I found this template online and the crank on the bowl of this spoon seems crazy. Do you all think this will look proper once I finish the bowl? I’m resisting the urge to bring the end of the bowl down some but I’m starting to question that.
I used more of the wormy black cherry because I think it’s sick a pretty wood. I know the holes aren’t good for an eating utensil, but I can fill those with epoxy if I decide to use it.
The wood for this came from a massive leader we had to have removed from a 225+ year old Silver Maple that is behind our house. The last photo is the tree the wood came from. A friend had the leader milled so we hope to make some nice things from it.
I really like to have my hand as close to the blade as possible and this Mora 164 digs into my index finger horribly. I tried electrical tape and it just got all gummy and gross so I whittled this up and notched it for the blade with a bandsaw.
I picked up a new Mora 120 and 164 this weekend and tried them out today with this little spoon.
Being new to this I didn’t realize that going across the middle like this for the bowl was a bad idea, until someone pointed out to me yesterday, so I’m hoping it doesn’t crack. I got some nice pictures in case it does. I love the worm holes but because of them this is just something I would use as a decoration.
I had the bright idea of using a branch that extends from a log as the handle for a ladle. I expected it to be hard where it branches off, but I was not expecting it to be this dense throughout the middle of the log. This is black cherry and is still wet. Should I just keep taking this out a tiny bit at a time with my hook knife as I have been?
I’m thinking of thinning the handle a little more. What do you guys think?