What have you been whittling with your traditionals?

[Just Tom.]

pencil points
I need to get some whittlin' wood ... see if I can whittle something that don't look like a pointy stick/tent stake/anti-vamp stake when I'm finished ...
My hopes of succuss ain't high. An artist I isn't.

You're not alone... That's about my speed too.

If you need someone to whittle skewers for a bbq. I'm your guy .

That reminds me of a thread I started but went nowhere, for those of us who are, shall we say, artistically challenged, to show off our handiwork:

The Fridge (Traditional knives and something kinda cool you made)

I had this idea for a thread, and hopefully it will be well received: There are some true artists and craftsmen who frequent this forum, and we have all had the pleasure of seeing their exquisite work, showcased with beautifully composed photographs. There are also guys like me, who are...

www.bladeforums.com

 

[JM2]

Spice and jelly spoons. I think this is dogwood.

https://imgur.com/wbThBUn

 

[MUFC4Benfica1]

Another spice spoon. Sycamore and Boker Carpenter's Whittler.

 

[JM2]

I finally got to the magnet inlaying on this little garlic clove.

https://imgur.com/60AbHds

https://imgur.com/qiGWrll

 

[Let'er Buck]

That’s pretty cool, and a pretty cool photo idea.

 

[dantzk8]

Dan.

 

[RLB0414]

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Dan.

Very nice.
What type and size wood did you start with?

 

[JM2]

Yea Dan that’s cool man. I’d like to see some in process pics of one of those.

 

[dantzk8]

Very nice.
What type and size wood did you start with?

Thanks, this one is a 3x2x2 inches piece of basswood but most often i use a 2x2x2.
I soak it in a 50/50 mix of water and alcohol to soften the wood.

Yea Dan that’s cool man. I’d like to see some in process pics of one of those.

Thanks, i will do it next time and will post it in this thread. The principle is simple. The difficulty consists in separating the 3 entangled links by removing as little wood as possible in inaccessible parts.

Dan.

 

[RLB0414]

Thanks, this one is a 3x2x2 inches piece of basswood but most often i use a 2x2x2.
I soak it in a 50/50 mix of water and alcohol to soften the wood.

Thanks for the tip

 

[JM2]

Thanks, this one is a 3x2x2 inches piece of basswood but most often i use a 2x2x2.
I soak it in a 50/50 mix of water and alcohol to soften the wood.



Thanks, i will do it next time and will post it in this thread. The principle is simple. The difficulty consists in separating the 3 entangled links by removing as little wood as possible in inaccessible parts.

Dan.

I’d appreciate it. If I could see a few In process pics I could probably manage it. My first captured ball wasn’t hard at all. It impresses the non whittlers though.

Where’d you learn the alcohol/water soak?

 

[dantzk8]

I’d appreciate it. If I could see a few In process pics I could probably manage it. My first captured ball wasn’t hard at all. It impresses the non whittlers though.

Where’d you learn the alcohol/water soak?

I will do it, probably before the end of this month. Here are some pictures of the borromean knot which could help you to figure out how to make it.





A first chain link surrounds a second link which surrounds a third one which surrounds the first link. Each link is perpendicular to the two others.

I can't remember when and where i've heard about the alcohol and water soaking. My two grandfathers, my father and most of my uncles were woodworkers. I've spent my childhood in carpenters and woodturners shops at sweeping chips. It's possibly there i've learnt that.

Dan.

 

[JM2]

I will do it, probably before the end of this month. Here are some pictures of the borromean knot which could help you to figure out how to make it.

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A first chain link surrounds a second link which surrounds a third one which surrounds the first link. Each link is perpendicular to the two others.

I can't remember when and where i've heard about the alcohol and water soaking. My two grandfathers, my father and most of my uncles were woodworkers. I've spent my childhood in carpenters and woodturners shops at sweeping chips. It's possibly there i've learnt that.

Dan.

Thanks. Those pics help too.

I’ve heard of alcohol and water for leather stamping. I know for some things in wood, having it soaked in hot water is the way.

 

[Just Tom.]

Why do I always wait until AFTER my back injury flares up again before remembering I was working on this walking stick?

I had another pattern of squares going on in those recessed areas, but the black locust was too splintery for it to work right, so I just gouged out the mess I made of it with a small chisel. One of these days I will finish the spiral…

 

[JM2]

That’s pretty cool Tom.

 

[JM2]

Thanks.
I have this other one, too. It is the dedicated rabbit food scoop (Opinel #8 for scale):


For it to function properly, you have to sing “rabbit food scoop” to the tune of the Beach Boys’ “Little Deuce Coupe”.
(I may have mentioned that before here…)

I get that song stuck in my head every time I think of whittling a scoop, or if I look at this thread. You and your dang rabbit food scoop!

 

[Just Tom.]

I get that song stuck in my head every time I think of whittling a scoop, or if I look at this thread. You and your dang rabbit food scoop!

You’re welcome…

 

[JM2]

https://imgur.com/3q51Dle

Been working on spoons lately. Some are as whittled, some sanded. You can see the larger one in the foreground, where I roughed it out with the bandsaw. Often on a small spoon I won’t, but I normally do on a larger one.

Walnut and cherry and maple here.

 

[Just Tom.]

I am currently trying to discover what interesting object lies within this chunk of maple root I dug out of my garden:

Apparently this oddly-shaped coin dish is what was inside. I have to confess to cheating a little on this one. The maple root was somehow both spongy and tough at the same time - I gave up using a spoon-carving hook knife about a third of the way down into the bowl area and did the rest with a Dremel with a small saw attachment. Everything else was done with the 2 knives shown in the original picture, then finished off with a quick rough sanding.

 

[5K Qs]

https://imgur.com/3q51Dle

Been working on spoons lately. Some are as whittled, some sanded. You can see the larger one in the foreground, where I roughed it out with the bandsaw. Often on a small spoon I won’t, but I normally do on a larger one.

Walnut and cherry and maple here.

Strange coincidence. This morning I happened to listen to a song about carving a "love spoon" performed by a band from the 1970s that I liked, and this afternoon, I ran across your post about the spoons you've been carving. The band in question had at least some of its members from Wales, and I discovered a website claiming that love spoons are a centuries old Welsh tradition.
The song (it even has some tasteful pedal steel guitar, I think):

The love spoon website:
https://www.adamking.co.uk

- GT