Carving a Spoon Using an Axe | Paul Sellers
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
- Paul Sellers shows one of the methods that can be used to carve a spoon, using an axe and knives on green wood. This is filmed in the grounds of Penrhyn Castle in North Wales, which is where Paul runs New Legacy School of Woodworking.
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Nice to have a proper tutorial like this, presented by an experienced expert, who is also articulate. Plenty of interesting knowledge and details - it makes all the difference to novices. Thanks.
I swear, Paul makes some of the most interesting long form content I've seen. I've been sitting here for 18 minutes, doing nothing but watching the video. These days, on the internet, not a common thing.
Rob Mckennie So much better than the swathes of people doing them ridiculous micro-cuts and pulling retarded faces in their thumbnails.
No matter what mood I'm in, just watching you is so inspirational, soothing and turns even the worst days into sunshine. Thank you! :)
Yes, that's a Sequoiadendron giganteum (giant sequoia, giant redwood, Sierra redwood, Sierran redwood, or Wellingtonia). There are many thriving here in the woods and up around Penrhyn Castle. Not too old, 150 years since they first were planted.
Something that I think this video highlights is the patience in woodworking. Something I personally struggle with is being frustrated and trying to go too fast. Perseverance and patience are key.
Great teacher. Clear, concise and methodical instructions and explanations throughout. I learned more about axe work in this single video than in all the rest of the video's I've watched on youtube. Many thanks 👍
Watching this kind of stuff makes me really excited for my next camping trip
i love how precise he is with his teaching. They just don't 'em like that anymore.
Thank you for the tutorial Paul. Looks like a lot of fun. Appreciate your time. You do great videos.
"Anything that doesn't look like a wooden spoon, just shape it off" :D
+Koch Máté My favorite part of the whole video!
At 16:26 "Whoooo right into here... Have I done that? Yes I have!" - haha thanks Paul. I watch all of your videos and am learning so much. Please keep making these. It's greatly appreciated from all around the world! You should be so proud of your work and teachings, mate :)
I've got to say, this is the first video that shows the difficulty in splitting some logs. All the others show people splitting logs that fall apart in two or three strikes. Finally some realism!
I know it's an old vid, but just watched it, and realy liked watching ya do all this.
Thanks a lot for your pointed cautions about safety with the axe for beginners!
This is exactly the info and teaching I was looking for.
im so impressed of your technics, i have learned more from few of your videos, than for many years before
Yes, they are. Very nice knives!
“Just like peeling potatoes - can you peel potatoes? I think you can “ priceless! Such a good vid!
Thanks so much Mr Sellers. Now INTO the shop I go to make a spoon out of a Black Mulberry (Morus Nigra) branch from the neighborhood.
You make a great mentor. Thanks
Thanks for teaching me how to avoid “axidents”!
Very well my friend.
Congratulations on the video.
Beautiful ax. Again, perfect technique.
Greetings from southern Brazil.
Excellent video Paul, I love watching bush craft videos. Another favourite clip I've watched was Ray Meres carving a new axe handle! I'm going to try making a spoon now! :-)
Thanks Paul. I always enjoy your vids. Thanks for sharing.
where is the link to see the finished spoon?
Thank You very much for the information. You have a great way of explaining things.
Cool thanks a lot. I’m just getting into carving spoons. This vid has given me some good tips
"anything that doesn't look like a wooden spoon, shave it off" :D great video... i always enjoy a new one from you
3:37 his technique is excellent 👌 hes swung the axe and in the same time the other hand swung away to the left
lovely commentary Paul, Most informative.
Great tutorial Paul
Take care
Mike
Love you Paul 😍
Excellent tutorial, thanks for the upload
Safe to assume that what you called 'Lime' is Linden or Basswood?
Thanks for this. Just an observation, when I was a lad, I used to turn the axe and wood upside down after bedding the axe and use the weight and momentum of the wood to help split the wood.
We just finished a video on replacing a hammer handle on a ball pein hammer, which also works for axes too so we will put that one up soon.
Here in the US they commonly refer to wooden shingles as "shakes". I never bothered to look into where the term came from. Now I know. Thanks!
I have a very cheap fibre glass handle axe and I’m really pleased with it, the balance is phenomenal and it keeps its sharpness really well. I tend to use axes with a much flatter movement rather that the usual arch, I’m a chef by trade and I approach my axe like a meat cleaver.
OK. Good idea. We will try to do that too.
inspired by your video about working in greenwood with a small hand axe, i flatten the profile on one side on the axe to be able to get a more flat angle and use it allmost like a planer / for fine cuttings, BUT i forgot that im lefthanded and not right handet, so i have to use it with arms crossed, starting over tomorrow LOL
i was so amazed and impressed with the redwoods that i wanted to see if they would grow here in upstate ny. i currently have five 1 and a half year old saplings(started as 6" seedlings) :) one of which is a little ahead of the rest for height @ 6 feet the rest are all about 3 feet. the ones i have are from the sierra nevada and not coastal redwoods. i have read of a few other sequoia's in nurseries around this area mainly up above me in the finger lakes region and over in the UK.
Thank you !
"You get into a real relationship with your wood"
plenty of room in that workspace fantastic how to thanks
An axe (or US ax) is generic for any and all axes long, short, heavy and light. A hatchet is used mostly by America. There are of course many axe names that better describe their function ranging anywhere from splitting axe to felling axe and carving axe to limbing axe. WIthin Britain there are regional names given to axes too.
Interesting that you used a rubberized hammer to strike the axe. I've heard it's not recommended that one use hammer blows on an axe head because it can expand the axe head and loosen it from the handle. Does the rubber eliminate that possibility?
It does indeed as does nylon which is what I was actually using.
Thank you, that was a good question.
It really does. And you can also use a wooden or rawhide mallet, as well.
"you don't want any AXcidents..."
hehehehe.
...and it's extremely important to have a sharp axe, because a dull one will be more likely to glance off & swing toward you instead of immediately bedding in the wood.
Sharper is safer!! 👍👍
Great video!
I use a handmade wooden mallet for this made from a solid piece of wood to baton trough the wood. it works very nice and its easily made
Hi, I am enjoying your axe-work videos, but when I cut or saw at 90o to the surface for a stop cut to help remove the excess wood - the axe/saw leaves 'bruises' in the wood deeper than the apparent depth of my cut,and these are hard to remove later without impairing the design. So I prefer to cut obliquely, closer to the intended final curve (E.g. in the outer shoulder of a spoon bowl) so as to keep a smooth curve between handle and the sweep of the bowl's exterior. Apart from this doubt, I am profiting from your presentations, and find the flexibility of your methods encouraging, time-saving and great fun. Thank you!
Ian Masters
Hi Paul. I discovered your site recently and greatly enjoyed the videos I have watched so far...learned a lot. I was very impressed with what you are able to do with a spokeshave. I do not own this tool but would like to. I would appreciate a recommendation. Thanks again.
I thought Paul was in Europe. The huge redwood in back has me puzzled. Thoughts?
we need a drop counter. good informative video
Hey Paul, thanks for posting this video. Excellent work with axe. I was wondering if we can use spoke shave ti shape the handle in a finer way?
Are these axes Single bevel? Broad axe / hewing axes? When do you chose a broad axe style carving axe vs a double bevel one? Love the safety tips
Thank you for your comment. I never use a single bevel axe for my work and i shape my axes as a carving axe. Here is my blog post on shaping your axes paulsellers.com/2013/09/shaping-axes-carving/
Holy ASMR Batman!
Next lvl in wood carving is "carve a spoon with your teeth". Thx for a great video!
your cutting log being shaky was driving me nuts!
instead of beating on the head, flip it all over and slam the axe into the stump
Thankyou.
Not really so. I found this lime quite hard, certainly nothing like North American basswood. That said, it is fine for spoon carving. I wouldn't necessarily look for lime because there are many other woods you can use that will be more readily available and nice to work too.
Paul Sellers I
Thumb guard! :D Yes, spoon carving often leads to nasty cuts :( - far more than any other woodworking/carving activity I have come across. Stock up on plasters (US Eng.: bandages). Safe grips with stops is ultimately the way to go but that takes experience/learning and/or a healthy fear of sharp edges. Even the experts cut themselves (listen to the youtube video on Wille Sundqvist visiting Drew Langsners Country Workshop).
Just curious anyone know what kind of tree that big one is that he is standing in front of?
+BrokenArrowFarm It looks like a Yew Tree to me but without seeing the leaves/needles I can't really tell 100%
www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/trees-woods-and-wildlife/british-trees/native-trees/yew/
Sequoia would be my guess
I don't think we have them in the UK!
it's probably a sequoia or a red cedar or something. you don't get them wild in the uk but arboretums and places they can be found :)
It is a big tree. Latin name "biggieosus henchironius"
What is that MASSIVE tree behind you?
his secret lair
Sequoiadendron giganteum (giant sequoia, giant redwood, Sierra redwood, Sierran redwood, or Wellingtonia).
Wow, cool history! www.nationaltrust.org.uk/features/how-the-giant-sequoia-came-to-england
Did he say "lime"? Like the citrus tree? In the UK?
Fascinating
este paul sellers é fera.
amazing forest
What is the difference between an ax and a hatchet? I always thought an ax had a long handle, have I been misinformed all these years?
Cool hatchet
so many minor injuries on Paul's hands, what happened?
The problem log would split a lot more easily if you cut it so that the knot lines up in a straight line with the edge of the axe (at 90 degrees to where it was cut) ideally you want the knot on the side opposite you. It would still split unevenly, but tends to make it a lot easier crack apart.
The tree behind him looks like a giant sequoia, not sure if I'd put money on that though, definitely looks like a redwood of some sort though.
How do you keep the finished spoon from cracking when working with green wood?
If I was making a spoon from green wood, I wouldn’t finish the spoon, I would rough carve it without finishing it and then reduce the moisture content gradually over a few days, storing it in a plastic bag or similar and exposing it to the atmosphere for a little time every day. You can get dry wood still in the round and make spoons from dry wood and you don’t have any issue.
How do you make the curved knives?
is it common to use tape like that on your thumb, I was always taught to cut away from yourself to not get cut
Do you not cook a lot?
Thats why we have an opposing thumb.....more dexterity, greater precision.
Honestly, with carving with a knife, not cutting towards yourself is nearly impossible, and quite imprecise.
Its really more about not cutting towards yourself in a way that is unsafe or in a way that isn't taking any precautions to stop the blade from cutting you.
I expected Paul to make a knifewall like in the dovetail videos.
Funny how I can split a board from a 4 foot long log without any issue, but some smaller pieces have a way of resisting blows for days before splitting. Hahaha!
seemed so silly to watch you beat on something so small with a little rubber hammer. I can't help to feel the need to take it and finish it myself haha. Ive used a hammer and sometimes a sledge but 99% of the time I only use one to start the axe and even then its only when im too sick/tiered/sore to pick up the piece and the axe at the same time. Of course though, when Im splitting logs too big to pick up with one hand, my hammer comes out to play. I guess the heaviness of the wood is relative to the person beating on it so thanks for demonstrating the different techniques
What kind of axe is this
it's interesting how green woodworking wastes so much more of the timber than gas guzzling saw mills...
anyway, great video paul. Thoroughly enjoyable and very well presented.
thank you for sharing.
Paul, You putting your hand under the point you are striking the axes gives me the hebey jebeys. You need to get yourself a froe and froe club to split rounds with.
I was hoping to find one where the person wasn't using one of the scoop cutting tools :(
+Russell Anderson I know what you mean! Me too! I have a Schrade Old Timer 1520T I'm gonna try making 1 with I guess. It's got a nice curve to it. Might have to finish it up with a knife that has a rounder tip on it. we'll have to see.
+Zepply Ledson I'd like to know how it turned out if you don't mind TY TY
Hey, thats part of bush-crafting, sharing the knowledge. Doesn't matter if its something great or if its a total failure. Share so others know what to or not to do. If it wasn't for you and her, I wouldn't have had this idea.
Ive had succes with gouges. Dont be scared by the expensive gouges, cheap ones work fine. Consider buying them in a store as opose to online. That way you can test the sharpness which is usually an indicator of quality.
I hate to bother you but do you think you could put a link to your blog in the description? With so much garbage on the Internet trying to catch sny search it is next to impossible to find it. I get all the big box stores and other mega googlr spender sites instead of what I ask for these days.
The first thing that should be made is a maul. Just a chunk of wood with a handle carved on it. That hammer was way to light.
Or just turn the axe around and use the weight of the log. Just lift it up, let it fall down.
we don't want any "axe-idents"
Looks like a sequoia gigantie....
ME AXE!
Why a spoon, cousin? Why not an axe?
What is that awful noise in the background, sounds like a car horn?
That's Stihl is a nice carver, oh sorry it's a Bahco. But the rest of the Stihl axes aren't worth a spit on the sidewalk.
that aint using axe only......you cheated us :(
I hope he needs no wood for heating😂
You can get a wooden spoon from Walmart for $2 made in China
uni000ver000sal That is the idea in life - let everyone provide you with everything you need. Wait, aren't you missing something on TV? Run along.
Beta Vulgaris Nah! My 85 years old mum gets everything I need!
uni000ver000sal The flown wheel bubbles, next Tuesday, obviously.
You can have your cheap made in china shit. I'll make my own, empowering myself, not relying on the corporate masters who treat us and herd us like cattle. Fool
And if you go camping and forget your $2 spoon at home what would you do?
you shouldt hit your axe with a metal hammer
He shouldn't not hit his axe with a hammer.
You can use a wooden mallet
That doesn't look like a metal hammer. The ends of the hammerhead look like hard plastic, nylon of some kind or hard rubber.
Looks like metal to me but again from my eyes a hammer can look like a damn meteor
+Hugo Åkerlund what does it matter? looks like he knows what he is doing.
Wow, this was embarrassing to watch. I don't consider myself an expert, hence why I try to lern something on the internet, but this was just awkward. I think I have to start a carving channel if this is whats out there.
I can carve a spoon out of tree using only my hands.And spoon knife.And a bushcraft knife.And a hatchet.And a grinder.And a chainsaw....did I forget something?
Yeah, you forgot the waterstones and strops you'll need to keep all that stuff sharp.
Great! But is it just me or he resembles Saruman?
Davi Costa He does resemble a younger Christopher Lee I suppose.
I think Mr. Paul Sellers is the Bob Ross of wood
If you forgot to bring your rubber-faced sledge, it's usually not too hard to make a beater from a beefy tree branch as well.