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Wooden spoons .. carving

There are knives made expressly for this purpose .. hook knives.

single edged

..and..

double edged

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A different approach uses shaped chisels.

to chisel out the concave surface of the spoon

even the final shaping

All the above tools are priced as specialty tools are. Pricey for someone who's never done it before .. just considering it .. and all that. I may find .. I'll never do it again.

Then .. while looking for completely unrelated schtuff .. I came across these. They are U shaped leather punches.

some are a relaxed U

while others are a deeper U

I thought perhaps they'd work for a few spoons.

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They'd need sharpened. They're not wood chisels ..so.. could not be abused as such. I would ..however.. expect them to hold up to light chisel work. They'd have a limited life .. enough spoons to evaluate my interest.

Has anyone out there made wooden spoons before .. if so .. advise ?? I've seen pics of hook knives that looked like modified fillet knives. Has anyone annealed ..then.. placed that tight of a bend in a blade ..then.. re-tempered it .. successfully ?

The U-shaped leather punches are $ 22 per 7 pc set. What do you see as the pros & cons of attempting to implement them as light duty chisels .. for the purpose of making wooden spoons. What are your thoughts on this ?

Thanks,

Dale

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Permalink Reply by John Bamford on July 18, 2015 at 1:47

I used to make a few spoons and really got into it at one time Dale . Didn't make a lot but found it strangely satisfying , not many left now just an unfinished one that lives in the back of a drawer . This was in the day's before I had more than enough knives and just used an Opinel and a gouge . I used green Sycamore cos it is easy to carve doesn't mind being introduced to boiling water and as I used to work with trees it was easy to obtain.

Would like to make a Kuksa but to do the job properly you need a birch burl of a suitable size , will have to take a few walks in the woods !

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Permalink Reply by John Bamford on July 18, 2015 at 1:48

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In MemoriamPermalink Reply by D ale on July 18, 2015 at 10:08

Thank you, John .. an opinel & a gouge & you ended up with whats in the pic .. . that's quite impressive.

For whatever reason .. they do interest me.

What did you use as a gouge ??

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Permalink Reply by John Bamford on July 18, 2015 at 11:33

Just an ordinary carving gouge of around a half inch in width Dale . I would buy one of those hook knives some people call them bent knives I don't think they are very expensive . I have had an easy day today and been sat outside doing a little whittling , started a spoon after reading your post . Of late I have been carving a few little things to attach to my lanyards quite good fun cos they have to be pretty small and a very sharp EnZo Birk so close to your fingers keeps you on the ball ! I do have a pair of cut proof gloves but am too stupid to wear them .

Oh yes I have a flexcut whittling knife with fold out gouges and suchlike things , it's okay and I do use it a little but if I lost it I wouldn't buy another one . It's a good idea but not quite right really, just too fiddly for my liking .

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Permalink Reply by John Bamford on July 18, 2015 at 11:39

Some information on spoon carving knives ,

http://www.robin-wood.co.uk/wood-craft-blog/2013/01/29/best-spoon-c...

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In MemoriamPermalink Reply by D ale on July 18, 2015 at 16:03

Nice article, John .. it is where I sourced my first pic for this discussion ..and.. should have given credit. I only gave a cursory reading when I sourced the pic.

I reread it .. this time for detail. Good info on the subtle differences the blade curve makes in the final result. The gentleman (Robin Wood) gave a thorough review of the knives based on their application .. carving spoons. He did a good job of explaining.

Thank you !!!

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