Reinventing the spoon, or I don't want to stir the pot..

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Reinventing the spoon, or I don't want to stir the pot..

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After I finished my chores and subsequent nap today, I went down the the barn and scrounged a piece of scrap Cedar, mostly sap wood, to try out my new sharpening technique. I was surprised at how hard that wood got after drying for three years.

I made a soup stirrer spoon. The spoon is flat on the bottom so it will sit on the stove, and turned up at the end so old fumble fingers can pick it up. It holds a little over a tablespoon, so it is good for a taster too. Shown sanded to 220 and then with the final finish...Olive Oil. With Olive oil you can constantly touch it up in the kitchen as it dries out. That is my story and I am sticking to it.

I made a lot of errors, but nothing that a little more cutting and sanding couldn't fix. Cedar only wants to be cut in one direction and it will not forgive you for going against the grain. (something I have done all my life) I want to get into whittling and that looked like a good small project to start on.
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Nice job. You might want to produce & patent them, every kitchen could use one.
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Maddogfl wrote: Thu Sep 30, 2021 10:14 pm After I finished my chores and subsequent nap today, I went down the the barn and scrounged a piece of scrap Cedar, mostly sap wood, to try out my new sharpening technique. I was surprised at how hard that wood got after drying for three years.

I made a soup stirrer spoon. The spoon is flat on the bottom so it will sit on the stove, and turned up at the end so old fumble fingers can pick it up. It holds a little over a tablespoon, so it is good for a taster too. Shown sanded to 220 and then with the final finish...Olive Oil. With Olive oil you can constantly touch it up in the kitchen as it dries out. That is my story and I am sticking to it.

I made a lot of errors, but nothing that a little more cutting and sanding couldn't fix. Cedar only wants to be cut in one direction and it will not forgive you for going against the grain. (something I have done all my life) I want to get into whittling and that looked like a good small project to start on.
Really nice, and yes you could sell them. Is that final finish just from olive oil, and how many coats.? ::handshake::
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cudgee wrote: Thu Sep 30, 2021 10:54 pm
Maddogfl wrote: Thu Sep 30, 2021 10:14 pm After I finished my chores and subsequent nap today, I went down the the barn and scrounged a piece of scrap Cedar, mostly sap wood, to try out my new sharpening technique. I was surprised at how hard that wood got after drying for three years.

I made a soup stirrer spoon. The spoon is flat on the bottom so it will sit on the stove, and turned up at the end so old fumble fingers can pick it up. It holds a little over a tablespoon, so it is good for a taster too. Shown sanded to 220 and then with the final finish...Olive Oil. With Olive oil you can constantly touch it up in the kitchen as it dries out. That is my story and I am sticking to it.

I made a lot of errors, but nothing that a little more cutting and sanding couldn't fix. Cedar only wants to be cut in one direction and it will not forgive you for going against the grain. (something I have done all my life) I want to get into whittling and that looked like a good small project to start on.
Really nice, and yes you could sell them. Is that final finish just from olive oil, and how many coats.? ::handshake::

Just one coat in the photo. Some years ago I made a baby crib for a Niece for her first child. Fearing poisoning the baby with an exotic wood treatment, I used the Olive oil and in worked out fine. It was a long time ago, but I believe that I stacked multiple layers of oil on that crib. As it turned out, I should have used arsenic and saved a lot of people a lot of problems. ;)
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Thank you all for the kind comments.
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Maddogfl wrote: Fri Oct 01, 2021 1:32 am
cudgee wrote: Thu Sep 30, 2021 10:54 pm
Maddogfl wrote: Thu Sep 30, 2021 10:14 pm After I finished my chores and subsequent nap today, I went down the the barn and scrounged a piece of scrap Cedar, mostly sap wood, to try out my new sharpening technique. I was surprised at how hard that wood got after drying for three years.

I made a soup stirrer spoon. The spoon is flat on the bottom so it will sit on the stove, and turned up at the end so old fumble fingers can pick it up. It holds a little over a tablespoon, so it is good for a taster too. Shown sanded to 220 and then with the final finish...Olive Oil. With Olive oil you can constantly touch it up in the kitchen as it dries out. That is my story and I am sticking to it.

I made a lot of errors, but nothing that a little more cutting and sanding couldn't fix. Cedar only wants to be cut in one direction and it will not forgive you for going against the grain. (something I have done all my life) I want to get into whittling and that looked like a good small project to start on.
Really nice, and yes you could sell them. Is that final finish just from olive oil, and how many coats.? ::handshake::

Just one coat in the photo. Some years ago I made a baby crib for a Niece for her first child. Fearing poisoning the baby with an exotic wood treatment, I used the Olive oil and in worked out fine. It was a long time ago, but I believe that I stacked multiple layers of oil on that crib. As it turned out, I should have used arsenic and saved a lot of people a lot of problems. ;)
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That’s a right fine looking spoon! Good job!
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Maddogfl wrote: Thu Sep 30, 2021 10:14 pm After.....
You might want to post your spoon here also:
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