canoe cup – noggin

[pc.knife]

I managed to finish a new mug

Size 13x8, 3 cm, height 3.7 cm,
Maple Burl, boiled in brine and colored brew with coffee and tea
oiled with linseed oil and waxed on the outside,
leather strap

 

[Flint311]

Nice looking :thumbsup: Does the burl have some bird's eye to it?

 

[BillinOregon]

PC: Beautiful shape there and a gorgeous piece of maple. What does boiling in brine do for the wood? Did you use a crooked knife?

 

[50cal.cliff]

Man that is sweeeeeeet I do like that one! :thumbsup:

 

[pc.knife]

Flint311
My English is poor and I do not understand your question ... If you ask them to try to raise it in other words

BillinOregon
Cooking in brine protects the wood from cracking during subsequent use
I use this knife, in Poland it is called "knife spoon"

 

[Flint311]

Your English is fine...better than many people I run into around here. I was referring to the little black dots with circles around them-look like "eyes" in a sense. They supposedly come from diseased wood at some time. Congrats, it looks great! Nice "spoon knife" too!

 

[ladysmithtrading]

Very nice work!

 

[BillinOregon]

PC: Thanks for explaining the brine. That spoon knife is fabulous. I've not seen one with so much curve.

 

[krandall50]

I've been writing about noggins over in the Accoutrements page, having run across a post there on a noggin google search. I've been making noggins for several years, so it is fun to check in from time to time to see what others are up to with them. That's a lovely bit of burl, pc.knife.

Here's a link to some of mine: http://treen.wikispaces.com/

Interesting to learn of brine as a way to deal with cracking. A greenwood bowl carver taught me a method where you keep the wood moisture up while carving, then slather on mineral oil as it dries to take the place of the water.

 

[pc.knife]

A greenwood bowl carver taught me a method where you keep the wood moisture up while carving, then slather on mineral oil as it dries to take the place of the water.

Oil is applied to the cold or hot?

 

[chance]

Thats Cool!!

 

[BillinOregon]

Krandall: Awesome noggin work!

 

[Birdman]

my good woman ever sees that flur-di-lis n I;m in trouble hehehe very nice carving,

 

[krandall50]

Right out of the bottle. For the final coat, I melt beeswax and mix that with equal parts oil. That gets rubbed in while still warm enough to spread.

Thanks for the kind comments. Making them is fun!