Maple cooking spoon
Finished this last night - first attempt at a cooking spoon. O-l-d maple (sold to me as "painted" maple in Texas almost 30 years ago), finished in turquoise RMP and tung oil. The maple carved nicely, but very slowly. Required *sharp* tools - lots of stropping. Hopefully something we can actually use. But I think I'm ready for green wood. Hoping to split out some of the holly I grabbed last weekend.
Maple cooking spoon
Finished this last night - first attempt at a cooking spoon. O-l-d maple (sold to me as "painted" maple in Texas almost 30 years ago), finished in turquoise RMP and tung oil. The maple carved nicely, but very slowly. Required *sharp* tools - lots of stropping. Hopefully something we can actually use. But I think I'm ready for green wood. Hoping to split out some of the holly I grabbed last weekend.