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Interesting spork carving technique - fast and easy

nl Offline Ron Who

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Interesting spork carving technique - fast and easy
on: December 30, 2017, 07:15:59 PM
I´ve been watching a few videos about spork carving and found out that flat blades are not very well suited for carving out the bowl. So how to carve a spork if your Swiss Army Knife is all you´ve got? This short video shows how, and the man makes it seem easy, and fast! Some other tips and tricks as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q03Ri75Jsac



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Re: Interesting spork carving technique - fast and easy
Reply #1 on: December 30, 2017, 07:25:37 PM
interesting indeed
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Re: Interesting spork carving technique - fast and easy
Reply #2 on: December 30, 2017, 08:21:21 PM
Really cool! Just goes to show, it's not what you have but what you know.
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Re: Interesting spork carving technique - fast and easy
Reply #3 on: December 30, 2017, 09:31:58 PM
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us Offline Lynn LeFey

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Re: Interesting spork carving technique - fast and easy
Reply #4 on: December 31, 2017, 03:00:45 AM
This is very cool. I started trying to use lighter (non-locking) blades for batoning wood a few years back. Pressing the tip into another piece of wood as a 'handle' is a pretty great idea, assuming the piece of wood you're splitting is small enough to allow it.

I posted this elsewhere, but the guy who won season 3 of 'Alone' modified his Swiss-tool Spirit, turning the can opener into a spoon gouge, and i can't help but think that there are probably a LOT of people who would much rather have a spoon gouge than a can opener on their tool. Here's a link to the place in the video where he discusses doing the mod.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-sbpSBSORg&t=232s

While the method shown earlier would be great for improvising a spoon, having a spoon gouge would allow you to pretty easily carve one without having a split down the middle of the bowl.

I'm pretty sure I've seen videos by the guy in the original post. His voice sounds really familiar.


us Offline Spork, Lord of Lime Jello!

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Re: Interesting spork carving technique - fast and easy
Reply #5 on: January 25, 2018, 03:55:52 AM
I´ve been watching a few videos about spork carving and found out that flat blades are not very well suited for carving out the bowl....

I disagree...I've carved quite a few spoons without the use of a hook knife. An "eating" spoon should have a fairly shallow bow and a minimal rim, it should be open and tapered in the front for ease of eating and scooping up food. I get the feeling that many folks picture a kitchen spoon as the model when trying to carve one.

Every so often, I like to test my knife handling skills by carving with just a regular knife. Here is one I carved over the Holidays using a Buck Squire
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us Offline Spork, Lord of Lime Jello!

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Re: Interesting spork carving technique - fast and easy
Reply #6 on: January 25, 2018, 04:08:06 AM
I've done the can lifter gouge and sharpened can opener mods and find that I would prefer to leave them unmodified. They may work better with greenwood.
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Re: Interesting spork carving technique - fast and easy
Reply #7 on: January 25, 2018, 04:14:41 AM
A recent experiment...a Dollar Tree paring knife cold worked into a curve
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Re: Interesting spork carving technique - fast and easy
Reply #8 on: May 24, 2018, 02:01:05 PM
That video was interesting , I personally would not compromise the tip like that , IMO I would use a wood mallet and tap the back part of the blade  :D


 

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