For the love of retired wine barrels!

Those are the coolest! What a great Idea. I know these will sell faster then you can make them. Now I want to learn about spoon making. Like I don’t already have a hundred projects in my head. Thanks for posting.

Great work! You rescue this wood and give it new life in a gorgeous fashion; each spoon and fork has a history-its very own story. Excellent.

-- Rick, Tennessee, John 3:16

COOL way to make something unusual from something unusual!

Great FIND!

Keep on playing around!

-- Have Fun! Joe Lyddon - Alta Loma, CA USA - Home: http://www.WoodworkStuff.net ... My Small Gallery: http://www.ncwoodworker.net/pp/showgallery.php?ppuser=1389&cat=500"

Hello, I just started to make some spoons as well. Mine are more organic in shape (i just head to the band saw and start cutting away what doesn’t look like a spoon). How do you hollow out your spoons? So far my stuff is more spatula than spoon. Cheers!

These are fantastic!
Great gift idea and they look practical too.
Your husband shares his shop with you?
What a nice guy.
Andy

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WOW- Those are nice! Thanks for posting!

-Jim; aka “Stumpy Nubs”
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I think they are cool! You should do very well. Congrats…...

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Thanks everyone for the nice comments!

dhazelton: I want to branch out into a more organic style…...I want to try making some with limbs/branches. Just haven’t done the research to figure out what kinds of woods are best. Then I discovered the wine barrel staves and am too enamored with that right now! I use a grinding tool by Proxxen to hollow out the spoon. It has it’s limitations, but it’s pretty cool. And, so far I haven’t ground off any body parts!

To Andy, yes I have a nice husband with a pretty well stocked shop to share with me! thank you!

And thanks again for all the nice comments!

Oh, and stumpy, I can’t wait until I have time to look at your videos! Looks like fun!

Beautiful carvings and very practical. Bullseye.

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Nice work, and great idea! I have almost a full barell of staves, only used a few to make a table sometime ago. Posted it in projects, but will try and add image here.

Pete in NC

-- Pete in NC

thanks for sharing, Pete, very nice. I really am going to get back to mine. It’s full height of the staves, the staves bow inward, and I want to have a table surface near the top for a plant. (about an 11” diameter) I didn’t plan it out right and ended up with only about 7”, not enough for the planter, and it looked too “tippy”, so I took it apart and need to redo it. But, I will! When I get the spoon obsession out of the way!

Hello again, I plan on trying to make a large spoon and paddle for stirring, from barrel staves. They are approx 32 inches in length, the Grandaughter goes camping with a group, and they cook over fire, in a ‘large cauldron’ she needs 2-3 foot long stirring utensils. Was wondering, after you sand and shape, do you treat with Mineral oil or something else that is safe for food?
Thanks

-- Pete in NC

Mineral Oil would work great on them…

-- Have Fun! Joe Lyddon - Alta Loma, CA USA - Home: http://www.WoodworkStuff.net ... My Small Gallery: http://www.ncwoodworker.net/pp/showgallery.php?ppuser=1389&cat=500"

I use mineral, just remind the user to refresh when it starts looking dry. Would love to see a picture of your Paul Bunyan spoon and paddle!