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>>684644
Are you the Anon that was giving away carved spoons for Secret Santa?

>>684661
no but that sounds neat

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i wanna carve a larger version of this composite material kuksa but in wood,

any tips on the wood? i am not going to be using a burl and i am looking for advice on drying it, should i start green then dry? how much rough cutting before drying? i hear birchs good right?

Don't carve, but can always watch these videos

https://youtu.be/yV18FVYc4YE

>>684665
oh that is lovely

how into carving?

>>684716
are you asking how you get into carving? how to get started?

>>684726
yes

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>>684644
Pretty solid actually. I haven't made anything since this.

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>>684728
well if you have a knife and a piece of wood, then you can carve, i would recommend looking up youtube for some basic safety tutorials. and then just kinda try it out man, if youve got a good /out/ knife it should be more then capable, other tools like crook knives are optional but if you want to make bowel utensils they are a godsend

and remember to have fun. any failed carving project is just elaborate kindling anyway

>>684755
you made that? looks awesome thanks

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>>684758
awesome is not really the word i would use but thanks man, its coming along quite nicely, i just wanted a bigger version of my favorite one

Try making a piece of a chess at a time. Easy, usefull, and cool as fuck.

>>684661
I am him. An anon sent me a fantastic book for Christmas and still haven't managed to finish a spoon in return. I'm an asshole; thanks OP for reminding me to get the job done. I'll post pics before I send it.
I was in Oahu over new years and cut some segments of cinnamon wood from the forest. That stuff is such a joy to carve, and it smells nice too.

>>685035
Been waiting for you to spoon me travel book anon ;)

>>684739
What are they?

>>685298
Spatulas is my guess

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>>685298
>>685330
It is a sauce spoon. Flat edge for the bottom of the pan and hole for extra turbulence while stirring. Similar to these, found on google,

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>>685490
>>684739
Other spoons I made. All reposts.

>>685491
Oh your that anon with the home made crook knife aren't you?

Any tips on sharpening a crook knife? Nice spoons btw

>>685543
Thanks. With mine, I only sharpen the outside edge. So anything will worst from sandpaper to a stone to a file.

Regardless of the source you made/bought your knife from you'll need to sharpen/hone it every so often while carving. You always want the best edge possible which allows you to better control the knife.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSVOgEbr12Q

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>>685779
>when is a spoon not a functional spoon

When it is a Lovespoon.
https://www.google.com/search?q=Lovespoon&tbm=isch

>>685781
kek, was not what i expected from that link

What are your folks' experiences with getting into whittling? Is it something that's particularly difficult to initiate? How's the learning curve? How much use do you garner from it?

I'm sure its harder than it looks and there's many nuances to it that are near impossible to cohesively understand without having don't it yourself, but I've been curious about the craft for a while. My experience in crafting things is limited mostly to shelters and tools with multiple components that require little to no expertise to accumulate and prepare.

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How is my carving?

Pretty good. I just finished my camp story stick.

>>685981
looks good man

>>685855
Think you're putting too much thought into it, man. All you need is a knife and an idea.

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Not bad Anon. Here's the 2nd spoon I've ever made. I have made better ones since then but don't have pics on my phone.

>>686277
with a little bit thinner walls on bowl that would be a 10/10, good work man

I assume all of you get your wood from your /out/door adventures, right?

>>686342
i do yea, although i have some stock from a birch i cut down in my garden, other then that its usually stuff i find outdoors

>>686342
Yup, wind damaged trees are my source. >685491 & >>684739 are American Sycamore.

>>684755
Those are some beautiful tools. Any infos on dem?

>>686342
We've got a forest on our property so I just gather wood from there. Sometime live, sometimes dead depending on what I'm doing with it.

>>686422
you gather wood while dead sometimes? impressive

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bretty good

>>687724
thats some nice paterning, whats the wood?

>>688080
I have very little to work with for identification but if I had to make a half-educated guess without knowing location or anything else except that small patch of bark I'd say... beech maybe; perhaps elm?

>>689576
...and by elm I mean ash.

>>689576
>>689579
Look like some of the young maples from around here, judging by the bark. Or, young maple limbs.

>>689579

Shut up yew ash

>>688080
>>689576
Everything's white oak except the far right (cinnamon) and the funny one in the middle (pine)
I don't know what paterning is i just like to whittle

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who here has tried this

didnt pay attention and let it burn too far into one of the sides

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One of the latest I have done

>>690854
I like it better than pretty much everything ITT. Nice handle.

>>690657
Eeeeeentresting.
Before I had my crook knife I just used a lump of sandstone to make the hollow.

>>690915
Thank you! I always try to follow what the wood tells me.

>>684644
Damn OP
Those are nice spoons

>>690657
ive tried. works best with larger bowls i find. and if you want to try it out make sure to get a tube of some kind to blow into, i use a bit of broken fishing rod, but any hollow strawy will work

>>686392
Mora spoon knife
Brusletto balder
Mora classic 2 with paint crudely striped


i havnt even realized how much disgusting gunk had build up on them. thats what you get for using duct tape to shield your thumb i guess ...

So, as someone who has always thought whittling and functional woodcarving are awesome hobbies, yet has very little idea how to go about it, and has certainly never done it, I have some questions:

How does the whittling technique work? Do you just push the knife straight across the surface, like a planer, or do you draw the knife as you push, like you're slicing the wood?

For utensils like spoons and forks that you'll be dipping into food and putting in your mouth, do you coat the wood with anything after carving it, or do you just leave the bare wood as-is?

What makes a good woodcarving knife? Are there knives specifically for this purpose? What are the downsides to using a pocket knife / hunting knife / kitchen knife?

What kind of safety precautions do you use?

Where do you do your whittling?

Cleanup tips?

Tips in general?

>>691258
1. depends on what i am doing. mostly pushing cuts. i find it confusing you know how planer works but not a knife.
2. for something that i am going to eat with i usually only use olive oil
3. "What makes a good woodcarving knife?" well thats a debate thatl go on for months, for wood i prefer "scandi grind" or any damn knife you can find and just start workling the damn wood
4. always, and i mean ALWAYS! A_L_W_A_Y_S if you are new. line up your cut and look. if the knife slips in the worst possiblew way you can possibly imagine. is it going to cut a major arterie? STOP! and then look so safety tips
5. in the woof. at home. in the garden by the shed
6. if you ar doing it indooes, line up a bandana to catch the sliver, otherwise just own a broom
7. have fun

>>684664
Birch or basswood

>>684755
What type of wood do you use?

>>691273
use Birch or Basswood for the Kuksa?

>>691277
for that spoon, Birch maybe Beech but most probably birch

>>691278
yeah, traditionally they are made from birch, so

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first type

>>691263
Thanks! This helps a lot.

And the planer thing is just knowledge/experience from junior high woodworking class. They don't really cover the more artistic/freehand woodworking techniques.

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second type

>>691290
>>691285
What's the difference between the two?

>>691291
Looks to me like the shape of the blade is a bit different at the tip

>>691285

Pointy spoon knives a shit.

Snap the tip off and round it on a whetstone.

>>691712
why?

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Not too bad. Made this love spoon for my wife. That was the last thing I finished properly.

I want to get into whittling. Where can you find good wood? I'm looking for basswood but I don't know where to start looking. I'm in australia, hopefully that doesn't complicate things.

>>691351
No shit bruh.. I asked about the utility. I think the latter is better and more sturdy, but it may not be as versatile as the pointy one..

>>691716
The top end looks useful for...fishing out teabags

>>691729
Considering all the trees in Australia were eaten by the rabbits I think it will be pretty difficult to find any wood now. Maybe you can make a spoon from a spider leg instead?

>>691716
gay

>>692042
huh?

>>691729
the fuck are you talking about cunt, just cut down a a dead tree split the log and start processing Gum wood is great to work with.

>>691290
How do you sharpen these?

>>692315
wooden dowel with sandpaper glued to it or a ceramic rod

>>692315
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=36873&s=8ddcdc058e0d70cf10a4f18707050ada

Here's a good thread about it. I tried it and it works just fine. Hope it helps

>>684780
Hi, what do you use for the finish? Those look kind off shinny or glossy.
Do you aply oil or something like that?
(sorry if the questions sound strange, im spanish speaking)

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>>684644

How does one even get into carving? Do you need to have good spatial awareness, spatial acuity to get good at it?

I just can't imagine carving anything of quality out of a wooden block, and I really want to get into it, but I feel I am spatially challenged

>>693557
The larger of those two spoons had just been oiled. For any eating utensil I use olive oil but just one coat of linseed oil shouldn't be too bad if you really want a darker wood

But if I am going to be putting it in my mouth. Olive oil only

>>693564
>How does one even get into carving?
Get a knife. Get some wood. Start carving. That's it.

You don't carve from a block of wood if you use collected wood. Just let the natural growth of the tree guide you

>anything of quality
Trust me. You will like anything you make more then something made by someone else. There's a name for it can't remember. Anyway just do it. If you don't like the result. Toss it in the fire and start over

anyone have tips for carving flat chopsticks with just a knife and no plane?

>>693593

What kind of knife?

I always have this worry that if I go online and buy some knife it's going to be some cheap made-in-china one, or one that's not good for carving wood.

>>693829
Get straight grained wood I presume

>>693836
Get a mora carving knife or some of that flex cut stuff If you want it purely for carving

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>>685035
Got a nice surprise when I got home from work. Thanks G :)

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>>694773

>>690657
>This is how they train Marines to make innafield bowls during survival courses.

>>695293
really?

Can I carve spoons and stuff with, say, a big Opinel, or is it something that's not really possible without specialized woodcarving knives?
I don't have any /out/ knives except for the Opinel and some tacticool folder from "Yato" that came to me by complete accident and never left.

>>695447
yea you can absolutely
. the bowl on the spoon will be tricky. consider burning it out or just patiance and lots of scraping

>>695455
thanks for the reply anon
what sort of stick would you recommend? as in size and length

>>695457
Depends on what you wanna carve buddy. Spoons? Get a chunk of food. Split it. Carve it out. Just get whatever wood you can find man.

I live in florida and there are way less good sticks for carving that back in New England

Everything is really weak wood like palm trees and stuff.

What are some things I could carve, or types of wood I should look for in florida to carve.

There are some pine trees in an area kinda far away, I might drive to get some wood, its crazy, I used to be able to go in my backyard for this stuff.

>>690657
Chris Metzen?

>>693836
Fuck this guy >>694095 (nah he ain't so bad) get a deep woods venture knife they are solid and beautiful

>>695877
>deep woods venture knife
Lol nah

>>691263
>olive oil
do you like, put it in a bowl and let it sit in it for a bit or just rub it all over and wipe it dry?
and if you find some wood outside, how do you tell if it will be a good piece or not? looking to make some spoons, never done it before. and im not that guy you responded to before.

>>698080
Most fruit woods are safe for using.

So cherry, apple, lemon, orange, olive, loquat is really nice is really easy to carve when green, but when it dries it becomes like a fucking rock, that shit will dull a leatherman blade if dried [not that the steel in a leatherman is all that great, but a good base example] but that maybe a southern thing.

Some people will tell you to stay away from things high in tannins. [red oak being one] birch is a good starting point for northern bro's. and of course anything with harsh resins.

Mineral oil, or lard. are good finishing products. mineral oil you can soak it if you like or just wipe on. I'm not sure if cactus juice is food safe, but if you can put a spoon in a jar and create a vacuum, cactus juice is a wood stabilizer. [keeps from checking and shit] to use lard, you wanna kinda heat it up to apply it, just enough so its like just barely liquid, putting it in a plastic baggy and sticking it in your pocket for like 20 minutes is plenty. and apply it by wiping on, then off, until the color stops changing [should just get a bit darker/more defined grain]

>>698100
im a northbro, i should be able to find some birch. but its mostly oak and pine where im at.

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Hacked this out today and ate lunch with it. Still needs some refinement - the bowl is a little thick but hey, it worked...

>>698426
you should be able to find some cherry then, or maple. left that off the list sorry.

OH. tho there are some cherrys you should prob stay away from.. down here, we got something called Black cherry, and laurel cherry. One smells really nice, and the other smells like piss. The one that smells nice, will kill you. [laurel]

>>698633
Man you did pretty alright for a newbie. you did something I always did tho when I had at spoon carving. Making the bowl very tiny... lol! I'd have either really tiny bowls, or really long and thin bowls.. made eating difficult.. Never made a decent spoon because I never shilled out for a crook knife. maybe one day. but I got bigger and better stuff i've moved onto that require larger tools. >axes, froes, adzes, shovels, chisels, planes. Can you guess? lel

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>>698793
>Making the bowl very tiny

This *was* my first spoon, but the bowl isn't actually tiny - pic related. BTW - I used the burning coal method of hollowing out the bowl.

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when I figured out you could just stick a clothes hanger wire in a drill I decided to make a pipe.

I've been trying to make a long stemmed gandalf pipe but its hard to drill a straight hole for 8 inches.

>>693593
>Just let the natural growth of the tree guide you
Nah, if you just whittle away and let the wood grain guide you then you just end up with a pile of wood shavings and maybe a small pointy stick.

The shape and grain of natural wood can suggest particular projects for particular pieces, but you still need to have a clear idea in your head of what you want to make. You use your knife and the force of will to make the wood into that thing.

>>698838
>its hard to drill a straight hole for 8 inches

I purchased a deep hole bit at Home Depot, it's like 14 inches long or something plus I prefer a hole larger than "coat hanger" sized - it doesn't resin up as fast. Also If you drill the draw hole BEFORE you carve the pipe it's a lot easier and you're less apt to screw it up.

>>698838
You want a little protip for your 'problem' ??? Get a branch from a tree that you find pleasing. Should be fairly straight a knot free. Knots might fiddle up your diddle.

Now cut it to length.. And while still green find the pith ive noticed maples have a very large pith on their branches. The pith will be very soft spongey like. And basically your flexable drill rod will take the path of least resistance... My top record for length of this method is 2 in a half feet.. But I used some like 18 gauge wire I found in a street gutter. So it was much longer and had no kinks in it like a coat hanger would.

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>>698852
that's brilliant. maybe I can get that deep bend to it.

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>>698852
Seconding.

I used this technique to make the pipe stem in this picture. It is so long that it takes two people to light.

>pic repost

>>698942
You can steam bend that later, after the hole is drilled.

>>698943
I bet it gives a really cool smoke.

>>698949
Same temp as whatever the ambient air temp happens to be.

anyone have any guides to carving a spoon with only a pocket knife?

>>699170
>apply pressure from knife to wood
>move knife
>spoon

>>699170
Make the spoon's bowl V-shaped on the inside. You'll thank me.

>>699206
>V-shaped

Why? Seems like it wouldn't fit your mouth very well.

>>700066
You don't make it deep, just shallow. Only the inside is V-shaped.

BECAUSE SHITTY POCKET KNIFE INSTEAD OF HOOK KNIFE

>>700121
hes right, you know. ill upload a pic when i put a bit more work into it.

>>699170
What I used to do is cut deep crosshatches where the bowl will be, kinda gouge the chunks out, then repeat. Smooth finished bowl with sandpaper, or even better a piece of rounded sandstone.
But seriously, crook knives are like $12 on amazon.

THIS THREAD NEEEDS A BUMP. a benign bump tho..

Anyone curious in maybe trading some woods for pipe making?.. Trade or gift.

I'm the southern bro on here, I'm willing to get some fresh Orange/Loquat/Black Cherry/Out of the box versions of red oak [something we call tangle oak around here, its in the red oak family but its amount of tannis is lower then the main redoaks, the branches grow all squirrely.] we also have interesting growths of hollies not sure if hollie is mouth/food safe tho, I know the berries and bark aren't. Cypress. the knee's and actual trees. [I cut knees all the time to extra the oils, shhhh don't tell the tree humpers] I cut one knee that's always above the water, and walk about 5 yards in one direction if I need more. I often walk the same routes, so I can check on the knees to make sure they've healed over correctly, if a knee looks like bugs or fungus is starting to enter/develop. I cut a clean slice re-opening the wound and apply a generous amount of a mixture of slash pine sap/resin and honey. this will allow the tree to heal its wound. but cypress knee wood once dried, OH its so amazing, it ages this sexy brown color and the growth grains in it can be a pale brown/darkbrown/blackish grey color all at the same time. And the things carve green and dried so nicely. I've never seen one check before either.. starting to wonder if its wonder wood.

anyways, Central Florida, if there's a wood you'd like to give a go, lemme know. I can get you branch wood, or main body wood.

I'm not looking to sell, just trade or gift.. [tho if its a gift, depending how much you want, I might just have you pay for shipping.]

I'm not after any wood in particular, but if you have something that's interesting and none native to my area maybe post some pictures and ill have a looksee.

PS: I fancy myself as more of a bodger then a carver, but every now and again I have my hand at carving. I do enjoy pieces that can make lamp parts.

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>>699170
>spoon with only a pocket knife
>>699206
>Make the spoon's bowl V-shaped
>>700121
>BECAUSE SHITTY POCKET KNIFE INSTEAD OF HOOK KNIFE

Yes, making the bowl V - shaped instead of rounded is slightly easier to do if the only implement you're using is a small knife however burning it out with a hot ember is super easy and gives you a nice rounded bowl. I went back /out/ yesterday with my 10 year old and he started making the spoon on the left. He used a small sheath knife instead of a pocket knife and still has a bit of carving left to do but as you can see, *anybody* can get a great looking bowl by using this method.

This video shows how to hollow out the bowl with an ember (FF to 5:20)

http://youtu.be/nfnzxKgagsE

>>700310
problem is, im in college. i cant just whip up a fire on the quad. making the rest of the spoon wasnt hard so ill definitely do the ember thing next time im /out/ thou

>>700310
How do you prevent the wood cracking under the heat? What did you use for coal? Charred fungus? Charred punk wood or store bought coal?

>>700354
>How do you prevent the wood cracking under the heat?

The wood we used was a 2.75 inch diameter piece of dry basswood (linden) that we sawed from the branch of a downed tree. We split it down the middle then roughed out a basic spoon shape and carved a small divot to hold the burning coal in position. After placing the coal in the divot, we held it down with a small twig and blew forcefully on it which caused the wood to char and glow orange. The embers themselves only lasted about a minute (or less) so after each one burned out, we would scrape away the ash & charred wood with a stick to check our progress and see where to position the next ember. When the bowl reached the size and shape we wanted, we picked up a small rounded rock and sanded away all the carbonized material.


>What did you use for coal?

We just collected a bunch of dry sticks and small branches then built a fire. When it burned down to a bed of coals, we plucked out embers about the size of a small grape using two pencil sized sticks.

>>700317
buy a bag of hardwood charcoal. find/buy/steal a small fishing tank air pump. get some small ID copper tubing that you can fit the rubber hose from the fishing pump into.. an extension cord and something to hook up too outside. Now all you need is like a little butane lighter and some time.. you don't even need to make yourself dizzy by blowing. I did this to make a few pipe bowels.

the guy above you can do that too. what ever fancys you, it really doesn't make much smoke while burning either. someone smoking a cig would make more smoke then you, so if anyone's got a problem, tell em to piss off you working here.

>>700390
Jeez... instead of going to all that effort, just go buy a hook knife (for a spoon or bowl) or a drill bit for a pipe bowl.

>>700390
while i like the creativity and everything, im gonna have to go with >>700416

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My latest project. Portable mancala board from birch log.

>>700586
dude that looks neat as fuck!

>>700586
damn, used to play mancala with my gramma. i cant even remember how to play anymore.

>>700626
It's a great /out/ game because you can play using anything, like pebbles and holes in the dirt.

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>>684644
Fish and frog gig carving.

1/2

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>>700860
You gotta barb the tips so the prey doesn't slide off.

2/2

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R8 my haul. [not really]

some sticks that can be made into spoons or something of the such. or just be used for dowels.

Two elbow pieces for making some single bit adzes [I've been meaning too find some]

got them debarked and cut for drying, and ends all glued up. 1 week in the garage, and 1 week inside, will be enough to check them to make sure the wood hadn't moved too much and to see if their both usable [normally one of two is actually going to stay straight enough to be used.] all of them are red maple.

>>700970
Looks good bro

>>690657
Primitive Technology guy does it a lot. He uses because drilling small holes on things is hard without metal

>>698838
That's pretty awesome man, I'm going to try this now

I've never done this before, what all do I need? A have an Ontario Rat 5 and some scrap wood+ logs laying around, is that it?

>>701344
You need briarwood or cherry wood. Don't use other woods or you could poison yourself.

>>701397
>smoking
>dont poison yourself bro!
i think the woods the least of your worries

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>>701262
thanks bro.
>>701397
Whats wrong with maples?.. they have slight tannin, but not enough to even be worried about.

Bumping with a spoon template I made from a drawing I found online.

>>701399
>your

I don't smoke.

>>701532
>Whats wrong with maples?

Didn't say anything was wrong with it, but it isn't as nice as briarwood and cherry and won't last as long.

>>701640
>Didn't say anything was wrong with it
>you could poison yourself

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>>701643
No one said anything about maple in >>701344

Are we to magically know that he is using maple? And, yes you can poison yourself if you use the wrong wood.

Is the poisoning only to be worried about in pipes or should homemade spoons/utensils also be put into consideration

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>>701810
Any wood that causes contact dermatitis shouldn't be used. This can be an personal allergy or normal function of the wood on skin.

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>>702082

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Need your help identifying some wood. Collected in AZ, Phoenix. I wanted to make spoons and forks from it but first I'd like to know wether it's safe to put in my mouth.
Any help would be welcome. It's wood from two different types of trees/bushes and it was already cut off by gardeners when I found it. So no worries.
Thank you!

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Branches

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Closer

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2

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3

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First spoon I made

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Last pic

>>702178
No you didn't

https://www.google.com/search?tbs=sbi:AMhZZivfhwYUSwyqkAt3SB_1Bk-ikkmiRnn3-LTch4m_10K116ValNIdpqtIM3er_1in6BLMqrTJnYujlDsEwTtUEuy75R1DwqE3Lx_1X7-_12C6N9Rc3KqyY4r85Osfrjfpsb95PAorGicRUkUKtRUMU3_1shZlDb4kwkg0S39iSkLTpK63_1AAFLyGlQcljK9w8QSlAwZnfm-osCjgM0mEz5pNiLhVs1P1RJXjXc4lTaiD_1Fr5vgC_1Ub1g9iWhN5_1UR7-k_1DVK5yaTUReVpC3nBA1q33CIZXoHpd1_1ldoxMgG_1QdU10lnJQoVYWllbhKqcNme8-X3AikRJJ6bO8Fbroc1Ji2CO9C17e4GpwV9DLnnl7vi5mPpQgnAJZddwnQoM_1VawFblPxPxCDcz_18vL4tL2NwVAByQHhIRKkBfPN4MDBInVHzTvhWIO3IKqJ0yLBNZW5EEDEOp2PCSR70VIn9hPTA7Bca2QbOWRwjTFl_1cZrHdWFrNC0wXdMlTLw8TrMwhvvh4Dal0bBj5USRXF6UlQmH4rEdbelbmBjxGpc0qqWtQzltApU83S2AHX_1S2t4EurMLrIZDLSgslS2sR-f42Mr3SEOIujGYX252BSldxWYvBZ-p-SiajFM-v8BS16b2ipkrVqVNk_1O7Xao5zIbNes6heIBT9ygHxAFRzibjLsmLAx3uTnkMVZo201rzjOuGJw9p9iaEDZgEdeCS4l8Bo7j_1uHYBoLNig7yTrVej_1dTiUkHfQTKVVVxulfxO_1rw8DPRs7N1G70Hea0rEGGDd_1uiRwMLtCiVR0TkDjOoYR77xmPDPIsaHxfUxk&hl=en

>>702165
I'd like a less vague answer from this guy
>>702084
>>702082
>>701764
as to whether it's actually unsafe to use those woods as spoons. I don't believe there are many plants so poisonous that seasoned, oil-treated wood is dangerous to use as a utensil.

Also, almost impossible to tell what those are without seeing the leaves.

>>702220
Say what?

>>702224
What do you mean by less vague? Vague about what?

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This is going to sound dumb. But are these spoons made for a specific reason? Or can these just be used as a utensil?

>>702355
Personally I shove as many of mine as possible up my ass. Nice dubs.

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>>702224
If you're this inept, you have nothing to worry about since you'll never carve a usable spoon in the first place.

>>702220
Are you saying that I didn't carve that or am I misunderstanding something here?

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>>702165


Palo Verde

would be my best guess from doing a quick search. you can watch the tree more, to see if it flowers are yellow.

>>702491
They are, thank you!

>>702469
Not the same anon you're replying to but yeah, it looks like a commercial product - so either you're lying or you did a fabulous job.

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Thank you, I guess.
But why would I liegt in the Internet of all places.
I used sandpaper, too. Didn't want to give the impression it was just a carving job.

>>702540
Did that two weeks ago cos I stumbled upon this here thread. Got the idea to treat it with olive oil from this thread aswell. Didn't have a hook knife then but ordered one and received it two days ago.
Hope I'll have the time to try something else this weekend. Dabbled with carving a fork last week but broke it by accident cos the wood was too dry and I applied too much pressure.

>>702345
Never mind, I googled it.

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>>701764
yea its maple. that's crazy its on a list of toxic wood cause people smoke meat with maple so I figured it would be alright.
I been smoking out of this bamboo pipe for like a year. its probably poison too. shit.

>>703238
>yea its maple. that's crazy its on a list of toxic wood cause people smoke meat with maple

You need to learn what you are reading. The chart in >>702082 does list Maple but it lists is only for "DUST" as in you are sawing maple lumber on a table saw and you are breathing the DUST. Which, on that chart, is a "COMMON" thing to happen.

Smoking a pipe falls under the "SKIN", "WOOD", and "SAP" categories, not the dust one. Although, you need to take precautions when making something and you are creating dust.

So, steer clear of stuff with "poison, toxin, wood, skin".

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>>685981
holy shit is that fucking Oakie Doke?

>>685491
Very nice

>>703359
No, but I see the stunning resemblance.

I was fallowing the branch of the stick and wanted to carve something funny. It's a story stick.

>>690527
how does one go about dyeing ~200 year old, ammonia filled oak?

i made a shaft a while ago, using deep red dye. now its pink

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>Batoning a mora classic, what an absolute madman

made the head way too small ..

>>706926
>the head

You mean the bowl of the spoon? If the spoon is for eating then it looks pretty good to me. A spoon has to fit in your mouth unless you're just using it to dip portions from a cooking vessel to a serving container. Amiright?

Never understood the utility of all these huge ass spoons.

>>706931
perhaps your right. i guess il just have to see how it t urns out

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hmm, its turning out alright

Looking to get a spoon knife. It'll be my first one. Was thinking about either the mora 164 or the mora 162.

Anyone have any input?
Thanks.

>>706985
do you like putting your thumb on the back of the spine? no? get the double sided one

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cant decide if i should get rid of this hump thing in the handle

>>706926
Batoning while carving is actually the only proper use for batoning. But, it is intended to be done to remove small chips and flakes, not splitting wood or anything like that.

>>707013
Finish it with the bump. If you don't like it, remove it or make it smaller and see if that is better.

Just finished this bitter knife (very useful cuttlery ;)). Got a pretty big blister on my left thumb that way. Soft hands and whatnot.

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Butter knife and forgot the picture

>>707150
Nice job!

The last time I went camping, I forgot my butter knife and had to spread butter with my bread knife like some kind of caveman. Nearly ruined the whole trip...

>>707226
Ugh that sounds like the worst experience ever

>>702367
Same

>>685981
are u a wizard?

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I really should get some more wood.

>>708058
Only a level 5.

>>707150
That's super nice! Wat wood?

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I don't see any spoons ITT with dat bend. You've got to cut a piece at the joint of the branch so the grain naturally bends where you're gonna carve the bowl.
You can hack this shape out of a straight piece of wood; I often do, but you're fighting the grain.

>>708201
Or, steam bend them and call it a day.

>>708200
Sadly I don't know. Just found a piece of very, very dried out and bleached wood at the Lakeside. I liked it cos it was so light from the exposure to the sun and the water. I can post a pic of what's left of the piece of wood later if you want.