Spoon Carving with a Hook Knife

[my2cyl]

I own two hook knives, a left and right (both Del's) and they are the best anyone could expect. It's nice to see good quality craftsmanship and a good video.

[FreeSkiMN1]

Where do you buy a hock knife in MN?

[MnDel]

The hook knife in this video is what I produce - I'm a knife maker for woodcarvers. We don't have any retail outlet in MN, but we ship all over the world. Since You Tube doesn't allow links in a reply just do a search for pinewoodforge. Scroll down to the third link, it's our tools, or scroll farther down to find many pages of help to spoon carvers.

Thanks, Del

[symaklon]

Really helpful thanks

[Kevinthewiseone]

I was wandering how you would recommend finishing a spoon so that it is food safe, i have heard the linseed oil is one way of doing it but it takes a great deal of time to cure , and i was wandering if there was a quicker way of finishing a spoon.

[MnDel]

The only oil I recommend for eating utensils is flaxseed oil, it hardens inside the wood - however it has various forms.

Hardware store 'linseed oil' can contain toxic hardeners, I never use that.

'Tried and True' polymerized flax seed finishes I trust, and cure quicker.

Flax seed oil is in health food stores, but pricey.

Veterinary grade by the gallon should be trustworthy and less cheaper.

Room temp takes about 30 days, add heat to accelerate.

Remember spontaneous combustion of rags.

Del

[blaay99]

Hey, whats the advantage or disadvantage of a hookknife with edges on both sides of the blade? thx for the answer

[MnDel]

It's typical to also use the back of the hook knife, when doing finer finish cuts, to push the blade forward with either for finger or thumb. The blades I make are fully re-curved, so that's nearly the same as having a double edged knife ( by turning over the tool) with the advantage of always being able to push against the back of the blade.

I contour each section of the blade to give maximum support to the edge and the shaving for the smoothest cut, impossible with a double edge. thanks, Del

[8palmsofpower]

Thanks for the tip. My crook knife's in the post, can't wait to try it out!

[graiypz]

i have blocks of basswood and theres no way in hell i'll be able to cut against the grain....... hahahaha.

[MrEhud77]

Is that a Mora Knife?

[MnDel]

No, Mora is the town in southern Sweden where the huge Frost knife factory is, so a number of knives get called 'Mora Knives'. I hand make these knives in Minnesota USA - having studied in north of Sweden I try hard to make each one as fine as can be made, (pinewoodforge is my website title)

[leparditas]

this knife cuts the wood like butter

[ThePhantomBlacksmith]

Aah! That's how you hollow out the dish part of a spoon! I could never do it symmetrically. I might could manage to make one of those knives...must be a nightmare sharpening it...lol

[darkestdezire]

unfortunately the bit of wood i used while carving a spoon was too narrow to use a 634 krook knife...have now ordered a 632 so fingers crossed it works better :)

[alanwaldrop]

Oh my! I sure wish I had seen this video BEFORE I tried out Del;s hook knife the first time! I did exactly the wrong thing the first time out.

[kingbabolos]

man carving is fun

[tormenter012]

where could i get a hook knife?

[MemphisBelle1943]

does it work good with cypress?

[MnDel]

Yes, works with virtually all woods.

[psychodelicdragon]

is your birch blank dried? where can we find some blanks like this in birch, maple or something but basswood?

thanks

[karlsefni01]

Nice. I will go to your channel and hopefully find a few more vids!

[grinninggnome]

That was a good clean right to the point video. I too would enjoy seeing the tool sharpened. I'll subscribe in anticipation.

[thornwarbler]

great video.Thanks.

[shillelaghslaw]

hi, can you show how you sharpen your crook knife, i cant seem to get mine shaving sharp and its really bugging me, i have tried almost all systems of sharpening but is just wont get razor.

thanks

[MnDel]

that's my next youtube project!, I just got some decent software for movie editing, thanks, Del

[YOBABYBUBBA]

nice work, thx

[0Anvil0Man0]

sounds like your cutting an apple

[hotrider1800]

haha i was about to say dat

[awoodcarver]

Very nice work I use gouges and Dremel , our club made over 250 spoons of diffrent woods but since so many of us were doing them no one thought to mark what kind of wood we used on them ebenoy and a few dozen others we are sure of but the walnuts and such we can onlu quess at

[jasonmartin206]

can you make a video on how to sharpen a hook knife?

[MnDel]

Great Idea!, I have (happily) been too swamped with knife orders lately to do any more youtubes, but I'll put it on the top of my list to add, thanks, Del

[SeMaJcElA]

what kinda wood is best for carving?

[MnDel]

Do you mean for spoons, or carving in general? For decorative work - basswood is good, for kitchen use - birch, maple and any fruitwood are good.

[SeMaJcElA]

k... thanks

[hotanvil]

Maybe you could show us how to make the knife too. Good video, all too short. Keep up the good work!

[besk1]

great stuff man, looks like a beautiful hook knife. I bought one from frost of sweden, but it doesn't have that straight section before the hook begins. Is this one of your own? I would love to buy one, but I live in the UK...

[craftsmanm]

Nice one Dell.

Twould be nice to see more of you and your work.

[verdegris]

Great video - more would be great!