Cheers dude, glad you found it useful. Thanks for all your help and encouragement that convinced me to give it a go!

Wild Jim Original Cheers Jim, Glad to be of service

+Nicholas Aarons (Nick Mini) Thanks very much Nick, will do.

Hawkeye Bushcraft Hey Shaun thanks, hopefully more to follow soon, cheers for the sub.

TheWizzkid67 Thanks for the feedback, hopefully get something up next week

lonescout uk Thanks Stewart, glad you enjoyed it.

Cheers Phill, Hope you enjoy having a go and get some good results.

MrNickyP Hi Nick, thanks for the lovely feedback.

Thanks for your continued support Henk, glad to be of service!

Shannon Davis Hi Shannon, glad to hear you're getting into carving and thanks for your support.

LikeWeDid Outdoors Glad you enjoyed the beats hopefully get some original ones laid down for future uploads. Hope you have fun trying some chip carving at some point.

Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it. I will be doing a more in depth look at tools at some point.

Hi Lee! followed Nature calls and subbed! I carve a little myself. Excellent spoons brother! - Donny

Donny Pavolini Outdoors Hi Donny, thanks very much.

Andy Hawk Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for commenting.

Jeff H Cheers Jeff

Hi Sylvie, thanks very much for the kind words, it was great talking to you at Makers Central, glad you found the video useful and hope you enjoy having a go at chip carving.

@@LeeStoffer I'm going to watch them all ;)

existencedenied1972 Thanks for the feedback. I'll bear your suggestion in mind for a feather spoon video. Cheers.

Thanks Steve, pleased that you found it useful. Maple or beech should be ok, I have chip carved both before, harder work than birch for sure and I'd probably favour the maple personally. I would use a blade with a slightly steeper bevel than the one I use for birch, something around 18 degrees should do the trick, cheers, Lee

Cheers Danny, appreciate your comments, glad you enjoyed it. Drying can vary a lot depending on timber, climate etc. the spoons in the video only take a day or two to be dry enough to finish/chip carve, probably around 10-12% moisture content. I carve them in my unheated workshop and bring them into the house to dry. Hopefully get another video up in the next couple of weeks.

aaron kolbeck Cheers Aaron, thanks for the sub.

carl queen Hi Carl, Yeah I usually use linseed oil but not over the paint generally, the oil and paint don't seem to make the best bed fellows.

Thanks, a scalpel blade could potentially be used for cleaning up but they are not really a strong enough blade for chip carving, they are very thin and prone to snapping so I'd avoid them personally. Oil wise I use raw (cold pressed) linseed oil for my spoons but I don't really make Kuksa, I've spoken to folk who use a blend of linseed oil and beeswax on them though. I think whatever you use will eventually wash out if it's used for hot drinks and or alcohol.

Wood Working Without Electricity Hi thanks for the interest. I'm still working on the website and hope to have some stock listed soon. you could check out my Facebook page facebook.com/covertcraft The wood I'm carving in Zed's video is Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia) Cheers

Lee Mcdonough Hi Lee thanks for the feedback. I'm afraid I'm too busy to take commissions on at the moment but hope to have some tools for sale via the website soon. Cheers, Lee

Totally understand mate keep up the excexcellent work and will keep eye on your site. Atb

Personally I wouldn't bother making spoons from dry building timber. It could have been chemically treated or exposed to other toxins and it's unlikely to be suitable spoon carving wood anyway.

Jeff Sokol yep, this was quite an early video all filmed on a gopro using the internal mic. Got slightly better kit and editing skills now thankfully.