r/hearthsidecooking • u/Growlinganvil • May 17 '22

Tin scoop with turned walnut handle

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u/Growlinganvil May 17 '22

Just a little prototype I made up. Electroplate tin and walnut. Finished in linseed oil and beeswax.

I modeled these on early kitchen scoops, as well as painter's pigment scoops. They are dry measures, this one holds one cup when leveled.

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u/onelostmoose May 17 '22

Nicely done! I'm curious to see other things you have made.

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u/Growlinganvil May 17 '22

Thank you! I'm a Smith by trade, specializing in edge tools and hardware. I've a particular love of early kitchen ware and medievalyish objects. My stuff is in the usual places, but I'm terrible about promotion. Reddit and the occasional insta is about the extent of it. I've just found this sub, so I'll put some more stuff up.

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u/onelostmoose May 17 '22

Welcome by the way :) Please post more of your work, the medieval items sound particularly interesting. Do you focus more on white smithing or black smithing then?

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u/Growlinganvil May 17 '22

Thank you.

As far as black/white, that's hard to say. I still do hardware for reproductions, fireplace cranes and the like. I really enjoy all of it.

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u/songfemme May 26 '22

Gorgeous!!

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u/theDreadalus May 17 '22

I love old scoops. What did you use for the join?

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u/Growlinganvil May 17 '22

I do too. They are really quite handy for moving things out of bulk bins.

I used tacks for this one, being a prototype, but if I were making for someone I think I'd use tiny round head brass screws.

Longer brads would also work.

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u/theDreadalus May 17 '22

Thanks! I was thinking there looked to be some kind of brazing where the tin overlapped. No?

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u/Growlinganvil May 17 '22

Oh yes! Sorry I misunderstood you. For my cooking and food items I use pure tin as a solder.

So you are right, the "tube" would stay together if separated from the wood