Spoon Carving ASMR With Fire in Cabin

Watch as I carve a spoon from a hunk of willow in a cabin during a snowstorm. This piece of willow was very hard because it has been drying for almost a year. Ideally, I would have carved this spoon when it was still green... It would have been much easier!
I did a lot of the shaping with my trusty Boker Arbolito that I have had for over 20 years.
It was also fun using a couple of knives that I hadn't a chance to carve with yet.
The Buck 110 was surprisingly comfortable to work with despite it's bulky appearance. The Beavercraft hook knife performed really well and I look forward to using it again soon.
Remember, if you try this, please work very slowly and never carve toward yourself with the full force of your arm. You should get very comfortable with carving away from yourself and handling a knife before ever attempting something like this. When I am carving toward my hands or body, I am only using the muscles in my hands and I am not putting much force into the blade. If your knife is sharp, the work should be easy and very controllable.

Great food-safe woods for making spoons:
Fruitwoods (although they are harder to carve)
Willow
Birch
Alder

Tools used in this video:
Buck 110 folding knife: https://bit.ly/3OFnSrP
Beavercraft Hook knife: https://amzn.to/3HVLyVk
Tool roll (alternate): https://amzn.to/485D2gY


Thanks for watching!


Quiet Spoon Carving ASMR With Fire in Cabin During Snowstorm