The Hand Carved Spoon - from Log to Spoon
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- www.andyspoons.com
Hello there! thank you for being here.
Today I am carving a Cooking spoon from the heartwood of a species of tree called She-Oak (Casuarina).
Tools used;
Gransfors Bruk Large Swedish Carver.
Silky Saw Gomboy 240 M.
Magnus Sundelin Drawknife.
Belzeboo Crafts "Hades" 50mm Twca Cam.
Temple Mountain Woodcraft 4" Sloyd Knife
This spoon will be left to dry for a few days before finishing cuts to create a smoother finish. I never sand my spoons, but I often burnish the wood fibres with a porcelain burnishing tool.
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I hope this finds you well,
Andy
Great video and great spoon Andy!
Hey thank you so much! Really happy to hear that 🙂
Jeez, that was satisfying when you took the pommel of the axe and snapped off that piece of wood between the bowl and handle transition, good technique tbh
I always get a little kick out of doing that as well 🙂 thank you so much for watching!
Fabulous
Thank you so much 🙂
Interesting to see your techniques. I'm still a bit reticent about axing. I like my fingers on my hands. But I'm definitely going to try to make more use of my drawer knife.
Two gospel tips to lock in for axe safety when you are starting;
1) never axe more than halfway up your work
2) never wrap your hand over the top of your work
3) imagine you are holding a hula hoop in your axe hand, and make sure you are always standing to the side of that radius
It's always about taking slow and measured cuts. No reason to lose any sleep or fingers!
And by two, I mean more than two 😂
Sheesh Andy - the COLOUR of that wood!!!
beautiful wood colours. I'd love to get my hands on some of that. They grow in Perth WA as well. Not sure where you are. Thanks for the vid mate.
It's special stuff, for sure! I'm out east in the Blue Mountains, but it's still rare to find pieces big enough to work with this much heartwood
Great❤
Thank you!
Why can't I do this? Like I can never ever get it right and it's not my carving axe either. 😂 Nice work per usual. 👍
You can do it! Nothing time can't fix 👌
@@andyspoons thanks Andy. I appreciate ya man. I'm gonna keep at it. 😉
I've got a mooring block used for large Navy ships to rest on the side of a dock. Solid oak 4ft long and 2ft thick and 2 ft wide. I am gonna make a spoon chopping station out of it. It's heavy and stable it should make an excellent chopping table.
Sounds perfect!
What Kind Of Wood Are You Carving That Spoon Out Of? It's
A pretty Color.
This is Silky Oak
What kind of wood are you using here?
Hi there, this is the heartwood of a Casuarina, often called She-Oak. For future reference, I always add the wood species and tools used in the description ✌️
I'm new to spoon carving and i wanted to know what is the best why to carve a spoon.. can someone tell me?
great video!
I don't really understand the question, sorry?
@@andyspoonsthe best way😅
The best way is the safe way that makes you happy! Watch my videos, and see if there are things that work for you, and then figure out your own style from there 🙂
It fades very quickly, doesn't it...? The colour of the wood...
It comes back with some wax finish
@@andyspoonsOh I'd like to see it with some wax finish - such a LOVELY colour!!!
This was alot like the cartoon where bugs bunny I think made a tooth pick from a telephone pole.
No higher praise than to be compared to Bugs Bunny as far as I'm concerned
Baseball bat. He cut a tree, puts it in a lathe and turns it to a baseball bat and smacks probably Elmer Fudd.
Good to see the lathe getting the limelight it deserves 😂