Who wants to spoon?

[Dannyboy Leather]

Roughing 'em out is the hard part. The rest is icing on the cake. A good spoon knife will make the job much easier (many of the old timers and native Indians carried a variety of crooked knives in my area for canoe and tool making).

On our last backpacking trip I carved out these three spoons from a dying Aspen tree. Not a wood with lots of character, and certainly not my fanciest, but they worked well throughout the trip. Good way to spend some productive time in camp.

Thinking way back, my first several spoons looked like canoe paddles. Would have worked well as canoe paddles, too.

 

[SouthernCross]

G'day Tony

Just thought I'ld share this. I made it pretty quick with my Helle today. Nothing more relaxing than having a beer and doing a lil whittling is there...

What model of Helle is that?



Kind regards
Mick

 

[Dannyboy Leather]

Here is a link to Pinewood Forge http://www.pinewoodforge.com/catalog.html. IMO, Dell Stubbs makes some of the finest woodcarving hook and sloyd knives around. Great prices too.

My hook knife that I use for spoon carving.

 

[Sharp Eye]

Nice work Tony.
Makes me want some soup or stew over an open fire.

 

[mneedham]

Dannyboy,

Thank you... Try making a Kuksa or two without one of those... I owe you a beer!

 

[RescueRiley]

I just did a 3 part youtube video series on how to make a spoon.. but I am by know means an artist... I did most of the carving with my belt knife.. but used a frosts hook knife for the bowl... I'll try to get a pic up in a little bit. I found coal burning and a hook knife in tandem to be the best way to really get a good bowl... at least for me..
also Southern Cross I'm not sure but it looks like a Helle Eggen

 

[cj65]

Digging the spoon, real nice....

 

[DOC-CANADA]

Nothing more relaxing than having a beer and doing a lil whittling is there...

Yes, GS, there is! We have to talk.

Nice Helle, BTW. :thumbup:

That always stuck in my mind because I'm amazed how fast birch rots once it hits the ground. Seems like it goes punky overnight and there's nothing left but the bark by the night after that.

The reason it rots so fast is because of the waterproof nature of the bark - it doesn't allow the wood to dry.

Doc

 

[RescueRiley]

Here are some pics of spoons in various stages of progression
2 I'm working on now

1 I made and used on my last overnight in FEB it was a quick job but served its purpose

Wow the first pic looks like crap... No more crack before taking photographs I guess

 

[pimpnugget]

my first attempt at spoon carving

 

[RescueRiley]

Looks darn good so far bro

 

[SouthernCross]

Here's pics of a couple of camp kitchen utensils I carved with a GB mini

First up is a scrapper/stirrer that came in handy at dinner time

And a combined chopping board on one side....

and shallow dish on the other.

..
also Southern Cross I'm not sure but it looks like a Helle Eggen

Thanks for the info :thumbup:. I like the looks of it



Kind regards
Mick

 

[tonym]

Great spoons and utensils fellas, Keep em coming!

DannyboyLeather, excellent work!

Tony,
You are pretty talented. Good work. If your wife ever lets you come up to PEACE or WAR you could do a seminar on spoon carving.
Oldman/Marty

Marty its great to see you here. I am doing my best to make Peace this year. Tell Aggie I said hello.

BTW, Tony:

How do you like the handle on that Helle?

I have the Harding which appears to be the same size and same handle shape, but the handle is walnut/leather/birch/leather/walnut. Anyway, I have fairly large hands and something about the lip at the butt end of the handle doesn't quite fit. I've sanded off a bit and I'm tempted to remove more, but the handle is so darn pretty I don't want to mess with it.

Stay sharp,
desmobob

The handle is very comfortable to me, but I don't have the biggest hands. I really like the look of the handle on the Harding and they do look to be the same size. I got this Helle in trade from Silenthunterstudios, his problem wth it was the handle was too small for his larger hands as well....

G'day Tony

What model of Helle is that?


Kind regards
Mick

Here ya go Mick, it's a fine knife:thumbup:

http://www.ragweedforge.com/fjelkniv.jpg

 

[msiley]

Nice spoons! Nice knives too!
I've never made a spoon before... but now I'm going to have to try it.
Usually I end up making chopsticks if I need utensils (lazy).

 

[buddha72]

What Helle Model Knife is that? Thanks!

 

[Tom Krein]

Nice work. Carving is RELAXING!

Here is a bigger spoon I carved out of some nice curly maple. It turned out pretty good. The big serving spoon behind it is cherry. It is still not done, but is getting close! Sorry for the crappy picture!

Tom

 

[theonew]

All these spoons look beautiful and very functional. In my experience even a crude spoon is effective though. I had this routine for about four hikes in a row where I would leave about a mile of hike left about a half hour before sundown. I would make a small fire and let it burn down to coals and then cook some beans or rice or noodles over it, while I whittled a spoon to eat it. After I put the fire out, I removed all trace of my presence there, except I would leave the spoon out in a noticeable place, and would then hike home in the dark. Not sure why I did this, some weird kind of mental illness I suppose, maybe a Zen sort of thing

 

[danielp]

Here is my first spoon

 

[1Tracker]

I just did a 3 part youtube video series on how to make a spoon.. but I am by know means an artist... I did most of the carving with my belt knife.. but used a frosts hook knife for the bowl... I'll try to get a pic up in a little bit. I found coal burning and a hook knife in tandem to be the best way to really get a good bowl... at least for me..
also Southern Cross I'm not sure but it looks like a Helle Eggen

Nope, Helle Fjellkniven, was mine at one time

Nice spoon work Dannyboy, the practice really shows in them. I think Tony's was close to your top one, he just ran out of time to finish it up.