How To Whittle A Small Spoon

Ideally you want your whittling knifes blade to be less than 3 inches long and honed razor sharp.
How to whittle a small spoon. Made for folk at Galgael who have the option of receiving a whittling kit. Then simply use your cuts and strokes to craft and thats basically how to whittle a wooden spoon. This funny looking and cute woodland animal is very well known to all of us.
Do not push down too hard or you could damage your spoon. Use minimal pressure and make several passes until you have rounded off that corner. This is somewhat of an intermediate-level project but its super fun.
Finally a leather pad to make sure there will be no marks on the work piece and a better grip. You can whittle with any knife that you are comfortable using and can use to make small and intricate cuts in wood. With a 3 inch blade and a small oiled Birchwood handle the knife is a.
If the spoon you want to carve is smaller than the piece of wood youve selected use the table saw to cut the chunk into a thinner piece so you have to remove less material by hand when carving. Then draw the outline of the shape on your project wood. If youre keen to get your little uns whittling away with you then the Morakniv Wood Junior is an ideal first knife.
Before starting the project take a spoon and a pencil. More relaxing just that. All you need is sharp knife and block of good carving wood.
Drilled a row of holes so the hold fast can be moved. I have prepared this video tutorial with pattern so you will be able to whittle your own squirrel. Slide it down the corner making sure to maintain a 90-degree angle.