Spoonin

[HamsterStyle]

Finally got my spoonin knife. I have a ways to go before I make a nice spoon, but I now have a spoon. I am going to sand this one down and smooth it all out then put a coat of oil on it.

 

[rhino]

Finally got my spoonin knife. I have a ways to go before I make a nice spoon, but I now have a spoon. I am going to sand this one down and smooth it all out then put a coat of oil on it.

Nice work!

Are you going to try again soon?

 

[Throwsstones]

First time trying to attach images. Recent spoon I made.

 

[HamsterStyle]

Nice work!

Are you going to try again soon?

You better believe it. And since you were the first to post, I'll add that I didn't have that knife out of the box for 2 minutes before I stabbed myself in the palm. Lol. It just barely got me, but I quickly changed my approach. No accidents since.

I did Learn a few things with this spoon. I carved most of it a couple months ago while sitting around the fire. I did it with a couple of my knives. I batonned the basic shape with my esee 4, then carved a little more detail with a combination of knives. Griptilian, esee izula, and my Kershaw edc. Since that day, it has sat inside pretty much untouched. I believe the wood has dried out considerably and in turn become quite a bit harder to carve. I was definitely fighting that. I also had to take all the rough edges out of the inside of the spoon that had been carved with straight blade knives. Doing that on the dried, hard wood made for a fairly difficult task. I feel that starting with a green piece of wood and with the curved knife will make it a ton easier next time around.


So, how do you sharpen these knives?

 

[HamsterStyle]

First time trying to attach images. Recent spoon I made.

That's an interesting shape. Looks great. What kind of wood is that?

 

[Throwsstones]

The spoon is cherry. The bowl in making is black walnut which is one of my favorites to carve.

 

[rhino]

First time trying to attach images. Recent spoon I made.

Very nice work! Looks like you have some experience.

You better believe it. And since you were the first to post, I'll add that I didn't have that knife out of the box for 2 minutes before I stabbed myself in the palm. Lol. It just barely got me, but I quickly changed my approach. No accidents since.

Hah! Touche'!

I did Learn a few things with this spoon. I carved most of it a couple months ago while sitting around the fire. I did it with a couple of my knives. I batonned the basic shape with my esee 4, then carved a little more detail with a combination of knives. Griptilian, esee izula, and my Kershaw edc. Since that day, it has sat inside pretty much untouched. I believe the wood has dried out considerably and in turn become quite a bit harder to carve. I was definitely fighting that. I also had to take all the rough edges out of the inside of the spoon that had been carved with straight blade knives. Doing that on the dried, hard wood made for a fairly difficult task. I feel that starting with a green piece of wood and with the curved knife will make it a ton easier next time around.

Definitely easier with green wood!

So, how do you sharpen these knives?

That's a good question. I've never handled that kind of knife, much less used or sharpened one.

 

[patience0830]

Definitely easier with green wood!




That's a good question. I've never handled that kind of knife, much less used or sharpened one.[/QUOTE]

It cuts a very neat little U shaped divot out of you. Much like a hoof knife.

 

[HamsterStyle]

The carpenter next door to our shop gave me a few pieces of drop lumber for me to mess around with. Here are a couple spoons I have been working on last night and today. In the living room. The wife hasn't killed me yet. She is beyond awesome.

 

[rhino]

Nice!

Plus, if you're making wood chips in the living room, she knows you're not up to any other sort of mischief!

 

[DaKruiser]

Beautiful work HamsterStyle and throwsstones, thanks for sharing.

 

[DaKruiser]

Here's a few I done last summer, I'm in bad need of some woodlin time

 

[Throwsstones]

Nice work DaKrusier. I really like the spoon in the middle pic.

 

[DaKruiser]

Nice work DaKrusier. I really like the spoon in the middle pic.

Thank you,

I would really like to start carving bowls similar to yours, did you use an adze?

 

[Throwsstones]

Yes an adze is your friend when it comes to bowls. I do the ruff shaping the an axe and most of the outside with draw knives. The final cuts are done with a gouge.

 

[rhino]

Yes an adze is your friend when it comes to bowls. I do the ruff shaping the an axe and most of the outside with draw knives. The final cuts are done with a gouge.

My dad carved a lot of bowls with an adze, chisels, and gouges. Many of them looked like bathubs, about 1/4 scale!

 

[DaKruiser]

Yes an adze is your friend when it comes to bowls. I do the ruff shaping the an axe and most of the outside with draw knives. The final cuts are done with a gouge.

I knew that had to be the way to go, I made a small shallow bowl with my hook knife, whew! I think I will fire up the forge and make an adze, I'd love to make some bigger bowls. Thanks for your reply

 

[DaKruiser]

I finally had a little time this past weekend, sure felt good getting the knives out and making some curles.

 

[rhino]

That spatula is SWEET. Nice work, as always, sir.

I've been practicing just carving the smallest curls I can with my Battlehorse with the Scandi grind. The next step after I learn to control it well will be a spoon.

 

[Fordtough25]

I finally had a little time this past weekend, sure felt good getting the knives out and making some curles.

That good sir is functional art!