by talladecucharas | Mar 30, 2020 | Articles
Keeping your tools sharp is as important as a good carving technique. Using dull tools will make our job harder and unsafe. In this article you will learn the basic concepts of sharpening for spoon carving tools. It’s advisable to sharpen all the tools yourself...
by talladecucharas | Jun 24, 2019 | Articles
The Hook Knife is the tool we use to carve concave sections of our spoon, in this case the bowl although it can be used to hollow out other concave areas of the spoon. The Hook Knife curvature can be simple of compound, you can find them in different geometries....
by talladecucharas | Jun 23, 2019 | Articles
The straight knife is the main tool for Spoon Carving. Once we have removed as much wood as possible using the axe, we move on to the straight knife. The straight knife is also knows as Sloyd (Slöjd) knife. This term means craft or handwork in Swedish and comes from a...
by talladecucharas | Jun 21, 2019 | Articles
Once we have a branch or a log we can use the carving axe to split it, being guided by the direction of the grain of the wood. In the next video you can see different ways to do that: Depending on our skill with the axe we will be able to remove as much wood as we can...
by talladecucharas | Jun 19, 2019 | Articles
Carving wooden spoons is a craft that requires specific tools to achieve precise and satisfying results. In this article, we’ll explore the three main tools you need to start carving spoons from green wood, along with additional recommendations for an optimal...
by talladecucharas | Jun 5, 2019 | Articles
Before designing a spoon we must think about its function. What types of spoon are there? What are their differences? The shape of a spoon is mainly determined by its function. In this article we will see some basic concepts to design a spoon to carve. If we analyze...
