Just finished this up. Its a spoon as second/third prize for our local homebrewers competition (about 30" long). I'm not a great carver so it was a bit of a stretch in a few spots but came out alright (I do a fair number of simple spoons as gifts, etc.. but no real detail carving). The handle is modeled on a 2 row barley head, although I had to carve one on both sides and wrap it around a little (plus a little artistic license on the ends) to make it work as a handle.

The knots were my first real attempt at that (except for a practice piece I did before jumping in here); not as hard as it might seem but certainly not perfect yet. I think I'll try some other more complicated ones having gotten these to come out ok.

The twist is three strands, instead of round I did them on an oval. Turns out doing an oval is quite a bit harder to look just right than round, the flat parts could be better.

C&C welcome.

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