home made spoons

[lifelong cumbrian 1,826]

Been making a few off set spoon for a fella, different weights, all pure spoons but 2 which i brought back a little.

[ryaldinhio 4,559]

8 hours ago, lifelong cumbrian said:

Been making a few off set spoon for a fella, different weights, all pure spoons but 2 which i brought back a little.

Like the look of them. How do you make them? How do you get the shaoe and that hammered finish?

[lifelong cumbrian 1,826]

i dimple them with a little tool i made for my little fly press, if you press into a low bit on the bottom tool it pushes metal through so dimples both sides. I made a top and bottom tool for the small 2 1/2" size, the 3 1/2 and 4 1/2 i used a egg shaped mallet into a block of oak in which i shaped a concaved spoon. I will make top and bottom tools for different sizes at some point.

[kanny 20,542]

They look fantastic bud...I've been making some wooden lures myself ,I'll start a lure making thread once I've got some finished  so we can post in one place ...great job

[waltjnr 6,747]

Keep them coming ,the start of an interesting thread ! Get your wooden ones up Kanny ,any float makers on here ? 

[lifelong cumbrian 1,826]

I simple them on my little fly press with a tool I made, if you push it onto a long bit on the bottom block you can push metal through so it dimples both side, the 21/2” spoon I made a top and bottom tool the others I used a egg shaped mallet and hammered into a oak block I shaped I spoon into.

[lifelong cumbrian 1,826]

[lifelong cumbrian 1,826]

[lifelong cumbrian 1,826]

I also rig my spoons up on weak links stops fish using bait as a lever

[lifelong cumbrian 1,826]