My intermittent spoon carving has resulted in six more spoons available for purchase. These were carved from branch crooks. All surfaces are straight from the cutting edge and all have been treated with pure linseed/flaxseed oil and kiln-cured. Ready to serve. The yard stick provides some scale. They range in length from roughly 8″ to 12″. These are all cooking/serving spoons rather than eating spoons. I’ve got more photos below from various points-of-view.
If you are interested, please email me at dandkfish@gmail.com. Let me know if you’d prefer to send a check or receive a PayPal invoice. Prices include shipping. Thank you.
- #1 Cherry ladle SOLD
- #2 Maple with milk paint SOLD
- #3 Sycamore SOLD
- #4 Cherry SOLD
- #5 Apple with milk paint SOLD
- #6 Apple SOLD
The amount of crank was determined by the natural bend in each crook. The tightest bend in this batch was from the beautiful cherry crook below, the left side (inside) to be specific. The finished ladle (#1 in this batch) is the photo beside it. It’s always a shame to shave away those beautiful lichens from the surface of the bark.
I’ll finish this post with one more photo: the ladle taking shape.
David Fisher, Carving Explorations 
Beautiful spoons Mr. Fisher! I love how you used the cherry crook for the ladle. Did you use a froe to split it?
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Yes, I almost always use a froe to split spoon crooks. Here’s a link to a post from a few years ago that shows my typical method for that.
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That’s really cool, my brother is a blacksmith and one project that we’ve always wanted to make is a froe. Thanks for another great post!
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Dave, I love your work! You are an inspiration. I’d be interested in the #4 Cherry spoon if it’s still available.
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Thank you! I’ll email you to follow up on getting #4 to you.
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Beautiful David. I’m still working on a Bellamy Eagle which hopefully should be finished in 3 months (I only work on it one night a week in a carving class I take). Then onto the oblong bowl (two of them) as you published in FWW. The no 6 gouge to make the tree of life is arriving today. I’ve got the No 7 or 8 curved gouge and the No 5 has been on back order for 9 months (ordered the same time as the No 6). If all goes well, I should have that final gouge that isn’t needed but would be nice. Then onto spoons and spatulas to replace the plastic ones in the kitchen. I can’t make them too nice (shouldn’t be a problem given my skill level) or my wife won’t want to use them.
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That’s a good list of projects, Joe! Assure your wife that no matter how nice wood spoons and spatulas begin, they only get better with use.
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Beautiful work! I’m interested in #2 & would like to get it if it’s still available.
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Thank you! I’ll email you to make arrangements for #2.
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Hi Dave,
Was the cherry crook green or dry when you worked on it. I ask because I have some crooks that have been sitting around for several years and wondered how difficult they would be to make ladles from them? Can/did you make two from one crook (inside bend and outside bend)?
Beautiful work!!! Thanks for sharing.
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It was green. I do the splitting, axe work, and rough knife carving while it’s green, then return to it for all of the final knife work after drying. You could work the crooks you have after they’ve dried, but the wood will be harder to carve. More importantly, unless the crook had considerable extra length, you may have checking running down into what you want to be the spoon. Just try one and see how it goes.
The outside of a crook bend is usually unsuitable. I explain why in this post: https://davidffisher.com/2024/05/07/branch-crook-choices/
However, with a large enough crook, it’s often possible to split the inside of the bend into two, or even three blanks.
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Thanks
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Yes, the moss and lichen – I often think of the book Gathering Moss by Robin Wall Kimmerer when out and about (and even right outside in the garden).
As always, this is a restful and wonderful place to go looking, with all your carving explorations.
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