{"product_id":"love-spoon-wood-carving-kit","title":"Love Spoon Wood Carving Kit for Beginners","description":"\u003ch3\u003eA courtship spoon, and two knives to cut it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe love spoon is a courtship gift with roots in Celtic culture: the oldest surviving examples, carved in Wales, date from the 1600s, and the knots and symbols on the handle carried specific meanings. They are still given at weddings, anniversaries and births. This kit carves one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe blank arrives pre-cut, so the outline is done. What remains is the handle detail and the bowl.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy this one needs two tools\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA spoon cannot be carved with a straight knife alone. The kit includes a C13 for the outside shape and an SK1 spoon knife with a hooked blade for hollowing the bowl, which is a different cutting motion entirely: a pulling sweep from the rim inward rather than a push along the grain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBoth blades are 1066 carbon steel hardened to 57–59 HRC, with ash handles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat is in the box\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eC13 carving knife, SK1 spoon knife, a pre-cut basswood spoon blank, a carving pattern, a leather strop with polishing compound, five sheets of sandpaper in assorted grits, cut-resistant tape, a pencil, a printed booklet and a video tutorial – and an adhesive bandage, which is the manufacturer being honest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe hollowing is where the time goes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe outside shape comes quickly. The bowl does not: it is removed in thin sweeps with the hook blade, working around the rim rather than down into the centre, and the last few millimetres of depth take longer than everything before them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFive sheets of sandpaper are supplied because a spoon is handled rather than looked at, and the finish has to be felt rather than seen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIf you want the harder version of the same idea – a cup rather than a spoon, in walnut rather than basswood – that is the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/kuksa-cup-wood-carving-kit\"\u003eKuksa kit\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eSafety\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis set contains tools with sharp edges. Handle them carefully, and use each tool only for the purpose it was designed for. Recommended from 14, with adult supervision for younger carvers. In carving the blunt knife is the dangerous one, since it has to be forced.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eManufacturer and EU responsible operator\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eManufactured by BeaverCraft, Ukraine.\u003cbr\u003e\nResponsible economic operator in the European Union under Regulation (EU) 2023\/988: BeaverCraft GmbH, Mörsenbroicher Weg 191, 40470 Düsseldorf, Germany.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Creatifwood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48055250845827,"sku":"DIY04","price":65.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0732\/8818\/8035\/files\/diy-04-04_f0024dad-3c01-4e46-b070-8148f53c1a27.jpg?v=1788291961","url":"https:\/\/creatifwood.fr\/products\/love-spoon-wood-carving-kit","provider":"CreatifWood","version":"1.0","type":"link"}