How To Carve A Green Wood Spoon

Use a spokeshave to round over the edges of the facets.
How to carve a green wood spoon. It may be silly no it is silly but not using sandpaper can be a source of pride for woodworkers of all stripes spoon carvers included. The Green Wood Way - YouTube. This modal can be closed by pressing the Escape key or activating the close button.
Carve till you hit harder wood then put it back into the bucket to soak more the. In this episode I go through the possible finis. Were mostly talking about using whats called green wood versus dry wood.
Here we see green woodworking expert Justin Sanford demonstrate traditional spoon carving. Ive never been able to call a spoon finished without sanding especially the bowl of the spoon. The Green Wood Way.
Sandpaper is seen as cheating but for the non-purists it may be. This can make a dry spoon-blank much easier to carve somewhat approaching the ease of carving green wood. You can finish your green wood spoon with basically any edible oil- I like to use organic flax or walnut oil rubbed on with a towel then a quick coat of beeswax to give it a little moisture protection.
If you feel comfortable using a carving axe saw your branch into around 250mm lengths. Soaking birch spoon blanks. If playback doesnt begin shortly try restarting.
However rarely is this piece useable because normally the bend is caused by a knot as in the above pics. Justin shares his obvious skill and enthusiasm for this work as he. Spoon carving is an art as old as stone tools.