🏳️🌈 Robin Hood 🏳️🌈Let’s make a spoon! This is that holly tree I found in the woods the other day
I’ve cut off a chunk, 9 inches long, with a crosscut saw. Here I split a piece off the side of the log with a hatchet.
Here’s the roughed out spoon shape, I cut this with a bandsaw.
In a pinch you can make these cuts with a small hatchet or a large knife. But I’m home, so I have a bandsaw handy.
Next, I’ll start refining the shape with a whittling knife
This is my whittling knife, I’ve had it since I was about 10. I’ll use it to begin creating a more refined spoon shape
There we go! That’s a bit more symmetrical and spoon-like.
I always carve spoons from wet wood. Every once and a while one will split as it dries, but it’s so much easier to carve wet wood, it’s worth the risk!
Now, I’ll start hollowing out the inside of the spoon using a hook knife.
Make sure you slice across the grain, especially when you’re getting started.
Prof. Stoke@MrRobinHood
Whoa that's amazing, I didn't even know that was a thing. How do you sharpen that?
Whoa that's amazing, I didn't even know that was a thing. How do you sharpen that?
@professor_stoke it’s tricky! Basically, you sharpen it like a flat bladed knife, but you roll the edge through the stroke. There’s a great tutorial here from Robin Wood (no relation) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Cac949WVIog
How to sharpen a hook knife with Robin Wood
@MrRobinHood
That is _fascinating_
That is _fascinating_