Olly
25-01-2013, 06:13 PM
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Here are some spoons that I have made, my first spoon is on the right and the most recent is on the left. The woods are from right to left - gorse, oak, cherry, cherry (spoon fork and spreader) red oak, yew (I think - it was a piece lying in a hedgerow), cherry and birch. My favourite woods so far are cherry and birch, very nice to carve and the cherry smells lovely. The red oak is interesting to carve, seems to vary throughout the grain in hardness and coarseness. I am have made a few pieces out of it because the nature reserve near me is a former red oak plantation and they are thinning it out to increase the biodiversity at the moment so there is loads to be easily had!
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A bit of detail of a yew spoon showing the nice colouration.
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The back of my large birch spoon. I made this one while visiting friends in Norway who took us up to their cabin for a day - see pic below (note the 4 year old being allowed to have a go at a bit of whittling, after a bit of instruction and warning from his father - great stuff). I wanted to make a nice deep spoon as a bit of practice for when I get around to making a kuksa. I might post some more pics of the day later if anyone is interested.
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Here are some spoons that I have made, my first spoon is on the right and the most recent is on the left. The woods are from right to left - gorse, oak, cherry, cherry (spoon fork and spreader) red oak, yew (I think - it was a piece lying in a hedgerow), cherry and birch. My favourite woods so far are cherry and birch, very nice to carve and the cherry smells lovely. The red oak is interesting to carve, seems to vary throughout the grain in hardness and coarseness. I am have made a few pieces out of it because the nature reserve near me is a former red oak plantation and they are thinning it out to increase the biodiversity at the moment so there is loads to be easily had!
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A bit of detail of a yew spoon showing the nice colouration.
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The back of my large birch spoon. I made this one while visiting friends in Norway who took us up to their cabin for a day - see pic below (note the 4 year old being allowed to have a go at a bit of whittling, after a bit of instruction and warning from his father - great stuff). I wanted to make a nice deep spoon as a bit of practice for when I get around to making a kuksa. I might post some more pics of the day later if anyone is interested.
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