Well, the real present turned out to be a bandsaw--a tool I have been teasing Rog I needed since before we were married (My friend Debbie cleverly told her sweetheart she wouldn't get married until she owned a bandsaw--thus, she has had her bandsaw for over 25 years!) The pieces of wood were from some of the invasive buckthorn we chopped down last fall -buckthorn has a very pretty red wood.
This afternoon, Rog and I played with the bandsaw, and created three wacky buckthorn utensils: Rog's long-handled bowl scraper, the completed very-long-handled spoon, and my jam-spreader/cupcake-froster with a scooped blade and finger holds.
We learned a lot about carving spoons from buckthorn from this experiment - not the least of which is if your spoon breaks, you can still make it into a different utensil! If we get more skilled and considerably faster at carving spoons and utensils, perhaps we will try to sell them at the Farmers Market next summer.
7 comments:
This is so beautiful! I need a bandsaw! oh wait,i have so many saws out there, i might already have one. : )
Beautiful utensils for a first try. My husband Frank Wright has been a professional spoon maker for almost 20 years now and he also works with buckthorn among many other woods. Sue - this is another reason for you and Roger to visit us in Lanesboro - you can check out Frank's spoon shop.
that is a beautiful wood.
I like the idea of custom made spoons!
Wow!! Beauty and function all at the same time! It might not be long before you are asking those buckthorns to grow faster! :) Love them!!
How cool! What a great gift! It's also great you can make beautiful utensils from the awful buckthorn!
Those are beautiful! I would buy them. I was thinking that you should sell them before I got to the part where you suggested it. I love your blog...stumbled on it quick accidentally over a year ago. I have been checking your progress silently!
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