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Outdoor Section => The Outdoor and Survival Forum => Topic started by: Ron Who on December 30, 2017, 07:15:59 PM

Title: Interesting spork carving technique - fast and easy
Post by: Ron Who 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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Post by: styx on December 30, 2017, 07:25:37 PM: interesting indeed
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Post by: pomsbz 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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Post by: eamo on December 30, 2017, 09:31:58 PM: :like:
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Post by: Lynn LeFey 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.
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Post by: Spork, Lord of Lime Jello! on January 25, 2018, 03:55:52 AM: Quote from: Ron Who 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....

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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Post by: Spork, Lord of Lime Jello! 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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Post by: Spork, Lord of Lime Jello! 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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Post by: kmanct3 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