Finishing The Spoon I Started in The Woods(Detailed)

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all right so remember this spoon that I started in the woods well I decided that I would finish it up and just put on video

I've got other videos about it but it's been a while since I've done this on video so we'll shape this up and you'll see all the little tiny details that they do when I finish up a spoon [Music]

okay so the first thing that I do first of all is work on the bowl I don't like this bowl I never do when I finish it up with a knife so I'm gonna work on shaping the bowl like I like it before starting to smoothing the inside of the bowl I'm gonna work on the shape because if I start smoothing this out and then shape it I'm still gonna have to smooth out the edge here so I'm going to start with the outside once that's done then I work in the inside to smooth it out and smooth out this part and so on so this is more of a shaping than is smoothing out I use 80 grit you can use 100 120 it doesn't really matter so I look at it first and of course I see exactly the things that I want to take off and in my mind I you know imagine what I want and I just bring it to that point the bowl is uneven and too big okay [Music]

and especially during the shaping part I like to use a tea because 80-grit because it goes quick and then the way I'll usually do is go with you know probably 180 then finish with to 220 or something you can use what you already have at home so it's already starting to look better as you can see sanding makes all the difference so I'll continue working on this and I know you don't want to see me sanding for the next 20-30 minutes or more okay so I'm pretty much done this piece with the 80 grit for this set for the bowl now the bowl you're just starting it's probably the well it's the most important where you have to put it you know a lot of work especially if you're doing this all by hand because it's the part obviously it goes in your mouth right so you just want to make sure that all the big stuff is sanded down properly that's why it's important when you're working with your crook knife spoon knife or even you know any knife that you try and smooth it out as much as you can because it'll save on your sanding

and if you see a spot you know don't just go on that spot cuz I'll create a hole you have to sand the whole thing until we'll bring that comes down to that send out that little hole or something sometimes you'll be caught with some knots well you just you have no choice you have to leave them there also this spoon is going to be different from anything I've done yet now I know that you won't see this if you've seen them you know some of my spoons being made but this time I decided to create a bigger lip you'll be able to see that bigger lip here going up you don't want the edge to be too thin if you see as you're sanding sometimes it's gonna happen it's too thin just give it a a quick you know you just go around it like that you'll bring you back to flat and just sand around a little bit to bring it back to its shape so anyway I'm pretty much done with the bowl now now I'm gonna work on this side on that side and the handle the handle is pretty pretty easy you shape it like you want though the bowl you kind of take your time and make sure you do it right because when you go with a second like 180 the 180 won't take away the well take a long time if you forgot to take some you know some what do you call them cracks or holes that you could have taken off easily with the 80 so make sure everything is perfectly right your own eyes before you get to the second grit

okay so the handle is fairly fairly simple they shape it like you want the main thing I would say is make sure you don't leave any sharp edges I mean you can leave some edges you know to give it character and all that stuff but nothing sharp so it's not uncomfortable in the hands when they use it so I think I'm pretty much done with my ad they're gonna stay there so so far that's the handle it's got a little bit of crookedness in it which is not usually what I do but this is going to be different

so more of a close-up okay so now what I'm going to do is I'm going to give it a 180 then a 220 that goes pretty quick make sure you you get rid of the 80 grit paper marks with the 180 and the 220 you take away the 180 and it's all nice and smooth once that's done I'll show you and I'll show you the next step that I do okay so I'm pretty much done

just make sure don't put your 220 grit away yet video latest for later make sure yeah everywhere you touch you're satisfied and you don't feel any just a little bit here especially in the bowl area needs to be very smooth now don't get discouraged if you've got some imperfections a little bit everywhere you know it's normal you're doing this by hand and you know it gives a character it's not the end of the world but make sure that it's nice and smooth that's what's important and that you're satisfied with the shape and stuff yeah I'm pretty much satisfied so what I'm going to do next is make it a little bit unique maybe if I can and burn some stuff on it so that's the next step alright so the next thing I do is you don't need to do this obviously but I like to do it because it just makes the spoons more unique to me and again as I've mentioned in many videos of carving I have no artist and I have no plan I just use a you know these wood-burning tools they're very cheap maybe 10 bucks at Canadian Tire wherever your local hardware store is and just burn up some stuff on it just to make it unique so I'm gonna be using one two three probably four different designs to do this so sometimes it works out pretty cool sometimes it doesn't but we shall see

after a while after you've been working with these tools these wood-burning tools here you pick up certain tricks that helps here so I won't bore you with this when some of this stuff is done I will certainly show you so so far that's what I got I don't like to put perfect lines my burn so you got a mask around it you do your design whatever it is and then you just go around and like flatten it or fattening not you're sure how did I express that but not you're sure what I'm gonna do in the back probably really keep it simple sometimes what you can do is just use the edges to guide you and you just just make your few just to inspire your next move and what it's going to be I think I know what I'm gonna do there so I think my next one now what I do is this is hot so obviously you want to use your pliers or a multi-tool I don't want to have to plug it and let it cool down and all that stuff I'm just gonna burn a little bit here my next one is this little dot here I'll be careful not to burn yourself

so I'm almost done with this one here okay a few more things I need to do and [Music]

we'll be ready for the next step yes now I understand that it's not everyone that likes Burt stop on our spoons and I respect that I just have fun you know playing around with it anyway so I got two more things to do and this will be pretty much done for the next step okay so once you're satisfied with your burning I'll show you more little details a little bit later what you want to do or what I would like to do is sometimes I'll create some little burrows and you just take your 220 and just give it a very lifespan not too much [Music]

just spending a little bit money don't worry doesn't create them you know too much

you got to plug your same okay so thanks I'll just do a little bit of hot water just take the this so do two things how water because it evaporates a little bit quicker so you just want to a little bit take the dust away but at the same time give me a second here wipe it now you're sending is not going to be perfect so wetting it like this you're going to feel this one is actually pretty good better than what I've but something you don't know of course wood has grains and sometimes you're in between two grains and when you wet it you'll see the grain sticking out

no if I can show you on this but probably I won't be able to show you you see there's some grain sticking out this part here and that's not gonna be comfortable in your mouth you see them there that will white stuff okay so you wait till your spoon dries and you just give it once it's dry just give it a very light two-twenty just a little bit that's it just of it that's it and you redo the process you wet it again until it's all perfect well especially the bold area because this is not gonna be too comfortable in the mouth the handle is not so bad so you need to do that until everything is perfect before you oil it so that's what I'm gonna do next okay so I'm done I'm satisfied now this is ready to aisle before we continue this in case your beginning and it'll be questions what I like to use as wood is to actually two kinds of woods maple no sugar maple and birch I know that sugar maple is a much tougher wood to car but a lot more rewarding it'll tough you for it's very solid it took you for a very long time it's so dense and also the second one is birch which is a lot easier to carve but still a good hard wood to make spoons of now if you're just starting I would practice on softer woods like poplar Cedars another one those are pretty much the two or Cottonwood whatever you know in the same family of the poplar they're very easy to carve so you can get used to your you know your carving skills the way you have to go with the knife and all that but my favorite is maple that's for sure

and the second is birch so concerning oils well you can use you don't want this to turn rancid so you have to be careful tung oil of course all the oils and I'm talking about need to be pure not mixed up with anything you got tung oil you got pure linseed oil or flax seed oil which i think is pretty much the same or what I use because it's readily available is mineral oil I've never I've used this on my spoons all the time and never had any problems whatsoever and this I got at the local pharmacy so what I will do is put a little bit in my hand something that let this dry and usually usually goes up to two to three coats just to give you a little view here closer look

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anyway I don't think I'll take a few pictures so you can have a better look at it you're gonna add a little probably won't see that maybe it's a little bull's eye at the end here okay so hey why don't you try and make yourself a spoon if you've never tried it it's rewarding it's fun and it's part of bushcraft I guess carving your own stuff and spoons are pretty much the easiest things to learn first thing to learn anyway alright thanks for watching I'll leave some pictures one last thing of course we always forget stuff to maintain these spoons try not to wash it with soap if you can you don't want the taste of soap going and of course there's oil you know it's supposed to be well protected but don't try not clean it with just hot water that's what I do and I don't really need to oil it each time I clean it you'll see after a while it starts getting dry put a nice coat on it and bingo you're ready there's oil doesn't just keep the water from going in when it's well soap but it pushes it out if it does so try not to wash it with soap just hot water real quick and if it needs another coat put it on [Music]

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