My first spoon

[Roadkillphil]

Started making shave horse number 2 at Dave Budds place with Ashley this morning, and he let me have a look at his crook knife and showed me how to use it. So I had a go on a random piece of ash kicking around the work area. 2 hours later, sat in the dappled sunshine and errr not helping with the shave horse :ashamed: I ended up with a sort of spoon.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5259/5526644384_af177033b7.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7904270@N07/5526644384/)
Pre sanded spoon (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7904270@N07/5526644384/) by roadkillphil (http://www.flickr.com/people/7904270@N07/), on Flickr

Got home, sorted ma gear and settled down with some mead, sandpaper and linseed oil and this is what I've ended up with.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5011/5523293867_d253ba02e6.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7904270@N07/5523293867/)
My first spoon (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7904270@N07/5523293867/) by roadkillphil (http://www.flickr.com/people/7904270@N07/), on Flickr

Proper chuffed :D I made it for my wife Emma as a long handled teaspoon to compliment her jetboil that I got for her bday last week. :D And she loves it :D

[RobbC]

Nice work!

Robb

[Matt]

That's awesome mate:)

[comanighttrain]

thats great man. much better than my first attempt!

[Bambii]

That's excellent, much better than mine! I almost finished mine today :)

[harryhawk]

Get on Phil....I remember when that was a little bit of off cut Ash! She's come a long way.:p
Top work mate.:happy-clapping:

[Roadkillphil]

Thankyou all :D

[Martin]

Top work Phil. If all else fails, you could use it as a very small oar for the coracle. ;)

Martin

[Ashley Cawley]

Beautiful mate! Looking lovely, to think that was just a random bit of scrap would I picked you up from the floor to show you how to use the crook knife! :)



Top work Phil. If all else fails, you could use it as a very small oar for the coracle. ;) Martin
lmao!

[Roadkillphil]

:D:D
Top work Phil. If all else fails, you could use it as a very small oar for the coracle. :D:D


Beautiful mate! Looking lovely, to think that was just a random bit of scrap would I picked you up from the floor to show you how to use the crook knife! :)

Thankee kindly :D
Just ordered both crook and carver :innocent: now I've got the carving bug. As well as the greenwood bug. And the coracle bug. And the makin as much stuff as possible from skip rubbish bug. Aaargh!! I gotta slow down before I'm surrounded by a pile of woodshavings, steel offcuts and bits of unfinished projects!:rolleye:

[CanadianMike]

Nice job, I got into it last year, made a half dozen spoons, always a fun thing to do while sitting around a campfire.

[duncan_642]

ohhh i saw you start on that! looks like just the job bud!

[Roadkillphil]

Thanks to all for the compliments, here's my latest spoon.....

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5150/5550984918_a1509f83f6.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7904270@N07/5550984918/)
Bit more work with the axe then on to shaving (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7904270@N07/5550984918/) by roadkillphil (http://www.flickr.com/people/7904270@N07/), on Flickr





Hahahahahaha :tongue: I've put this, with other pics on the coracle thread ;)

[Bambii]

That is an almighty spoon!!! Unless the axe and saw are miniatures....

[Tony1948]

Great first spoon Phil,I'd be chuffed with that to.One little thing i throught to menchon dont stand to close to Mrs Roadkill after she's stured her tea with it,the hot tea will bring out the linseed oil into the tea and it taste orid....good luck.............dont get eatan by the bears..........TONY

[Ashley Cawley]

... hot tea will bring out the linseed oil into the tea and it taste orid....
Linseed oil is actually really good for ya! ;) .. and that side-effect disappears after a few uses anyway.

[Tony1948]

Ash i did say the first time,it may be good for you but it do'se taste ored.

[Roadkillphil]

My second spoon, carved today out in the woods from a piece of willow, which inspired me to make the handle into a willow leaf.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5302/5607099974_0c43115575.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7904270@N07/5607099974/)
Teaspoon mk2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7904270@N07/5607099974/) by roadkillphil (http://www.flickr.com/people/7904270@N07/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5305/5607091376_70daea5130.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7904270@N07/5607091376/)
Willow spoon (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7904270@N07/5607091376/) by roadkillphil (http://www.flickr.com/people/7904270@N07/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5029/5607543236_56d49e96cb.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7904270@N07/5607543236/)
Finished willow leaf spoon (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7904270@N07/5607543236/) by roadkillphil (http://www.flickr.com/people/7904270@N07/), on Flickr

Thanks for looking

Phil

[GwersyllaCnau]

Great Spoon and love the choice of location for the 2nd pic. Almost like a catalogue shot.

[Adam Savage]

Spoontastic work there. I notice that everyone elses spoons are always so much thinner, useful and more shapely than any of mine...LOL

[fish]

looks great phil ,make a fine teabag tosser!

[Ashley Cawley]

I've just got back from the woods with Phil, Matt & Frankie.... man we've had a spoon whittling weekend! Must have done about 4 or 4, worked on a Bow, Kuksa, Pipe & Axe handle lol!.. didn't know what to turn to next!

Beautiful work there Phil - again making use of scrap! That was Frankie's off-cut from making a whistle. Love the detail & colouring, what did you use for the colouring?

[Martin]

I've just got back from the woods with Phil, Matt & Frankie.... man we've had a spoon whittling weekend! Must have done about 4 or 4...

Well, which was it? Could you be more specific? Was it 4 or 4? :p

Martin

[Adam Savage]

Well, which was it? Could you be more specific? Was it 4 or 4? :p

Martin

I was thinking the same thing. There's a vast difference in those two numbers. On the one hand you have only 4, which is an easy feat by any standards, and on the other, you have 4, which is almost impossible for the majority of us. :o

[Roadkillphil]

Thanks all for you're feedback :D


Beautiful work there Phil - again making use of scrap! That was Frankie's off-cut from making a whistle. Love the detail & colouring, what did you use for the colouring?

StickyBuds! Cleavers or Goose Grass as its lesser known, but proper names :D
According to my grimoire on wild plants (Wild Flowers of Britain and Ireland by Rae spencer-Jones and Sarah Cuttle... in my top3 favourite books) one of its uses was to make a tea to cure insomnia, appropriate as its my new favourite teaspoon :D

ATB

Phil

[CanadianMike]

Well, which was it? Could you be more specific? Was it 4 or 4? :p

Martin


I was thinking the same thing. There's a vast difference in those two numbers. On the one hand you have only 4, which is an easy feat by any standards, and on the other, you have 4, which is almost impossible for the majority of us. :o

Same here. Could have at least made it simpler to hide by saying "We made either six or a half dozen......."

[Roadkillphil]

Went for a stroll in our local woods with Ash, Matt, Zak and the doggies today and Ash handed me a piece of wood he'd cut for a spoon. So after lunch i got stuck into it and this is how it turned out.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5102/5632389128_32778d9322.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7904270@N07/5632389128/)
Spoon three (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7904270@N07/5632389128/) by roadkillphil (http://www.flickr.com/people/7904270@N07/), on Flickr

Really got the carving bug now, so many ideas of things to make buzzing round my head :D

Thanks for looking

[RobbC]

Absolutly beautiful Phil!

Robb

[Roadkillphil]

Absolutly beautiful Phil!

Robb

Cheers Robb :D

[Adam Savage]

Very nice. Like the grain.

[Ben Casey]

Looks really good

[Ashley Cawley]

Looks great Phil, nice one :) That's four spoons we've got out of that piece now.

I keep forgetting to take a picture of my new spoon!

[Roadkillphil]

Cut some blanks today and cooked our dinner over a fire in the garden. Then settled in front of the fire for the evenin to whittle me a spoon.

I split this piece to make a matching spoon and fork, an idea I pinched off Matt :ashamed:

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5309/5636195292_fa6686109b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7904270@N07/5636195292/)
Spoon and fork pair (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7904270@N07/5636195292/) by roadkillphil (http://www.flickr.com/people/7904270@N07/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5107/5636189952_0eab4b260a.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7904270@N07/5636189952/)
Spoon 4 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7904270@N07/5636189952/) by roadkillphil (http://www.flickr.com/people/7904270@N07/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5185/5636174252_ba970502f2.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7904270@N07/5636174252/)
Spoon 4 cheeky side (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7904270@N07/5636174252/) by roadkillphil (http://www.flickr.com/people/7904270@N07/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5264/5635605515_cef44a5ac1.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7904270@N07/5635605515/)
Spoon 4 agin (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7904270@N07/5635605515/) by roadkillphil (http://www.flickr.com/people/7904270@N07/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5103/5636179476_f96d389eda.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7904270@N07/5636179476/)
Spoon 4 sexy side! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7904270@N07/5636179476/) by roadkillphil (http://www.flickr.com/people/7904270@N07/), on Flickr

Apologies for the multitude of different angle pics!! The grain was so nice though :D

Only got the spoon done tonight, fork to follow.

Thanks for looking

Phil

[Ashley Cawley]

Looks truly epic dude! Can't wait to see it in person, hopefully I'll catch it today (god I'm up late!)

What wood was it bud?

[Roadkillphil]

Looks truly epic dude! Can't wait to see it in person, hopefully I'll catch it today (god I'm up late!)

What wood was it bud?

Cheers Ash :D There's a pic of the tree here http://www.naturalbushcraft.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?1195-Big-kids-in-little-woods
At first I thought elm because of the leaf shape, but after using the ID function on TreeID and having a plough through the results, I reckon Whitebeam/ English Whitebeam. What dya reckon?

Atb

Phil

[Ashley Cawley]

Cheers Ash :D There's a pic of the tree here http://www.naturalbushcraft.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?1195-Big-kids-in-little-woods
At first I thought elm because of the leaf shape, but after using the ID function on TreeID and having a plough through the results, I reckon Whitebeam/ English Whitebeam. What dya reckon?

Atb

Phil
I know that neck of the woods, pretty sure that tree is Ash looking at the picture, I'll go take a look sometime soon and report back.

[Roadkillphil]

Forgot to post this when I made it. A friend of mine reckoned I couldnt make a spork, so I had a go and gave it to her as a birthday present. It's a bit rushed as I made it for her on the day, and I'm not overly happy with the prongs, but it does the job :D

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5185/5638455028_665fb7e953.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7904270@N07/5638455028/)
Spork!! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7904270@N07/5638455028/) by roadkillphil (http://www.flickr.com/people/7904270@N07/), on Flickr

[Adam Savage]

beats a pointy stick

[Roadkillphil]

Well its taken me long enough, but here is the matching fork....

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6219/6348233028_ca5748d9df.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7904270@N07/6348233028/)
Matching fork n spoon (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7904270@N07/6348233028/) by roadkillphil (http://www.flickr.com/people/7904270@N07/), on Flickr

I'll be doing a lot more carving this winter I reckon. looking forward to whittlin those long winter nights away! :D

Thanks for looking


Phil

[LandRoverMatt]

Looks amazing Phil, you should of saw my fist spoons they look horrible compared to yours :)

[Adam Savage]

So a butter knife next?? :)

[Bernie]

You've been busy Phil !

Another nice job you've done there. You'll be giving lessons soon. ;)

[WombleWill]

this looks wicked mate ;D my attempt at a spoon didnt turn out anything like that so i made a pencil ;D and i tried to carve a bird.

[Erdbeereis]

Nice work!

How did you carve the tines on the fork?

Erd

[Roadkillphil]

Cheers guys :D

I used my folding saw to slice between the prongs early on in the carving, then rounded them with my small carving knife. Then lots of sanding between to get rid of all the splinters!

All the the best

Phil