Respectfully, Mike, if I'd removed much more wood, I'd have been through the other side.
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They say time's the great healer, and that's true. It's just not a very good anaesthetist, is the problem,
Whose lunar deity is not male is destined to be dominated by his wife. -- Old Hindu proverb
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.
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.
They say time's the great healer, and that's true. It's just not a very good anaesthetist, is the problem,
Whose lunar deity is not male is destined to be dominated by his wife. -- Old Hindu proverb
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.
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:
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!
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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bit by bit, I'm gonna get my bricks out in the sticks / bit by bit, I'm gonna build my house in the wildest thickets
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!)