bookcase decorator spoon

[Sharon of the Dell]

I carved this from a small bookcase that fell apart on me when I leaned on it.
I fell on my knees and a nail head went into my hand.
Got a hammer,, and dismantled it while bleeding all over. I didn't care about the blood at that moment or that my knees and hand hurt, because I was kind of having a hot headed episode.
It made me feel better using the hammer on it.

I don't know what the wood is, maybe oak, maybe butternut?
This was the wood I was wondering about the smell in another thread.

I roughed it out with my scroll saw and left the ends on so I could secure it better to my work table. One of the pictures has the boards from the bookcase and another spoon I will carve from it.
The size is about 21" tall by 4" wide. It's about 1/2" thick or so in some places.I used all sorts of tools to carve it, even used my pocket knife a little. Lots of sand paper too!
I put 2 coats of natural color Watco Danish oil finish on it.

I'm donating it to a fund raiser for one of the local sheriffs and his wife. They were in a terrible motorcycle wreck a couple of months ago and have all kinds of medical bills. I would of liked to have done a better job on it, but I had to get it done because the event is this Saturday.
I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out though all in all.
Critiques are welcome and appreciated.

[Sharon of the Dell]

More pictures and the last one is the finished piece. Sorry, the pictures aren't in the right order.

[sashadoc]

I don't know what kind of wood it is but I know quality when I see it. Beautiful work and a good cause.

Tim

[Sharon of the Dell]

Forgot the back view of how it will hang. 2 screw eye hooks with a piece of copper wire. I pre drilled the holes so the wood wouldn't split when I screwed the hooks in. It is to thin to have a hole from which to hang it.

[Sharon of the Dell]

Thank you Tim for your nice words! We're both up late here on the west coast!
I'm going to bed!

[Jbarr]

Hi Sharon I think they look great and should bring lots of bids at the fund raiser. If you get as mad as I do I'm suprised there was any peices of the bookcase left big enough to make these spoons.
James

[AL...]

Aye Sharon
Thats a wonderfull pice of work and will take pride of place on anyone's livingroom wall.
Thanks for sharing Im sure its gonna get a lot of bids on it lass

Cheers
AL

[fly fisher]

Beautiful carving Sharon it has a feather / leaf look about it. Im sure it will make a tidy amount for your friends.

[toycarver]

Beautiful! Wow, remind me not to cross you! ;-). Sharon, Butternut is about as soft as Basswood, and Oak is pretty hard. Whatever it is, it's very pretty wood. Hope your spoon brings lots of bucks for them.

[Midnight Carver]

I totally get going after it with a hammer. One of my favorite lines (from the movie "Drop Dead Fred") is "I love those breaking noises." It comes into play more then it probably should around here ;-)
That being said, I really like it. Beautiful design! I'm sure it will do well at the fund raiser. Thanks for sharing

Eric