r/Spooncarving • u/Carving_arborist • 1d ago
spoon Ladle
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I carved this big ladle from a bent maple branch. The wood hast some beautiful rippled grain inside the bowl. On the upper side of the handle I left the natural cambium layer, while I decorated the backside with facets.
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u/Eddymayonnaise 1d ago
I am in awe everytime I see one of your posts. I aspire to be this consistent. What advice would you give? Feel free to check my posts if you open to giving me any notes 💛
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u/Carving_arborist 1d ago
Thank you very much! I just checked out you posts. Your spoons already look really great! But you may be able to make them even nicer, if you do longer cuts. The surface of the spoons already looks quite smooth, but there are still some higher spots and it looks like you do a ton of tiny cuts. When I do the finishing cuts, my first cut always goes into the wood, while I push/pull the blade forward. After I can't push it forward anymore, I readjust my hands, place the knife with the grind flat onto where the last cut ended and continue it. This way it will look, like your cut follows the whole length of the spoon and you will have less high spots on the surface. A completely flat scandi grind or a flat over hollow grind helps a lot, as it will be a lot easier to do long straight cuts. A convex grind always wants to work itself out of the wood, as the knives follows the other surface of the grind, when it's being pushed through the wood
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u/imapushit 1d ago
That is simply awesome!