Tooled finish

Here's a spoon that I started making about 2 weeks ago from a fallen beech branch. The wood was dry, and spalted. I roughed it out in an evening in the woods, and have done the rest sporadically in evenings after work, often no more than a few minutes a day.

 

This is the first time that I have left a spoon with what is called a tooled finish, i.e. unsanded, just with the finish from the carving knives. I'm not very good at that yet, and my knives could really do with being a lot sharper, but the back of the spoon is quite reasonable. I'm learning.

 

Overall, whilst it could be better in lots of ways, I am happy with this one.

Done