I Could Do With A Little Teaspoon... I Know, I'll Make One !

[mstaines]

Needed a little teaspoon for my brew kit and hadn't yet carved my first spoon. So whilst at my sisters BBQ, having been asked to chop the wood for the firepit (She didn't have to ask me twice), I decided to start whittling...

And here it is, my first ever carved spoon (11cm long... or short)

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Just need to soak it in Linseed Oil, then make a brew :happy-clapping:

[Tony1948]

Dont put it in linseed oil it tastes ored,I put my in cold coffee over night,no milk or sugar mutch better,try it alb..........dont get eaten by the bears..........TONY

[luresalive]

very nice job, well done

[mstaines]

Dont put it in linseed oil it tastes ored,I put my in cold coffee over night,no milk or sugar mutch better,try it alb..........dont get eaten by the bears..........TONY

Oh... Might be too late... However, I couldnt find Linseed Oil, so used Walnut Oil... Will that still taste ored !!!

[CanadianMike]

Congrats, looks great. Try bees wax or something similar (food grade salad bowl finish) instead of oil. Even after oiling. Lol

[Tony1948]

I dont use enny oil baste prodocked on some thing I'm going to stire my first cupper in the morring with.Walnut oil would be allright I think,try it and let us now.Atb

[Ashley Cawley]

Looks great - nice work
T^
I wouldn't worry yourself too much about the oil - just boil the kettle and swish it about in boiling water for a while, it'll soon work out it's excess. Either that or when it's dry give it a light sanding and then use something else. Tea or coffee staining can give quite a nice effect.

[MikeWilkinson]

Nice one Mick, I just use Olive Oil, does the job for me.

[mstaines]

Thanks for all your comments guys... I think the thing to do here, is just try it and see, then report back !

[mstaines]

I kind of used the advice given by a couple of you (Please dont be offended if you weren't one of the chosen few... It was down to what I could lay my hands on at the time...) and here are the results...

BEFORE............................................ ........ AFTER
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I ended up soaking overnight in Walnut Oil (The spoon, not me...), then sanding lightly, before soaking in cold coffee...

Thanks for all your suggestions, Im really chuffed with my little spoon and cant wait to use it on a good old Lancashire brew !!!

[feebullet]

looks great! so your brewing up enough for everyone here right????

[JonnyP]

Never use linseed oil for spoons, (unless its food grade linseed oil) its got nasties in with it. Also olive oil is not good either. It certainly is food grade, but it can easily go rancid.
Walnut oil is very good to use though.
Tung oil can be used too.

[dave budd]

i think most of us that make/use wooden treen a lot use walnut oil or food grade linseed (aka flax seed) oil. Like jonny says, olive oil will go rancid and sticky and boiled linseed oil will likely poison you. I've tried tung oilonce but it was like licking a picnic table after treating it!

Sothese days I use flaxseed oil. Go to a farmers/equestrian shop and get it in sensible amounts for a sesible price rather than a hippy food shop ;) or use walnut oil,it smells nicer.

[mstaines]

i think most of us that make/use wooden treen a lot use walnut oil or food grade linseed (aka flax seed) oil. Like jonny says, olive oil will go rancid and sticky and boiled linseed oil will likely poison you. I've tried tung oilonce but it was like licking a picnic table after treating it!

Sothese days I use flaxseed oil. Go to a farmers/equestrian shop and get it in sensible amounts for a sesible price rather than a hippy food shop ;) or use walnut oil,it smells nicer. Thanks for the info... luckily I went for Walnut oil and I know have sufficient for my next 20 spoons or so.... Happy days !

[andy202wr]

What if like me you dont do coffee and just drink tea. What do you use instead.

[jus_young]

What if like me you dont do coffee and just drink tea. What do you use instead.

A tea bag :)

[mazmann]

Did you use a hook knife?

I want to do a bit of whittling and make a spoon/ mug, but don't have a hook knife.

I have looked in B&Q etc, don't like the idea of buying online.

Not because I am a luddite just that I've spent a bit already and my wife isn't as bushcrafty as I would like.

Mike

[LandRoverMatt]

Nice looking spoon mate, love making spoons but normally add a dab of olive oil to my spoons :)

[MikeWilkinson]

I've been doing a little spoon carving myself these last few months, here are my most recent efforts.

2793

[Ben Casey]

Very nice :)

[bikebum1975]

Did you use a hook knife?

I want to do a bit of whittling and make a spoon/ mug, but don't have a hook knife.

I have looked in B&Q etc, don't like the idea of buying online.

Not because I am a luddite just that I've spent a bit already and my wife isn't as bushcrafty as I would like.

Mike


If you have a dremel type tool you can use that for doing up the bowl portion. I don't have a hook knife yet myself tried this method worked out well.


Really love the way the spoon turned out Mate

[Ashley Cawley]

I've been doing a little spoon carving myself these last few months, here are my most recent efforts.

2793Some beautiful spoons Mike, thanks for sharing.

[rich290185]

So coffee for spoon finishing?????????