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NorthernMonkeyGirl
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Rusticwood
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Mistress Rose
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It depends on how it is stored. If you want to keep it as long as possible, leave it completely uncut and in a cool slightly damp place. You might get some spalting (fungus patterns in the wood) but as long as the wood is still firm, they won't matter. You can also seal the ends of the lumps of wood with wax, pva glue or something similar to stop the sap evaporating.
The best thing to do to minimise cracking is, as Rusticwood says, split it in half for the fruit canoe, and quarters for everything else if it is big enough, but halves will just about do. Try to slowly dry the fruit canoe in particular by keeping it wrapped in newspaper in a cool place. If you have to leave a part finished item for any length of time, some people put them in a plastic bag in the freezer (thaw before working again), but I have never tried that.
Spatulas, spirtles and spoons are not too difficult, but you might have fun with the bowl of the spoon if you have to use a pen knife or similar to carve it. There are special spoon knives with a curved blade available, but they are not the cheapest to buy, so you might like to persevere with the pen knife. |
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Shan
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Shan
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Shan
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tahir
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Shan
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NorthernMonkeyGirl
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gregotyn
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Mistress Rose
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gregotyn
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