My life is a lie!

Well, that may be a bit too intense, but at least the cherry was a lie. The little log I made spoons from over the last few days turned out to be not cherry, but willow. When I say 'turned out' I mean that someone kindly pointed out my mistake, and taught me how to distinguish the barks of these trees. The lenticels on cherry-bark have a 'split' in it only horizontally. Willow had more square marks on its bark. Since I usually only have the wood and the bark to go by, learning about bark is important for me. I imagine that a a bit of my cherry wood from a couple of months ago might not have been cherry either. Whoops.

Here is what I made today. A spoon and a butter-knife.

I think that I will not get to carve much over the next two weeks, because I will be on a trip in Iceland. That means that it will be quiet on the blog, but not so much for me. I`ll meet a blade-smith in Iceland and I hope to buy a handforged knife to put a handle on. That`d be cool.