How To Make A Spoon Carving Hook Knife
Here is the rough spoon blank.
How to make a spoon carving hook knife. Step 2 Shape the Handle and Back of Spoon. Spoon Hook Carver. I marked the centre of the bowl and with my knife I cut some semi circles.
Start with shallow cross-grain cuts near the center. Some people call them hook knives or bent blades. Step 1 Wood Roughout.
Available in hollow ground or flat ground. This grip felt awkward and dangerous at first. The best spoon carving knife is going to have a lower radius which is best for carving a smaller surface area the knife on top.
The curvature of the blade is important tight curves and short blades are easy for beginners to use but leave a bit of a ploughed field effect which most resort to sandpaper to remove. A hook knife with higher radius measurement is best used for carving a bowl. Single or Double Edge.
First what makes a good spoon carving hook knife. 3 lengths and 2 handle options available or just the blank. A spoon carving knife is the tool to have when carving spoons bowls and kuksa cups.
We will be making a spoon carving knife hook knife crook knife with Allen Newberry JS. Scratch out the waste wood and you are left with a nice depression in which to seat your drill. Step 6 Sand and Finish Your Spoon.