Spoon carving elements by Bertie Sømme.

[craftsmank]

Well youre quite wrong.



[B3nno]

I heard he carved it from a bigger spoon...

[backcreekbushcraft]

Nice work, there's something primal about a wooden spoon yet nice to use and look at, I like your work!

Stay safe

[mlminto]

is that a hans karlsson gouge, or could you tell me who made it? nice spoon, nice vid.

[craftsmank]

@mlminto

Thanks for your interest, i made the handle, the metal is from Ashley isles co of the uk.

Bertie

[ThePhantomBlacksmith]

Okay, so there is no real easy way of hollowing out the dish. You've just gotta get in there and dig it out with grim determination and elbow grease....drat, I was afraid of that...lol

[hermionejane2004]

sorry to aske this but what wood is best to start this for begainers?

[craftsmank]

Pine is something that most dont consider, but it is easily available and usualy carves well - and a great way to learn

[hoppper26]

yeah pine is a soft wood and easy to carve, but it cracks very easily.

[craftsmank]

I have yet to find a wood that wont carve. Some carve well, others not so good, some like sumac or rhodenendron are poisonous (personal experience) but cherry should be fine, id love to see the finished items - if you can do a link so other visitors here can see -

Bertie

[fly2000jtb]

What type cherry wood, we have many wild types in the U.S.A. I have 4 different types in my backwoods, water cherry, wild cherry, black cherry, red cherry, cherry bush, etc... I was wondering will any cherry work?

[craftsmank]

The wood was cherry.

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[chocograph]

my name's Jørn Sømme and I'm from Norway. Maybe we're related :)

[Vamakrish]

what wood did this guy use?