Rather than axe out a bunch of blanks for tge week, I decided to take one from log to near complete. This billet had gotten pretty moldy at the bottom of my bin so I wasn't sure how it was going to turn out. Unknown, what's under the yuck? Lol
Another hour, another spoon blank carved to near finished. Sugar Maple eating spoon going to the drying pile for a few days. Really hoping the knot on the back rim of the bowl doesn't cause me drying issues. Lol
Cooking spoon and Rice paddle roughed out on Saturday. Both from Sugar Maple. They're on the shelf drying hoping to get knife finished this week.
All Sugar Maple. Some with ebonized handles & oil, some finished but not oiled, and others just roughed out.
Finished roughing these out just as the sun was just right - dropping to the treetops.
These are getting THIN..
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Log to spoon-ish if about 40 min each. Sugar maple
I really love the look of stick type handles and curvy transitions. Sugar maple its some hard stuff so keeping it green is paramount, as is getting it to 95% before drying. But it takes a burnishing so well.
Neat little Max from Woodsmans Finest inspired 'sidewinder' style spoon i roughed out yesterday. Its slightly figured Sugar Maple that came down in a tornado last September. Its an interesting challenge with all the grain angles.