Testing some new blades

[b0ogaloo]

I've not been terribly impressed with the spoon knives I've bought , so I decided to make my own
So i had time today to test out a few different designs I've done and took some photos along the way
This is how I carve a spoon.. quite a large serving type spoon in this case .. I wasn't going for an aesthetically pleasing product , just testing the blades

The wood is Rowan or Mountain ash

Split the log



Draw out the rough shape ..note the " rough"



Begin roughing out the shape with the axe







Starting to hollow the bowl with the mini adze .. this saves so much time



Roughing out of the bowl complete .. move to the 1st DIY spoon knife , which has a very deep aggressive cut





the second knife I made .. very thin, very very sharp blade , shallow curve great for finishing cuts



bowl nearly complete , back to the axe for some final shaping before cleaning it up with a knife



Using a carving knife now to smooth out the axe work



Nearly done



final bowl cleanup with DIY spoon knife Number 3



Took about 30 mins from start to finish

Andy

[b0ogaloo]

I don't bother carrying the fingers back .. just leave them where they fall

Although saying that the last one hasn't grown back yet






Andy

[Dowser]

Lovely, I really need to try this again as I enjoyed it my one and only time.

I always think it would be a good thing to do at camp but then I always think it would be a real PITA to have to carry my finger back down the trail lol.

I don't bother carrying the fingers back .. just leave them where they fall

Although saying that the last one hasn't grown back yet

Andy

  TypoOn wasn't expecting that, nor I 

[b0ogaloo]

Surprisingly,  at the time neither was i !

Andy