It turned out beautiful! There is something just so pleasing about a good cup of coffee sipped from a hand carved wooden cup by a warm fire. You do some amazing work my friend! Take care.
Wonder if you can hurry the oiling by put the oiled kuska in a vaccume sealed bag after the 2 day soak? Would it pull the oil even deeper into the grain.
Thanks for the question. When I did my research on other kuksa carvers, some were using certain raw oils that cure over time and help seal the wood. Mineral oil is generally good for sealing wooden utensils, but not so good as a sealant. If I had used a Birch burl, I may not have needed the flaxseed oil. But the oil seems to work. The kuksa still seeps a little but I can drink a cup of coffee from it okay.
Are you referring to the bowl or the hole for the lanyard? I think you mean the bowl. But it's a ball gouge made by Arbortech. They also make a smaller one that could be used for spoons. Thanks for watching.
Good question! I think it has a lot to do with the type of wood and the experience of the carver. Good hand carving techniques can at times trump power carving techniques. You generally need closed grain hardwoods for things like spoons or kuksas, so they can be very hard to carve by hand. The appeal of power carving is it can be easier for carving hardwoods especially if you have carpal tunnel or "tennis elbow" issues. With something like the kuksa, you do have to hog out quite a bit of wood inside and outside. Also, if you're in this for selling, then you need to look at cost and time to produce them. So, yeah there are many factors to consider.
It turned out beautiful! There is something just so pleasing about a good cup of coffee sipped from a hand carved wooden cup by a warm fire. You do some amazing work my friend! Take care.
Thanks for watching! Next time I hope to make one with just hand tools.
Found you back! I like your version of the Cup!! Will enjoy catching up with all your videos 🥰🌲🦊🌲
Thanks for watching!
Awesome tool
Thanks for the comment!
Awesome job, thanks again !
Thanks!
That looks good man.
Thanks for the comments!
awesome video and cup
bill
Thank you!
😊thanks. Very nice
Wonder if you can hurry the oiling by put the oiled kuska in a vaccume sealed bag after the 2 day soak? Would it pull the oil even deeper into the grain.
Good question! I've never tried that. It seems like it could shorten the soak time. But the oil would still need time to cure.
That was cool.... a lot faster than the way I made my kuksa! 🤣
Thanks for watching!
Good job, but did you take raw wood for work?
I got this log from a craft store so it wasn't all that green. I hope to try a handcarved kuksa one of these days and will probably use green wood.
@@fouroakscrafts7240If you have such a video, share your experience of how it turned out to be a kuksa made of raw wood. Thanks.
Nice! Why flax seed oil versus a mineral oil or other food safe oil? Just curious!
Thanks for the question. When I did my research on other kuksa carvers, some were using certain raw oils that cure over time and help seal the wood. Mineral oil is generally good for sealing wooden utensils, but not so good as a sealant. If I had used a Birch burl, I may not have needed the flaxseed oil. But the oil seems to work. The kuksa still seeps a little but I can drink a cup of coffee from it okay.
what is the boring bit you are using?
Are you referring to the bowl or the hole for the lanyard? I think you mean the bowl. But it's a ball gouge made by Arbortech. They also make a smaller one that could be used for spoons. Thanks for watching.
I wonder if this is actually faster than hand carving lol. Like somebody experienced in power carving vs someone experienced in hand carving
Good question! I think it has a lot to do with the type of wood and the experience of the carver. Good hand carving techniques can at times trump power carving techniques. You generally need closed grain hardwoods for things like spoons or kuksas, so they can be very hard to carve by hand. The appeal of power carving is it can be easier for carving hardwoods especially if you have carpal tunnel or "tennis elbow" issues. With something like the kuksa, you do have to hog out quite a bit of wood inside and outside. Also, if you're in this for selling, then you need to look at cost and time to produce them. So, yeah there are many factors to consider.
Coffee isn't even hot!