Robin, You are such a good teacher! Just in that small video, I learned two more grips. I have been thinking of upgrading my carvers and I want to make my own handle. I'm thinking now because of yours I may get more use with the longer handle. Thanks so much!

I love how close you got with the camera so we can really see what it is you are doing! I have been carving a few years and now I want to try carving some spoons. Now I feel much more confident to try this new carving technique. Thank you so very much.

Great demonstration of the three techniques Robin, really liked the pivot one and learnt the benefits of having a long handle as a result ~Peace~

A great tutorial with some safety tips at no extra charge.

Just received your left-handed carving starter kit for my bday from my beloved! Thank you so much, I'm super excited to learn this skills, it's been a long-time dream 🗡🌳

I enjoyed all those videos very much! Thank you robin! We are all heaps lucky you pros through out those vids for us!

Thank you for a great video. I just ordered a spoon carving kit from you, and I am so excited!

Watched it again, and you know what... This is really the only video out there going into that kind of detail and just what I needed. This is awesome! So happy to know that a open curve hook of yours is waiting at home when I come back from Japan! Can't wait! It's Maximilian N. Over on Facebook btw! Cheers

Very good carving video. Thanks for showing us and take care.

Great video! I really love the sound of carving with a sharp tool, very soothing.

beautiful video - nicely done in every way - cheers.

U r such a great teacher of when explaining ur craft. I so enjoy ur video

Thanks for showing how and sharing that, well done

Robbin, you make that look SO frickin easy.... I'm gonna need a LOT of practice......

Very good, my friend. Congratulations on the video. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Greetings from southern Brazil.

Great tutorial. Thanks.

Great video!!! Thanks so much for taking time to make this video. I've been doing a lot of spoon carving research (a new hobby I want to try my hand at) and your name keeps coming up all over the internet as the best knife maker so I'm going to be contacting you soon about a purchase. Make us some more great videos Robin!!!

I thought a Mora would be an improvement on my present knife, but after seeing yours cut, I´ve placed an order. My olive trees tremble as I pass ...

Can you tell me the species of wood you are carving and are there other species you prefer?

Today I learned that the Spanish put a new spoon in the oven, anointed with olive oil -- sounds worth a try.

Robin, I am wanting to get into spoon carving and I really like this video. I was also wandering , do you use a left hand knife for all your spoon carving?

Good video, thanks! Informative, calm, clear. I'd like to ask a question though. I'm interested in purchasing a spoon knife, but just one. At first anyway. They're rather expensive specialized tools after all and I'm not planning to start carving spoons full-time. So if one had to choose a single spoon knife (as impossible as it may sound), what would be the best option? Obviously a "right-handed" model for a right-handed person, but what about the size? Big, average, small (as offered by SD for example)? Open curve or compound? I noticed that you recommended that people would learn to use a fairly big open curve model, but would that be the best all-around spoon knife?

I WANT ONE OF THEM SPOON KNIVES

Hi Robin, Great video, thanks for uploading it. I have carved a few spoons in my time and thought my technique was okay but when I decided to join the no-sandpaper brigade I quickly realised it isn't. When I carve the bowl I often get what I think is called "chattering" where the knife kinda takes lots of little steps rather than smooth peels like you achieve. Initially I assumed it was my tools (bad crafts man I know) as I used a very tight hook (the mora hook knife) but I have recently purchased one of your compound hooks and still having issues with chattering. So I was looking for a bit of advice, is there something obvious I am likely doing wrong that is causing this? Such as too much/not enough pressue, digging in too much/not enough? Or is it a case of just playing about until I get it working again? Cheers and thanks again for all your uploads, really appreciated them!

how you make it

Could this be used to carve out an ashtray?

Most hook knives have a shorter handle and I understand a longer handle allows leverage for some cuts. I have a question I hope some spoon carvers can answer... are there any disadvantages that a long handle? Thanks!

Is that knife left or Right handel?

What kind of wood is that??

Maybe my wood sucks. I hot a precut spoon basic shape on line n it is so catchy and houges,rough spots.

Longish handle; absolutely.

What a shame your shop is closed. I wanted a left-handed open spoon knife.

Very hard if u wan make spoon in large quantitiy

i tried everything, but i cant get my knife sharp :( my other knife was no problem!

22.50 pound for shipping...

Looks (and is) so easy with such a large blank. Unfortunately the spoon blanks I buy don't allow for such liberal, carefree sweeps of the knife. How about a tutorial of the same topic with normal sized spoon blanks using standard hook knives? Now that would be helpful. Thanks

I've found great handbook on woodprix website. Good solutions for everyone I think

Woodprix has very good designs and plans.

I think you need to take some time and go to woodprix website to learn how to make it.

do it yourself , go to woodprix page and learn how .

This time I'll use woodprix instructions to make it by myself.

40$ for that knife- i do not think so. Just make your own. Smh