Quiet evening carving - Spalted birch serving spoon | Hand tools only

Relax and watch me carve a serving spoon from lightly spalted birch, as the sun goes down in my courtyard. This spoon took me about 40 minutes from start to finish, I’ve cut out a little bit of my fiddling, just leaving the important steps so you can see the full process. It would be a good functional spoon just as it is at the end of the video, or you could let it dry a few days and then go through the finishing cuts process, as I explain in this video: Timecodes: 00:00 - Axing the Crank 01:30 - Splitting / Carving the bulk off with the froe and axe 03:45 - Axing in the shoulders 05:00 - Refining the shape / profile with the knife 10:10 - Hollowing the bowl with the hook knife 14:08 - Carving the rim of the bowl and top of the handle 16:00 - Sun goes down / finishing touches and chamfers About me: Littlebear Slöjd is Julian’s Spooncarving business. Littlebear refers to Ursa