New hook knife! UPDATE

I ordered a finishing hook knife from Nic Westermann the other week and the blade arrived today. 

                                          Here is the blade itself

 

 Here I chopped out the side profile of the handle I want to make

   Then I drilled the hole into the front with a 1/2 inch bit

   Then I drew out the top profile

                               The pencil line marks where the hole for the tang of the blade is

Then I chopped away the waste wood and cut the handle off. I carved a 3/16" chamfer on all edges except the front near the hole.

Then I carved a couple of pegs to hold the blade in place. I didn't have any epoxy on me so I'll have to wait until tomorrow to finish it up.

   Here is the knife next to a roughed out spoon that I carved last week

I'll have to fix the handle up a little bit later on a disc sander by tapering the handle towards the blade like it is towards the butt of the handle. The reason why I didn't taper it right away was because i didnt want to get carve too close to the hole. Then probably make the chamfers larger for a rounder handle, sand it up smooth, and put a coat of finish on it. (I'll upload a picture of the finished product later)

UPDATE

I finally bought some epoxy yesterday made by gorilla glue company. So this morning I got up and started working on it.

 I sanded the tang of the blade with some 100 grit to make a better bond and "epoxied" it in.

 I waited 2.5 hours for the epoxy to cure and trimmed the pegs flush and sliced excess epoxy off.

                                             Here is the knife before shaping the handle.

                              Here is the knife after shaping the handle and rounding over corners.

 The knife all ready to go but I wanted to sand it up to make it smooth. I went from 100-220 grit smoothing the handle out and after 2 light coats of the finish I use on my carvings I got to this...

                    I love the way it came out, the cherry is beautiful!!

I'll wait until 24 hours pass until I begin using it just to make sure the bond is good and solid.

SPOONS!!

Comment or email me if you are interested in buying, Thanks!

                  Sweet cherry coffee scoops or chinese soup spoons 6" x 2.5" - $30 each (2 available)

                             Red maple wood serving spoon with tooled finish in bowl 10" x 2" - $35

                                 White birch cooking spoon (one of my first ever) 9.5" x 1.75" - $35

                                                Sweet cherry serving spoon 9.5" x 1.75" - $30

                                        Sweet chestnut serving spoon/spatula 10.25" x 2" - $30

                                    Mixed cherry (black and sweet) eating spoons7" x 1.75" - $30 each

                                     Extra large serving spoon from willow wood 12" x 3" - $30

                                    My FAVORITE rock maple eating spoon 8.5" x 1.5" - $35

                                       This is a ladle made from black birch 9.5" x 1.75" - $40

                                              Black cherry eating spoon - 8.25" x 1.5" - $25

                                               And lastly a sweet cherry ladle 9.5" x 2" - $40

All of my best kuksa cups

These are all the cups I have available to buy except the last one; I put it up so people can see the design and might want to order one. Contact me for more information.

This kuksa is my largest, its made from sweet cherry wood, and it fits 2.5 (20 fl.oz) cups of liquid.

This kuksa is carved from black cherry, there is a tooled finish on the inside, and it fits 2 (16 fl. oz.) cups of liquid.

This kuksa is carved from fast-grown sweet chestnut, it fits 1.5 cups (12 fl. oz.) of liquid.

This kuksa is carved from birch, it has a leaf-design handle, and holds 1.25 cups (10 fl. oz.) of liquid.

This kuksa is also carved from birch wood, it holds the same amount as the one above.

This one is carved from willow wood for a friend of mine, i engraved his name into it and my initials. It holds 1.75 cups (14 fl. oz.) of liquid.