Having recently acquired a second hooked knife and enough practice to get the best from those knives I've been carving wooden spoons. The spoon on the right is poplar, a very straight grained wood that is soft for a 'hard' wood.
The spoon of the left is bass wood. Neither of these spoons are meant as cooking tools. I guess they could be used as 'spoon rests' on a kitchen counter or maybe as serving spoons for potato salad or the like.
I carved these as idle time killers and to experiment with carving/adding design detail to the handles. A while ago I watched a You Tube video on Kolrosing, and decided I would like to give it a try.
As you can see my initial efforts are crude when compared with the craftsman on the video, but Rome wasn't decorated in a day.
It is always fun to try something new. As is often the case, the internet has a host of useful information on this traditional wood craft.
cheers, ianw
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