Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Primitive Skills => Topic started by: mcginnis6010 on February 22, 2012, 04:37:07 pm
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LA spoon that I carve put of ERC and a little wood burned design in the handle.
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Woodburned design.
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nice!
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Thanks Sadie I'm working on a three pronged fork to go with it and maybe a ladle too.
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That's cool. With all the cedar I have piled up I need to try some of that.
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Bust out a can of beans, I wanna see that spoon at full draw! You got a strong candidate for Spoon of the Month!
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Thanks guys I didn't know there was a spoon of the month jw
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Mcginnis, you cant take just about anything that JW says too seriously, unless its about bow building. He's like our local comedian. Nice spoon!
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Mcginnis, you cant take just about anything that JW says too seriously...
Truer words were never spoken...
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Thanks for the heads up jimbob lol
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Since this is a website dedicated to weapons.....that spoon in first choice for serious cereal killers.
All seriousness aside, spoon carving is a specialized woodcarving craft. Our local woodcarvers club has an annual competition just for spoons. I've carved a few "getting by" spoons while camping and it's not as easy as it looks. This one has nice esthetics and remains functional. Good work, man.
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Thanks jw I love to carve about as mush as making primitive weapons. In my opinion its becoming a lost art and a lot of what I carve comes out more beautiful than anything I could ever buy. Its a shame that there isn't a woodcarvers club around here I would definitely love to join one. BTW I have just found more ERC and its pretty seasoned all I gotta do around here is just check some of the fallen trees around here. They actually aren't that common where I live.
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mcginnis:
Just found this post
I have carved a few wooden spoons.
Still have the first two at home.
Will post a few pix of them if I can remember how.
David
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Sounds good David. Can't wait to see them
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Here are the first two wooden spoons I carved.
Both are made of widd "Black Cherry.
The longest one is about 14 1/2" long.
Gave it to my wife. She uses it some and it has changed coler.
The other, I gacve to my Mom. She does not use hers so it still has that red color to it.
Now, Lets see if I can post a pix.
David
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Those are some good looking spoons David! I love the color of cherry unfortunately I have no clue where I could find any cherry trees around where I live. Cherry sorta looks like ERC in color and seems to darken with use like ERC too. Its always a pleasure to see other carver's work.
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Thanks.
Spoon carving is something that just sort of happened with me.
I saw a wooden spoon someplace and said to myself " I can do that".
And, well the rest is history.
I love the cherry.
It is hard but too hard to carve with hand tools. Once it is good and dry it does not crack. Black Cherry absorbes mineral oil, the only finish that I use, very well. But I would never run a cherry wood spoon through the dishwasher.
I would think you could find some Black Cherry in VA. It is really quite easy to identify.
David
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These spoons and such are really great guys...have me scratchin' my head and scheming about doing the same now. What type of knives do you guys use to carve the hollow/bowl section? I'd love to see some pics and hear recommendations on carving tools for this...THANKS!
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I use a Murphy carving knife for carving out the general shape ofthe spoon and then I use a scorp knife to carve and hollow out the bowl. Some people call a scorp a crooked knife. If your just starting out I would start out with a soft wood. A lot of beginners use basswood since its so easy to carve.
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When you think you are quite a hand at carving spoons, take one and eat with it! All of a sudden you are back to square one. The angles and curves of a well made spoon do not look much different from one that is hard on your mouth.
I've carved some usable spoons, but never a good one.
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My wife has been gettin me carving tools from Woodcraft.com They have a wide variety of carving tools. One of the most heavily used carvers is the crook knife - I have seen directions on making one on line and the first time I saw directions was in W.Ben Hunts guide to Indian Craft and Lore (also where I got plans for my first flute). Most recently I got a Scorp which is kind of like two crook knives welded together. There are also some very nice sweep gouges. Now, if only I had some real time to do some carving maybe some of my projects would get finished!
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Those are some good looking spoons David! I love the color of cherry unfortunately I have no clue where I could find any cherry trees around where I live. Cherry sorta looks like ERC in color and seems to darken with use like ERC too. Its always a pleasure to see other carver's work.
if you want, i might be able to get you some pieces of black cherry, what type of pieces would you look for?
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i would love to work with some black cherry unfortunately i dont have alot of things to trade right now all i have is some ERC and its not gonna make good bow material although it still works great for carving and maybe tip inlays or something although im not even sure it would be suited for tips.