flickr group and this link for more examples.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/1565793@N22/?added=4

http://bushcraftusa.com/forum/forumdisplay.php/187-Adahy-s-Trading-Post

I strongly recommend looking through Alex's (Adahy) forum, there are plenty of photos of spoons, bowls, and kuksas.

If you have more questions, I'd love to answer them.

Thanks for the links, the second one has a crazy amount of handcrafted spoons and other interesting and functional items. Verrrry cool thanks for sharing

 

[Stark Knives]

No problem! If you have anymore questions, don't be afraid to ask.

 

[Stark Knives]

Here are the my latest carvings.

Birch, this is kind of a weird pic....

Initials

Birch scoop that I now keep in the freezer for scooping ice.

Walnut spoon, this one was very twisty. I had given up on it because it was hard to carve, but I dug it out of the firewood pile and finished it.

Small cedar bowl.

Big cedar bowl.

I tried something new here, down sloping sides.

As always, here is my Flickr for photos.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/57443333@N04/

 

[The Warrior]

Awesome work man. I especially like the cedar bowls.

 

[Cwilliamson]

Very cool man. Makes me want to load them up in my pack and take them with for backpacking.

Clark

 

[Stark Knives]

A month or two ago, I found a nice maple log in a dumpster and decided to make spoons from it! Here are the results.

I snapped the handle off the one spoon, now the bowl spins like a top.

I went for a fully hollowed out spoon on this one.

These had great grain.

Thanks for looking!

 

[Tdhurl1103]

Some nice wood there

 

[Alnamvet68]

That's absolutely gorgeous....that looks like a perfectly fried pork chop. Your culinary skills are beautiful......



























































































































.....oh, and the wood work is superb, btw.

 

[Theknife]

Very nice. I carve too. I have made a few spoons but nothing as nice as yours. I have made wood spirit walking sticks and shore birds and stuff. Just modified my bk14 to be better for carving. But again, beautiful work.

 

[Stark Knives]

Thanks a lot guys!

 

[BaldingEagle]

Beautiful work! If I did that, my end products would look like African blood wood. Only it would be stained with my own blood.
You god mad carving skill!
Balding

 

[Stark Knives]

Haha! Thanks!

 

[imaginefj]

I just learned from the internet, mainly Youtube. I made a small how to carve a bowl on BCUSA. Here's a link.

http://bushcraftusa.com/forum/showthread.php/70632-I-ve-Gotten-a-Lot-of-Carving-Done-Lately!-(With-a-Small-How-to-Carve-a-Bowl)

And here's a great video for how to carve a spoon.

[video=youtube;KW2DN46lrqk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW2DN46lrqk[/video]

Thanks!

He is good with the hatchet.