Got it pretty sharp. Shaved hair off the back of my hand. Giving it a bit longer to set good and then will try it on the bowl of the spoon.

And epoxied the blade in and ferrule on. Wated a few minutes for the epoxy to cure a bit and then polished the blade on the leather hone.

Heated it to a nice blue and quenched it in Marvel Mystery Oil. Turned a handle out of pine. Reshaped a 1/4″ flare nut as a ferrule.

Annealed it in the flame of the alcohol lamp. Reshaped the end. Rough sharpened it. Bent the blade to the curve I wanted.

Needed to curve the end. Tried with a hammer without heating it and broke the end of the blade off. 🙁 Figured it would but wanted to try.

Then realized I didn’t have an easy way to carve the bowl of the spoon. So ground a jigsaw blade roughly the shape I wanted.

Started carving on a piece of cedar with a hatchet. Got a spoon roughed out. Shaped up the back and handle with a spoke shave.

Got the rest of the wire hung on the end of the trailer. Started raining while I was putting it up earlier so had to quit.

Lights don’t go almost out when I turn the miter saw on now. 😉

Put in a power outlet on the east end of the compound where I’m building the camper. Can remove the 100 ft extension cord to the back porch.

And the other side. Piece of leather it’s sitting on is the blade cover. Handle is cedar. http://t.co/RNGOG4vh

Picture of the marking knife for anyone interested. http://t.co/5fw2g91I

Just spent an hour+ making a leather honing disk to sharpen tools. The marking knife I made earlier is now sharp enough to shave with. 🙂