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29th August 2014, 02:41 PM #1
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The Kitchen Tool Project Will Not Die
The 12 month experiment to sell carved kitchen tools in two shops is over. Done. The End.
They did not sell as well as I had hoped but so far, so good.
Plan B is to haul them along to the weekly Farmers' Markets and flog them along with BBQ salmon planks
and new grape vines. Most of the time, I yak with my friends, eat doughnuts or pretend to work on carving a spoon/fork.
A cook from the local comes along and waves my spoons and forks around. Her criticism was only that they were far too short for
the stock pot sauce batches that she makes (they have an "all you can eat" spag nite every once in a while.)
So we talked about what she needed ( I still have lots of really good wood).
Some original 14" forks and spoons. The stockpot mega-sticks should have been 20" but the wood was 19" and 18".
Not sanded, branded or oven-baked EVO finish. A blank with the bowl roughed out.
I hope that she buys them as promised. My biggest pot is only 30cm deep but these would do just fine
for me or I'll sell them to any fool with the coin.
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29th August 2014, 08:32 PM #2
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RV, I always thought they have a certain uniqueness about them, if the forks were a little thinner they could be used like chop sticks except a lot easier & at least you could spear a few things with them and the spoons look like perfect pot stirers where as a bigger wooden spoon maybe too big sometimes, I hope they sell for you eventually.
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30th August 2014, 01:52 AM #3
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Thanks, Rob. The bigger size for a commercial application never crossed my mind.
As a result, making these wasn't the chore that I guessed it might be.
But there's only one way to engage interest.
Mallet & gouges and knives for carving are one thing. There's satisfaction
in making a great mess of long, curly shavings with spoke shaves.
Never got tired of that part.
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2nd September 2014, 11:26 PM #4
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Yes! The spokeshave option is always a welcome one.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk" We live only to discover beauty, all else is a form of waiting" - Kahlil Gibran
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9th September 2014, 10:45 AM #5
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The gal who asked for the stock pot specials never showed up. Oh well.
Just chopped up 10 blanks into 75mm and sanded all as little wooden blocks
for my twin Grandsons' First Birthday, Oct.06. Should be interesting to
learn who gets the idea first to throw a block at the other guy!
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