Spalted blackthorn eating spoon #11

Length: 16.5cm (6 1/2 inches)
Bowl width: 4.5cm
Bowl length: 6cm
Finish: hemp seed oil

This is a robust plum spoon with less colour than some but bold facets and large finial to compensate.

Length: 17cm (6 3/4 inches)
Bowl width: 4.7cm
Bowl length: 6.2cm
Finish: hemp seed oil

This is a wonderfully proportioned spoon and the side profile is particularly fine, you can’t see it in the photo but you’ll just have to believe me. It’s a spoon I carver some time ago and acted as the template for many that followed. The wood is very hard and silky smooth, it’s going to be a joy to eat with.

Length: 15cm
Bowl width: 4.5cm
Bowl length: 5.6cm
Finish: hemp seed oil

This pretty little blackthorn spoon has a different shaped handle than I usually make, probably dictated by the knarly piece of balckthorn it was carved from. It’s got a small amount of softer wood in the bowl – that pale line through the dark heartwood – that’s why is a little bit cheaper than other spoons here. In my judgement this wont be a problem and there’s years of good sue to be had from it. Blackthorn is tough stuff.

Length: 18cm  (7 inches)
Bowl width: 4.2cm
Bowl length: 6cm
Finish: hemp seed oil

This elm spoon was made from a crook, a bent section of the branch, so the grain runs through the bown. Notice how there long oval rings in the bowl rather than the circles you see on some straight grained spoons. This makes the spoon stronger and the thin, slightly narrower bowl, makes it great eating spoon for main meals like rice based dishes. The elm dries very hard and should last many years of regular use.