Spoon

[DSW]

Got a wild hair and carved a spoon while the snow continued to fall.

It has went through a potato soup and chocolate ice cream so it is ready to go once spring gets here and I take it camping.

 

[pioneerguy600]

Looks useful. I carve utilitarian or useful spoons myself, its a time killer mostly but the recipients seem to like them a lot.

 

[DSW]

I'm not gonna pretend that isn't the peak of my spoon carving skills as it most definitely is but I've always preferred things on the simple side.

Or maybe I'm just jealous of the fancy carvers out there.

Go ahead and throw some pictures up. The more the merrier.

 

[pioneerguy600]

A few pics of one I made last summer starting with the rough stick of white birch, the chip out and the completed spoon/ladle,

 

[pioneerguy600]

 

[DSW]

Good job. That birch has to be nice to work with. See a lot of guys using green birch for the mugs.

 

[pioneerguy600]

I have a few more if I can find the pics.

 

[Goinwheelin]

Man that’s straight up **** Proenneke work right there.

 

[pioneerguy600]

Yeah, sure is, he was a good teacher.

 

[TNTreeHugger]

What kind of tools do you use to care something like that? And how do you keep them sharp?

 

[Goinwheelin]

What kind of tools do you use to care something like that? And how do you keep them sharp?

Woodcarving tools and sharpening tools.

 

[TNTreeHugger]

Woodcarving tools and sharpening tools.

and to think... you actually took the time to type that...

 

[Goinwheelin]

and to think... you actually took the time to type that...

It’s not that difficult really.

 

[TNTreeHugger]

I was asking a serious question, I'll wait for a serious answer.

I'd like to try making a spoon and would like to know what kind of knife would be good for a beginner and how to keep it sharp.

 

[Goinwheelin]

I was asking a serious question, I'll wait for a serious answer.

I'd like to try making a spoon and would like to know what kind of knife would be good for a beginner and how to keep it sharp.

Morakniv.
I don’t do a lot of wood carving but I own several Moras for home and outdoor use.

https://morakniv.se/en/

 

[pioneerguy600]

 

[pioneerguy600]

 

[pioneerguy600]

Made from spalted birch,

 

[pioneerguy600]

What kind of tools do you use to care something like that? And how do you keep them sharp?

Our resident wood carver, Tom , has much better tools and does fancy carving. My spoons are just for actual household chores and were carved with basic tools, a jack knife and a carborundum whet stone to keep a decent edge on it. The spoons I carve only take me an hour or so to make, others will spend a day or more on elaborate carved beauties.

 

[TNTreeHugger]

Our resident wood carver, Tom , has much better tools and does fancy carving. My spoons are just for actual household chores and were carved with basic tools, a jack knife and a carborundum whet stone to keep a decent edge on it. The spoons I carve only take me an hour or so to make, others will spend a day or more on elaborate carved beauties.

So, I would need say the 106 and the hook knife?
https://morakniv.se/en/product/woodcarving-106-lc-natural/
What did you use to cut away the bulk of the half log?