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For at least ten years I've only carried a plastic soup spoon originally from REI while packing. I finally had enough food on my knuckles my last trip and decided to make a long handled soup spoon which to my knowledge nobody makes. I grabbed a piece of madrone firewood and got busy using my plastic spoon as a guide. Here it is fully oiled up and ready for a trip. Old spoon is .33 oz and new 9" long soup spoon is .425 oz. I'm happy.
That's a thing of beauty, Brian. How long did it take you to make it?
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Very nice. Did you turn it on a lathe (handle)
It probably took six hours to make start to finish. No lathe was used, its quite nonsymmetrical and a bit crooked but good enough to do the job. The black spot in the bowl is where I tried to sand it with my dremal- that didn't work so well so I hand sanded with sanding sponges and finished it with 320 grit paper.
Nice job! Woodworking you did yourself brings a certain joy that no store-bought item can.
I know about you mean about food on your knuckles!
But, for those with less woodworking skill: There are a lot of bamboo utensils available now and bamboo is very stable with humidity changes. Using that as a starting point, you can remove handle width, back of the bowl, etc, to decrease weight. A bench-mounted belt sander works nicely for that.
hi Brian,
Good job.
Short handles are the reason why I still use my 7" Ti spoon .
I have a couple of wooden spoon but even the bamboo one has a slightly short (5" ) handle.
Looking at yours and reading David's comments makes me think that maybe I will be able to shape a larger bamboo type down to size.
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