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?
First time trying to attach images. Recent spoon I made.
First time trying to attach images. Recent spoon I made.
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?
Nice work DaKrusier. I really like the spoon in the middle pic.
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.
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 finally had a little time this past weekend, sure felt good getting the knives out and making some curles.