Blackthorn pocket spoon #1

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: 18cm (7 inches)
Bowl width: 4.5cm
Bowl length: 6cm
Finish: hemp seed oil

This blackthorn spoon has a symmertic bowl making suitable for left or right handers. It’s an exceptionally beautiful piece of blackthorn heartwood with lots of lovely dark red tones in handle as well as the bowl. Note that over time the red will most likely fade to a dark brown but it’ll still be gorgeous. Blackthorn is prunus family like plum and damson and shares the same exceptional colours. It usually grows as a prickly shrub on scrub land and in hedges and it’s rare to get large enough pieces to carve like this entirely from the heartwood. This was from Llangrannog in west Wales where an overgrown lane side was cleared back to allow traffic to pass more easily.

Length: 17cm  (6 3/4 inches)
Bowl width: 5cm
Bowl length: 6.5cm
Finish: hemp seed oil

This chunky eating spoon is typical of my recent carving. The bowl is deep enough at the back to hold plenty of liquid but shallow at the front to eat off comfortably. The handle is thicker than you might be used to but oval in profile with a facetted top surface and rounded below to make it extra comfy to hold. Cherry like this with some dark growth rings doesn’t come along very often.

Length: 15cm (6 inches)
Bowl width: 4.5cm
Bowl length: 6cm
Finish: hemp seed oil

This blackthorn pocket spoon has sweet faceted surfaces on the handle to provide plenty of interest for your thumb and on the back of the bowl.