these spoons were commissioned by someone very special who i met at Saskatoon Circle this past year. he says he is aspiring to the way of the hoop! he wants to immerse himself in primitive skills training, these old wise ways, in order to prepare himself for a life lived more simply and close to the earth.
he liked the idea of having a camping utensil with both spoon and fork in one. i think i'd seen one of these manufactured from bamboo. since the fork and spoon are not on the same end i have not been sure if i can call it a spork. i'd rather differentiate and call this a trident spoon. for now at least. maybe there is another name out there. the only other one that was offered was 'speek', from 'threek', the name given to three-tined forks.
in searching for others out there like it, i found this titanium version too. the design is very similar to what i came up with. minus the knife. graceful curves are my thing, with a couple of hard lines in there for contrast. i'm very happy with how these came out!
the wood, i believe, is African Mahogany. someone gave me some scraps from construction last year. these trident spoons are about five inches long.
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