How To Carve A Spoon – Richard Roberts (R2 Wood)

I spent time with the talented Richard Roberts at the beautiful ‘Bedfords Park Walled Garden’ location in London / Essex (UK)

Download Richards Free Spoon Template – https://www.r2wood.co.uk/spoon-template

List of tools Richard used in this video – https://www.r2wood.co.uk/carving-tools

Richards Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/r2_wood/

Richards Online Store – https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/R2HandcarvedWood

Richards regular Spoon Carving & Green Woodworking meet up in Essex / London – https://www.r2wood.co.uk/aptgw-essex

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The other videos I filmed with Richard Roberts:

= How to carve a spoon – **THIS VIDEO YOU ARE WATCHING**

= How To Carve A Butter Spreader – Butter – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8c1V6BfoE8

= How To Carve A Salt Bowl – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrZ6DoJNAy4

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Below is a timestamp of all the sections in this video:

(Click on the time on the left to go straight to that section)

00:00:00 – Start
00:00:07 – Introduction
00:03:59 – Filming location
00:05:30 – Woodworking meet up
00:07:07 – Richards journey
00:08:58 – Spoon selection
00:12:46 – Bowls, kuksa, etc
00:14:55 – Spoon he’ll be carving
00:16:28 – Wood selection
00:17:25 – Saw & split wood
00:19:45 – Axing billet
00:28:08 – Axing crank
00:33:20 – Draw spoon template
00:35:12 – Axing spoon blank
00:49:25 – Initial straight knife work
01:05:26 – Initial hollowing bowl
01:15:39 – Carving handle
01:24:27 – Carving neck transition
01:27:14 – Carving bowl facets
01:29:30 – Refine bowl bottom
01:32:54 – Carving flute on handle
01:37:08 – Refining cuts
01:39:16 – Drying technique
01:41:30 – Oiling technique
01:46:18 – Conclusion
01:53:06 – Outro

As always I appreciate you watching

Take care

Peace

Zed

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