Quiet evening carving - Spalted birch serving spoon | Hand tools only
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Relax and watch me carve a serving spoon from lightly spalted birch, as the sun goes down in my courtyard.
This spoon took me about 40 minutes from start to finish, I've cut out a little bit of my fiddling, just leaving the important steps so you can see the full process. It would be a good functional spoon just as it is at the end of the video, or you could let it dry a few days and then go through the finishing cuts process, as I explain in this video:
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Timecodes:
00:00 - Axing the Crank
01:30 - Splitting / Carving the bulk off with the froe and axe
03:45 - Axing in the shoulders
05:00 - Refining the shape / profile with the knife
10:10 - Hollowing the bowl with the hook knife
14:08 - Carving the rim of the bowl and top of the handle
16:00 - Sun goes down / finishing touches and chamfers
About me:
www.littlebearsloyd.com.au
Littlebear Slöjd is Julian's Spooncarving business. Littlebear refers to Ursa Minor, and Ursula, which is his Daughter's middle name. Slöjd (Anglicised as "Sloyd") is the Swedish word for practical and useful handcrafts. It also refers to an educational philosophy about teaching wood and leather craft, especially wood carving, to young people.
Julian is a certified wooden spoon tragic and has carved hundreds of spoons since picking up the hobby on a trip to Canada. He also has a bachelors degree in history, with research into spoon carving in Wales for his final project. Joining together the craft of spoon carving and the study of material culture history is his way to rediscover the role of the wooden spoon in the household. Julian uses his spoons every day and encourages others to make functional objects and do the same.
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Really good tutorial no music no talking 👍🏴
No nonsense top notch craftsmanship... love it
Nice work... I like your Gränsfors ;-)
Wow! Carving with an axe. I'm surprised you still got ten fingers. Nice work
@jones_trees_and_treen
2 жыл бұрын
Carving with an axe is totally safe as long as you keep a few things in mind. I consistently axe straight up and down in the centre of the block (with a few exceptions), so there's no guesswork about where the axe is going, just don't put your fingers in the way.
Awesome work...thanks for sharing!!!
@jones_trees_and_treen
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks :~)
Nice video. Judging by the sound, that piece of wood was pretty dry. I guess one would expect that if the wood were spalted, but I can't say I really noticed any spalting.
@jones_trees_and_treen
Жыл бұрын
I'm usually happy to carve drier wood if I think the results will be worthwhile for the extra effort.
@MartinMMeiss-mj6li
Жыл бұрын
@@jones_trees_and_treen I know what you mean. I often find myself carving dry wood because I get green wood in much larger quantities than I can use in the short term. Even if I wax the cut ends of billets, it has still lost a lot of moisture before I have a chance to do something with it. Right now I have a nice section of apple, but it will be a long time before I can use most of it.
Nice work. Well done.
@jones_trees_and_treen
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
Very enjoyable video. Thank you very much. Who, may I ask, made your hook knife?
@jones_trees_and_treen
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Wendy, the hook knife was made by Peter Trott
Great videos and lovely work. What make is your sloyd knife please?
@jones_trees_and_treen
3 жыл бұрын
The knife blade was made for me by Timothy Henry, @timothy.j.henry on instagram. I made my own handle, you can see that process in one of my other videos.