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Carve a first-timer spoon - PEP BB roundwood.sand.spoon

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Respectfully, Mike, if I'd removed much more wood, I'd have been through the other side.
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I mean from everywhere except the scooped out part.  Depth is fine, bluntness and handle are kinda chunky
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Good day, all!  I tried carving a spoon and failed horribly, total DNF.  This was a rather humbling experience!  My kids cheered me on to try again, I completed a whole spoon, and below is the result.  The spoon is made of apple wood.  It is larger and very much a cooking spoon.  I used all hand tools: hatchet, sloyd knives, spoon knife and gouge.

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Mike Haasl wrote:I mean from everywhere except the scooped out part.  Depth is fine, bluntness and handle are kinda chunky



The requirements are that it be a *useful* size and shape, and that it be something *I* might actually use.  I do use it, which means the shape is useful.  It doesn't say the evaluator has to find the shape aesthetically pleasing.

The definition of a spoon is 'a hollow bowl on a longish handle', and not all definitions even stipulate 'longish'.  The task is to make a spoon, and a spoon I have made.  I can't see any justification for failing what took me time and effort to produce.
 
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Hi Jojo, you are welcome to try out PEP Court with an appeal.  We haven't had anyone actually go through that process but you can give it a shot.  I'd say with your posts above you've used up the two free appeals and are now at the "escalate to Paul for $200" stage.  If you want to pursue that I can get you a paypal link that should kick that process off for you.

Please don't assume that since I rejected it, I was the only one looking at your submission.

We're all volunteer certifiers.  We (and you) could have carved a spoon in the time we've spent thinking and posting about your submission.
 
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I was the first person (beyond Paul) to attempt this BB, and I am very thankful that I was pushed to make my spoon better. It was the first spoon I had ever carved. It first looked like this:

How I first submitted my BB


It was useable and it was rustic. I had shed blood and worked so hard to get it to that point...and I was told to keep going!

And so I did. I carved more from the handle and the bowl. I sanded it smooth. I kept refining. And, I love it, and I'm glad I was told to keep going, even when I was frustrated and had worked so hard and just wanted to be done!

My spoon after I kept working at it.

 
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Learning woodworking is a big goal of mine, so this is a good place to start :) I used an old hatchet from the barn to chop a branch from a gnarled old apple tree, then got to work.
Next time, I think I'll choose a branch that's a bit bigger around. Less curved, too, or learn how best to work with a curve.
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about halfway mark, with the start of the scoopy part
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The finished spoon can be found here

 
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You're almost there, Jay! Thin out the handle a bit more, and work a little more on the "bowl" and you should be there!

(Thinking about all the submissions in this BB, it honestly seems like carving a bigger spoon is likely easier, because you don't need as much finesse. A smaller spoon seems to need to be a bit finer in construction than a ladle or mixing spoon would need to be. It is harder to find bigger sticks, though!)
 
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