OK, it isn’t the most exciting thing to look at but I am trying to develop my hand tool woodworking skills and this is a starting point.
I’m a big fan of Paul Sellers and follow his blog. He is an advocate of hand tools over power machinery in woodworking and I like his philosophy. His instructions on making the spatula are in a recent video of simple projects for the new woodworker.
The spatula was made using just a coping saw to cut out the basic shape (which i just drew by hand) and then a spokeshave to round over the edge and shape the handle. I then sanded to a smooth finish and gave it a coat of vegetable oil.
It hasn’t been used yet because I wanted to photograph it first but hopefully it will give many years of service.