Great Video, glad to see I did not go too wrong in finishing my Mesquite spoon last weekend. Looking forward to seeing the curved scraper video.

Mexiquite wrote:

@mmccoll nice spoon, are you in texas?

Thanks, I live in Tucson Arizona in a neighborhood that has plenty of Mesquite trees. Hopefully the trimmings from these trees will be a future resource for small projects.

Martin.

I have not been doing any woodworking this summer and I haven’t been here on the forum for quite some time either. But notes from a couple friends, thanks Ken and Steve, and Paul’s recent blogs about spoon carving lit the fire again. So today I dug out a small piece of cherry and fashioned an eating spoon. Making spoons is very relaxing, there is almost no way of making a mistake. Just go with the flow. The decoration is a technique that I’ve been wanting to try for some time now, kolrosing. Incise your pattern with a sharp knife, rub in powdered coffee and oil as usual. Very simple to do and the possibilities are unlimited. Thanks for looking.

Thanks Ken….its good to be back…as soon as Joseph sorts the photo posting I’ll get a photo up.

Thanks Brett…kolrosing is the easiest method of decoration that I have tried. That’s a good link that you found.