Spoon
carving along with bowl turning has become very popular over the last
few years in the UK. The gallery below shows some of the knives that
can be used for carving spoons and some example of carved spoons.
What
wood to use for spoon carving is a regular question we're asked. There
is no real fast rule but when we coming across any wood for carving
we first check for any toxcicity issues. Over the years we have carved
a spoon from every wood we've come across,this has helped us build up
a knowledge of what woods carve the easiest and looks good.
The
next question we're normally asked is, what knives to use. Here are
some of the knives we have used so far. Mora knives,no
matter what you might read these knives offer you a good place to start
to get a feel for spoon carving without breaking the bank. They are
relative cheap at £25'ish per knife and with a bit of tweaking
of the bevel the Mora 164 hook can be turned into a really nice knife.
The Mora 106 carving knife is still our main knife even after many years
of spoon carving.
