| Project by darkhollow | posted 409 days ago | 956 views | 1 time favorited | 9 comments |  |
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This piece is about 18” long, with a bowl about 7 1/2” across. It is made from a maple burl that I discovered while gathering firewood a couple of years ago. The primary shaping was accomplished with a single-beveled carving/hewing hatchet and a couple of adzes. The rest of the work was done with hand-tools (knives, gouges, chisels scrapers, hookknives, spoon and bowl planes, and spokeshaves.
... I’ve been calling it a “battle ladle” for the simple reason that it has a finger guard like a saber or sword.
-- You say Luddite like it's a bad thing ...
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murch
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#1 posted 409 days ago
Great carving. Nothing like rooting in a woodpile.
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Spoontaneous
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#2 posted 408 days ago
What’s amazing about this spoon is that from the front it looks plain, almost rudimentary. Flip it over and you discover beautiful and intricate carvings that look ‘tribal’. Now what I can’t figure… is how to make something like this without a ‘motor’!
-- I just got done cutting three boards and all four of them were too short. (true story)
Roger
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#3 posted 408 days ago
Way kool. Very detailed carvings
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helluvawreck
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#4 posted 408 days ago
Really nice and the carving is very detailed.
helluvawreck aka Charles
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terryR
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#5 posted 408 days ago
Very impressive carvings…I like your style! I also love the contrast between the front and back…shows your control of hand tools nicely! keep it up!!!
-- tr ...see one, do one, teach one...
doncutlip
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#6 posted 408 days ago
Nice work, looks great
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llwynog
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#7 posted 408 days ago
This is one of my all time favorites here on Lumberjocks.com
Master piece !
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Martyroc
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#8 posted 407 days ago
That’s a very cool carving, great job.
-- Martin ....always count the number of fingers you have before, and after using the saw.
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#9 posted 393 days ago
I’ll have to carve up some war spoons soon; nice battle ladle!
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