Starting from scratch

Well, not exactly perhaps, but close, close enough, I think. I am actually being compelled to produce what I can, for a reason.

Anyway, I did produce some hashies recently. They were all 23 cm long. This time, they are 21 cm in length. They are being prepared as shown below.



These have been tapered on two sides.

What follows is the redundant pieces and the cutting jig (or, thickness jig). I might turn these redundant pieces into something, but they are more likely to be thrown away. It is a perennial problem...



I am about to move on to spoons with proper lateral profile. One example is a curry spoon. A photo is shown below.



One striking feature of these spoons is that their intake areas are all large and round in shape. They are also naturally very shallow, as I have been talking about. However, the biggest difference is their lateral profile. They are more strongly "S" shaped, and you can see that in the following photo.



These are the profile jigs for curry spoons. What is hidden also is the cost of the material. In order to accommodate their strong bending the thickness of the starting block will have to be double the normal thickness.

So, these innocently looking curry spoons are potentially, doubly more expensive, as a lot of mass will have to be sanded away, and lost as powders.

Some of the profile jigs I have been using are displayed on the walls of my workshop, as shown below.



For the next two days or so, I will be occupied with hashi making, but curry spoons will be starting pretty soon, in time for the shop opening on 2 May. I am, in a way, a little excited about it...