My Spoon Carving tool kit - Everything I use on a daily basis to carve spoons. 

Thanks Brandon Sturms ! Doin my best over here.

Well again I'm jealous! I would love to learn to forge tools. Hopefully in the near future! Are you going to do a little documentary? Im not sure if Nic has any videos out there..then again I havent looked. Thanks for the Comment Zed Outdoors

Jeff Ballantyne Hopefully yes I will be doing some videos with my time spent at Nics. The part of the UK he lives is about 5-6 hours away from me, saying that the area he lives in is stunning in terms of scenery

Zed Outdoors I would love to make it out there one day!

Jeff Ballantyne You must do, and time your visit with the Spoonfest too

Tom starley thanks for the encouraging comment! Im always glad to hear my videos are helping guys along. Unwinding is important! I gotta find out how to do that haha. I do want to make a video on the war with sandpaper. Thats a perfect title for it actually! Im really just waiting for the right time where my wife can hold the cam.. I have no idea if im in the shot until after recording for 20 mins, and I go inside to find out its out of focus or the camera is aimed at my foot or something lol. I will make a video, but really its about having that sharp edge for a shiny finish on a spoon, and then for clean lines, it really helps to have a spoon that you just pick up and touch up every now and then as your eye for detail improves.. What I did was made an eating spoon, and as I would be eating, and looking at it, finding all its flaws, I developed an eye for things.. So I would recommend that.. make a spoon, eat with it everyday, and go back to the knife and touch it up. It takes a long time to train the eye! So dont be discouraged. Sorry for the winded comment, hope it helps! - Jeff

It chips the most when finishing a birch kuksa. On a cut where I roll the knife for an inside rounded corner, it breaks the edge of the knife. I got pretty frustrated with it because it just didnt seem like that should happen. Im definitely no pro with steel, but I just know it is brittle when the the temper is too great.. or somthing like that! Thanks for the wisdom though drownthedays !

Well then I guess somethings off with the temper like you said, the wood is basically prying the edge apart. It is fairly hard to find the right mix of hardness and toughness, but it should be expected, especially with more expensive knives. Plus the guys at mora seem to know very well what they are doing, as the middle laminated layer is really hard, but tough enough as well. I really dig that applewood axe handle by the way, it sure looks the part.

Thanks Adirondack Woodsman ! Glad I could be a bit of inspiration! Why dont you post a picture of the finished knife on my facebook page wall when your done!

Trail Bound co I'd have to do some more studying on the subject thats for sure! I've never heard that about cherry.. I heard once that black walnut is no good, but thousands of companies wouldn't be using it if it were.

Hey Raindance Bushcraft thanks for the commment! I got the red compound from a place in the states, it was in a little buffing wheel combo kit with a white compound and red compound. For a long time the red sat on the shelf and I was only using the green, but I've had much better results using the compounds in stages. I would personally just buy a pack of say 3 bars from whoever and give them a try next time my bars run out. And as far as the Mora straight carving knife goes, Im sold. Its chea and im not ure I would get better results with another knife.

I may be in the mood for a video on sharpening the Twca cam after I build my pole lathe! If you have your twca cam in a vise, and you have dowels with wet sand paper, just be steady with all your passes. I personally havent touched the outside of the twca cam with anything but a strop, only the inside with the wet sand paper. I would say just be careful and you should be fine! Carelessly taking away material for sure youll make it worse.. you gotta do it at somepoint right! This is how I learned! Thanks for the comment though bangbangcfp

Thanks for the info Jimmy Mead! I did play with that bevel a little bit, but by the time I had figured it out, my nic westermann was already here. I tried Robin Woods spoon carving knife and actually didnt mind it that much. As far as the deepwoods knife, I used it for quite a while, but found that after carving birch Kuksa's there was a type of cut that just chipped the blade so quick. I use the tip of the mora knife so much now. I use the deepwoods for just quick roughing out to save the edge on the mora.

Thanks Phill Allen ! Pole lathe is next week! My bowl turning hooks are ordered and will be in the mail asap. Im very excited!

Haha no chrome! Just polished steel! gotta show off somehow right!

My wood carving career is over now so no worries about that knife lol. I had finishing knives that were very thin

@@lotsofwoods thin is good for a lot of purposes, particularly at the edge if the knife is hardened and tempered properly. My kitchen knives...the edge will flex over my thumbnail...at 65HRC, but are still tough enough to go through an apple seed without an issue. It's unfortunate you don't carve anymore! I'm just starting (as a function of making sloyd, curved/hook, and other carving knives) and I've enjoyed your channel quite a bit.

Exactly what you suggested Phil brownred. I drilled the hole a little smaller than the largest part of the tang and super glue!

Im not sure about Hawthorn either Lewis Mitchell ! I know the name, but not sure I've seen it.. If I get the chance I would love to carve some of it!

Jeff Ballantyne Im from England and its pretty common here but im not sure where else it grows. Be sure to share some info on it if you get the chance I'd love to hear a professional opinion on it, thanks!

THAT GUY ON A BICYCLE of consurvation Nic Westermann makes the spoon carving tools! Sorry I accidentally deleted my website a while back :(

@@lotsofwoods can I get his email or FB

Paul Henry Theres a few other guys that make spoon carving knives, and yea with the double edged knife I would cut myself too... I hear Del Stubbs makes a nice spoon knife, Deepwood ventures, and Nic Westermann. With the axe, spend $5-$10 on an antique hatchet and learn to sharpen it!

shenlun just a common iMovie intro

A Scandi grind IS a flat grind...it simply has a more obtuse edge angle (bringing the junction between edge and flat lower down the blade). The Deepwood Ventures knife is a mild convex grind.

Thanks Matt Sosnowski , glad you enjoyed it!

Lois Kramer oh thanks Lois! I will edit the video right now. Thanks for watching!

Id just really like a twca cam!

Go for it Tres Ramirez ! Thanks for the comment!

Wow so great thanks! How’s your carving goin?