How To Carve A Spiral Spoon Handle
Use a gouge to carve out the bowl of your spoon.
How to carve a spiral spoon handle. Jo was more than happy to share her techniques. The bottom of the bowl should drop slightly below the bottom of the handle. Hold the handle of the gouge with your dominant hand at a slight angle toward your spoon and.
Carved from lignum vitae wood this has the characteristic brown and blonde color combo this wood is so well known for. Then slide the axemachete along the bark to remove any twigs and knots. After we learned how to draw a spoon from both the front and side views we each took a turn at the band saw and Foredom rotary tools to create the rough shape of a spoon.
Take away little strips and avoid trying to dig too deep. Welsh Love Spoons are a wonderful style of wood carving that began in the mid 1600s as a courtship gift. Created by the young man as a present for his intended bride the intricacies and themes carved on the spoons handle had symbolic meanings.
Olek Lejbzon Co. Depending on your strength and the thickness of your spoon you may need to use gloves or two pairs of pliers for this step. The stick Im using is birch.
The bottom of the bowl should dip down below the line of the handle and the handle should be either straight or curved downward slightly. Make your bends slowly. Second the blade is a soft metal that requires substantial polishing to de-burr and it.
Stirring is really hard when using a spoon with no twist because you have to finger muscle it in order for the spoon to always face inwards. First the blade is hollow-ground so its hard to sharpening on a stone and strop needs honing right out of the package. Now you can begin to carve the handle to make your desired shape.
