had a month off from all things bushcrafty what with tt week and family stuff so we just had a weekend in the caravan to get the kids out the house and was my perfect excuse to get the axe out.
i'm afraid i got no pics of the weekend but i took a pic of my spoons for ya all,i making one a night now to build stocks back up...atb kev
Those are gorgeous. What kind of woods are they?
“I'm not one of those complicated, mixed-up cats. I'm not looking for the secret to life.... I just go on from day to day, taking what comes.” ~Frank Sinatra~
" Nessmuk " says:
" We do not go to the woods to rough it ; we go to
smooth it — we get it rough enough in town. But
let us live the simple, natural life in the woods, and
cheers mate,the back ones are apple and the dark one is pear,the bent spoon and small bowl are eucalyptus.
i'm on the last of my pear wood now but whats left is a lovely colour so i just started a gravy/sauce bowl and will make a matching spoon to go with it,it will be like a little mini ladle...thanks for the comments...kev
Nice work.
Braw work bud, ATB Shug.
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Isn't it nice when someone says "that's a great piece of kit, where did you buy that", then you can modestly reply "you can't buy it, I made it myself". The moral is, it's amazing what you can achieve if you put your mind to it.
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Those are beautiful - I love the darker wood of the pear especially
.
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cheers chaps,i enjoy it so much,wish i had started years ago...made the bowl out of pear last night,7 hours in total and a few blisters lol,i will make a small ladle or eating spoon for it tomorow out of my last peice of pear wood..thanks for looking..atb kev
That bowl is gorgeous
“I'm not one of those complicated, mixed-up cats. I'm not looking for the secret to life.... I just go on from day to day, taking what comes.” ~Frank Sinatra~
" Nessmuk " says:
" We do not go to the woods to rough it ; we go to
smooth it — we get it rough enough in town. But
let us live the simple, natural life in the woods, and
Very nice work
Alan
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.(Benjamin Franklin)
My blog, New England Bushcraft
"Give me six hours to chop down a tree, and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe."
~ Abraham Lincoln
"Be prepared, not scared."
~ Cody Lundin
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