I'm a spoon carver to the tune of two-three hundred a year, and I also own
the Pfeil scorp, which resides on the shelf where I put it perhaps a
half-dozen years ago. IMO, worse than useless, though as an inshave, it
might be of some value.

The hooked knives are useful for smoothing, though there's nothing that can
beat a gouge for removing the interior. I use (real) poplar V blocks to
protect the handle when I do turn a spoon, and clamp it securely to my
surface before carving with my 1 1/2" #7. Clamp to something which you can
walk around, so you can take full advantage of slicing downhill. I can get
a useable surface with the gouge, though it takes longer than smoothing with
my hooked knives. DO NOT try to hold the spoon in one hand and the knife in
the other, use the wooden hands and put both of the vulnerable fleshy ones
on the knife handle.


"Leif Thorvaldson" wrote in message
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You can use a scorp for that also. See:
http://woodcraft.com/search/search.aspx?query=scorp

Leif
"Mike Rinken" mwrinken at gmail dot com wrote in message
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So I've turned a bunch of wooden utensils for friends and family, but
never had time to finish them for Xmas presents. The reason behind this
is not because of the handles (which look fab thank you very much) but
because of the other end. I've gotten good creating the wooden flipper
but I'm having trouble finding an efficient way to carve or remove the
material from the spoon to make it a spoon.