How to carve a wooden fork from a bent branch | Greenwoodworking Projects

So I split up this nectarine crook a few months ago, and just now the stars have aligned and I found time to shoot a video about how I carve my forks.
I've been using these forks in my house for a few months, and they're wonderful - It's the fork for folks who like wooden spoons. The only metal cutlery I use now is knives, and I hardly do.
If you watch to the end, you'll see how well the fork works!
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Timestamps:
00:00 - preparing billet
01:28 - layout and axing out the blank
04:18 - drilling gullets and cutting tines
04:37 - roughing out
06:58 - cutting tines
09:27 - chamfers, refining the shape, fiddly cuts
13:22 - finished fork and walnut test
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About me:
www.littlebearsloyd.com.au
Littlebear Slöjd is Julian's Spooncarving business. Littlebear refers to Ursa Minor, and Ursula, which is his Daughter's middle name. Slöjd (Anglicised as "Sloyd") is the Swedish word for practical and useful handcrafts. It also refers to an educational philosophy about teaching wood and leather craft, especially wood carving, to young people.
Julian is a certified wooden spoon tragic and has carved hundreds of spoons since picking up the hobby on a trip to Canada. He also has a bachelors degree in history, with research into spoon carving in Wales for his final project. Joining together the craft of spoon carving and the study of material culture history is his way to rediscover the role of the wooden spoon in the household. Julian uses his spoons every day and encourages others to make functional objects and do the same.

[@user-bh3ew6ii4g]

I have watched a LOT of carving videos, and I have never seen anyone so good with an axe. Your skill is really impressive!

[@jones_trees_and_treen]

Thanks!

[@stephenwhittier6439]

Nice 👍

[@quinntheeskimooutdoors6234]

Excellent, great technique. This will help me a lot. Thanks and take care.

[@robertfox224]

Very nice

[@bangbangcfp]

Great job

[@selbergekauft_de8630]

Fine, thank you for sharing.

[@kennewby01]

Excellent!

[@nathanielnelson324]

Awesome!!!

[@raymondwheatley5618]

Brilliant carving thanks for posting 👍

[@nicholashannah]

Wonderful, thank you so much for this

[@dwohl73]

Delightful!! Thank You.

[@jones_trees_and_treen]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@RestorationAustralia]

Very nice job, I love the leather thingy around your neck. Very clever, better safe than sorry.

[@jones_trees_and_treen]

The bodger's bib isn't actually to stop me from being cut (it's impossible with the correct technique), it's job is to prevent the spoon from slipping around, and so that I don't get a bruise on my chest from pressing the wood into my sternum.

[@RestorationAustralia]

@@jones_trees_and_treen I see but still it is a good idea.

[@markluke8447]

Great work, that fork required a lot of intricate work. Thanks for sharing.

[@jones_trees_and_treen]

Thanks!

[@timtomke1569]

Very nice fork - thanks for sharing 🖖

[@jones_trees_and_treen]

Thanks 😊

[@NewTubersChannel]

Hey man, I just wanted to let you know I featured you in this weeks episode. Hope you are okay with it and I hope you like it!

[@andro.z.9596]

👍👌👍

[@MrGr8golf]

Very nice. I have never seen anyone on UA-cam carve a fork...that is a first. Well done.
Can you tell me what axe you are using?
Thanks.

[@jones_trees_and_treen]

Haha, thanks. It's the Gränsfors Bruk large carving axe. Sometimes called the swedish carving axe.

[@bruce7541]

Great job. What is the timber?

[@jones_trees_and_treen]

In the description. Nectarine.

[@rstainsbury]

Why does the wood need to be stored in the freezer for a month?!

[@jones_trees_and_treen]

It doesn't, that's just how I keep my small pieces green until I get around to carving them. If you freeze wood it won't loose any moisture.

[@markbignell8110]

,!