I’ve been away in the White Carpathian area of Czech Republic, taking part in a conservation project to manage 6ha of upland pasture for wild orchids using scythes. You can read about the mowing on scytherspace, my scythe blog.
All the volunteers ate communally from a field kitchen with a varied assortment of utensils so I took the chance to carve a couple of eating spoons from a piece of plum wood. We’d been enjoying the local slivovic - plum brandy – so this seemed a fitting choice of wood to use.
July 26th, 2011 at 9:32 am
Steve I remember that slivovic from when I was in Czech Republic – it nearly finished me off!
July 27th, 2011 at 3:44 pm
Steve the Scythe
Great spoons. Great to see you in Brid… May be around late August for a jar!Nearly settled in my new place. Doing some volunteer Bodging at the GWT, Coalbrookdale. Re Mike’s book surely you could get a couple of open ended spanners to use as rung measures instead of a micrometer? Let’s know when your forge is up and running. I have had a couple of requests for tools that I don’t makie any more. Bob the Bodger