10 Essential Spoon Carving Questions Answered | Andy Spoons

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0:16 Which wood do you use to carve a spoon?
1:42 Where do you find your wood?
2:16 What tools do I need?
3:40 Which brands?
4:18 Do you sand your spoons?
5:00 How long does it take?
5:39 Do you carve forks?
5:45 How much space do I need?
6:15 How do you finish your spoons?
7:40 Can you make a living carving spoons?

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all the best,

Andy

[whittler]

Very well done young man ..Making a living carving is a rare thing ...Just enjoy it ..Thank you for sharing

[wortheffort]

You really are kicking butt on your content lately.

[scottlaf]

Hey Andy, I'm relatively new to spoon carving. Absolutely LOVING IT!!! I particularly appreciate the comment on not worrying about how long it takes : ) I'm down to the better part of a day but I do hope to get more proficient. I can tell that I'm not getting the axing stage as far as I could which then requires an inordinate amount of time with the sloyd. I'm super stoked to be heading to the Spoonfest in England this summer (I live in Washington). Thanks for your kind, clear and friendly style!

[philiprogers]

Thanks for the information! Appreciate you making the craft seem accessible to those of us still working on our 5 day spoon, ha! Would like to see more about that burnishing step.

[saraservant]

Burnishing rod?? Do show and tell... Thanks

[beullele]

Thanks for this video, really instructive 👍

[hananeibenamar]

Will I be able to use commercial wood, since I cannot find fruit wood, like beech wood

[zonecontent]

Thanks for the video!
I am interested in seeing grain pattern relatet content.

[Vince-mlgw]

And thanks for an awesome video and channel! ✌️🤩

[glennryzebol]

I just bought a spoon carving kit off Amazon. Beavercraft spoon carving kit. It has great reviews and included the sloyd knife, hook knife AND a chip carving knife. also included is a leather strop, some polishing compound and it all comes in a nice leather case thing and all that costs only about 60 bucks. It's also quite sharp and ready to carve with. Highly recommend.

[frederikbruck]

On question #1, might be worth mentioning:
Please keep in mind that some wood-species might be poisonous and you don't want to eat with them.
For example, in my region: I could literally drown myself in cut-offs from Robinia, which is a great wood for making longbows,
but even inhaling the dust from sanding that stuff (!) could possibly kill a child of 2-4 years within an hour.

[stefand]

I just found this video. I have questions about the dryness of the carving wood. Do you only carve green wood? It is hard to carve dry wood! How do you keep wood green/ moist enough to be carveable? If you are given a log of green wood, how long can you keep the individual pieces of wood laying around before they go to dry? How do keep them moist? How do you keep your work-piece you are working on moist if you need to put it away for some time?

[biophiliac]

First, thanks for all this great info Andy. I’m curious, after you’ve found green wood, how long does it stay green for? I hear you can freeze wood or store it in water, but I’m curious if you don’t. I.e. someone says they cut down a tree a few weeks ago; is that worth bothering to work with? Some guidelines here would be great. Thanks!

[williamniven]

New subscriber here. Thanks for your awesome videos.
In this video, you show a high-end carving axe.
Can you tell me the brand?

[stormilha]

Hey, apartment quarters over here. Can you tell more about your old setup? I've already got complaints from my downstairs neighbour :P

[Alberto]

Thank you for your work. Can I ask how i prevent the greenwood from cracking? I’ve finished a spoon using greenwood and now is split in an half😅thanks

[brandonperez]

Tree service dudes are usually cool and happy to have you lighten their load a bit.

[elim]

I would also def recommend a Shinto rasp. Inexpensive and simply brilliant.

[bennysabrowski]

Hey Andy, i love your content. Been into spoon carving for a few weeks, and i love it!

How long can I store my wood until it is too dry? I have cherry wood and walnut wood that was felled about 4 weeks ago. The pieces are quite large.
Do you have any experience?
Many thanks and best regards from Germany

[flokrau]

Thanks a lot Andy! Very informative! 😊