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Spoons

Postby Woodbloke » 02 Dec 2021, 17:50

SWIMBO has of late been collecting a few nice pots for honey, jam and marmalade as it's definitely not the 'done thing' :eusa-whistle: to have a jar on the table. As such, she's made an entry into the Projects Book (my old Ax diary) for some suitable spoons, one of which has just been finished:

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As Blackcurrant jam is my most favourite of all the jams (marmalade is very different and highly contentious) it seemed entirely appropriate to make a little spoon in African Blackwood.

If I say it was damned tricky, difficult and plain bloody awkward, it wouldn't in the least be over egging the pudding, but it does fit quite well into the jam pot:

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The other spoon that was finished this morning and is now on it's second coat of Peacock Oil:

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...is this sinewous confection in Apple. I did have perfect piece of English Walnut for it, but went too thin in the bowl, so it's now consigned to the wheely bin. This applewood spoon was also difficult as this stuff is also pretty hard, but it'll eventually end up in my daughter's Christmas stocking - Rob
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Re: Spoons

Postby MattS » 02 Dec 2021, 18:43

Nice spoons. Was the apple seasoned, I tried that once it was so hard I gave up! :lol:

These are my recent spoon / cooking implement makes

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Re: Spoons

Postby Malc2098 » 02 Dec 2021, 19:26

Nice.
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Re: Spoons

Postby Mike G » 02 Dec 2021, 19:45

Well done spoonmakers. Something I've never attempted.
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Re: Spoons

Postby Cabinetman » 02 Dec 2021, 20:13

No nor me, probably not at all easy! And easy to gouge lumps out of yourself I imagine.
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Re: Spoons

Postby Woodbloke » 02 Dec 2021, 23:39

Cabinetman wrote:Love that Blackwood.

Guess how I made that dead smooth, perfectly round bowl, about the size of a 2p piece or a little smaller. African Blackwood is hard, very hard - Rob
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Re: Spoons

Postby Woodbloke » 02 Dec 2021, 23:42

MattS wrote:Nice spoons. Was the apple seasoned, I tried that once it was so hard I gave up! :lol:



Very seasoned and very hard, but not as hard as the ABW - Rob
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Re: Spoons

Postby Alf » 02 Dec 2021, 23:52

Mike G wrote:Well done spoonmakers.

Indeed. I tried once and ended up with a mustard spoon.
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Re: Spoons

Postby Pete Maddex » 03 Dec 2021, 09:31

I have done a few...

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Re: Spoons

Postby Andyp » 03 Dec 2021, 09:45

Well done for persevering Rob. They do look nice


However I do not have a problem extracting jam nor honey from their respective jars with a knife, a wooden variant of which would be much easier to make.
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Re: Spoons

Postby Pete Maddex » 03 Dec 2021, 09:49

If the said knife is coated with butter some will come off in the jam/honey and possibly make it go off, a spoon removes this problem.

As a jam maker it rubs me up the wrong way.

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Postby Dr.Al » 03 Dec 2021, 09:55

Pete Maddex wrote:If the said knife is coated with butter some will come off in the jam/honey and possibly make it go off, a spoon removes this problem.


As does using a clean knife :eusa-whistle:
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Re: Spoons

Postby Woodbloke » 03 Dec 2021, 11:12

Andyp wrote:Well done for persevering Rob. They do look nice


However I do not have a problem extracting jam nor honey from their respective jars with a knife, a wooden variant of which would be much easier to make.
I guess I was not brung up proper. :D


Definitely Andy; you wasn't brung up proper. If there's one thing (amongst many) that irritates SWIMBO it's a contaminated knife :cry:

But how did I make the perfectly round, semi-spherical bowl in the jam spoon, bearing in mind that African Blackwood is hideously hard? There's a cyber Mars Bar for the spot on answer :D - Rob
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Re: Spoons

Postby Alf » 03 Dec 2021, 11:44

Woodbloke wrote:But how did I make the perfectly round, semi-spherical bowl in the jam spoon, bearing in mind that African Blackwood is hideously hard? There's a cyber Mars Bar for the spot on answer :D - Rob

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Re: Spoons

Postby novocaine » 03 Dec 2021, 11:49

Woodbloke wrote:
But how did I make the perfectly round, semi-spherical bowl in the jam spoon, bearing in mind that African Blackwood is hideously hard? There's a cyber Mars Bar for the spot on answer :D - Rob


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Re: Spoons

Postby DaveL » 03 Dec 2021, 12:11

Well it's out of your comfort zone, but I would have mounted it on the lathe and turned the inside.
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Re: Spoons

Postby droogs » 03 Dec 2021, 12:39

plunged a cove bit in a router, Wait a minute, forget I wrote that, you're just fishing for easier ways to do it in future. Yeah I know your game! :lol:
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Re: Spoons

Postby Woodbloke » 03 Dec 2021, 12:57

droogs wrote:plunged a cove bit in a router..


Close, but no cigar; that wouldn't have produced a dead smoooooth finish :D Or even a Mars Bar :lol:, not that a Mars Bar would produce a dead smooth finish - Rob
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Re: Spoons

Postby AndyT » 03 Dec 2021, 15:34

Was it a specially made/adapted scraper with a curve? Like a sharpened washer?
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Re: Spoons

Postby Andyp » 03 Dec 2021, 15:38

Pete Maddex wrote:If the said knife is coated with butter some will come off in the jam/honey and possibly make it go off, a spoon removes this problem.

As a jam maker it rubs me up the wrong way.

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What you dont lick the butter off the knife before plunging into the jam. :shock:
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Re: Spoons

Postby Andyp » 03 Dec 2021, 16:13

Woodbloke wrote:
But how did I make the perfectly round, semi-spherical bowl in the jam spoon, bearing in mind that African Blackwood is hideously hard? There's a cyber Mars Bar for the spot on answer :D - Rob


A countersink bit?
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Re: Spoons

Postby Woodbloke » 03 Dec 2021, 17:47

Andyp wrote:
Woodbloke wrote:
But how did I make the perfectly round, semi-spherical bowl in the jam spoon, bearing in mind that African Blackwood is hideously hard? There's a cyber Mars Bar for the spot on answer :D - Rob


A countersink bit?

Nope, that would have left a 90deg 'ole with straight sides. Clue; the answer lies within the hallowed portals of Classic Hand Tools and it's an item not made in the UK :D - Rob
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Re: Spoons

Postby Andyp » 03 Dec 2021, 18:03

A ball gouge perhaps
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Postby AndyT » 03 Dec 2021, 18:04

I reckon he made a spherical hole then cut it in half... ;)
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Re: Spoons

Postby Woodbloke » 03 Dec 2021, 18:25

Andyp wrote:A ball gouge perhaps

Nope, gouges never came near this 'ole, ABW is too bloody hard :shock:

AndyT wrote:I reckon he made a spherical hole then cut it in half... ;)


The 'ole is semi spherical; the tool in question came from across the North Sea :D - Rob
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