Course curriculum

    1. Privacy Policy, Waver of Liability

    2. Who is James Gibson?

    3. 7 Steps to the Perfect Spoon

    1. Lesson 1: Spoon Styles

    2. Lesson 2: Layout and Burnishing Tools

    3. Lesson 3: Saws, Chest Pads, and Blocks

    4. Lesson 4: Keeping Tools Sharp

    1. Lesson 5: Spoon design & Billet

    2. Lesson 6: Roughing Out

    3. Lesson 7: Making the Spoon Blank

    4. Lesson 8: Spoon Layout and Design

    1. Lesson 9: Axe profiling the spoon

    2. Lesson 10: Knife profiling the Spoon

    3. Lesson 11: Carving the Spoon Bowl

    4. Lesson 12: Carving and Handle and Fine Carving

    1. Lesson 13: Burnishing the Spoon

    2. Lesson 14: Oiling and Drying Out

About this course

  • $24.95
  • 17 lessons
  • 2 hours of video content

Instructor(s)

James Gibson

Senior Master Instructor

James Gibson is an ABS journeyman knife maker and designer of several knives for the ESEE brand. Born and raised in the Smoky Mountains, James has a passion for the outdoors that led him to learn survival skills in 1976, then knife making in the early 1980s, and later, flintknapping. He’s trained with legendary outdoorsmen such as Tom Brown, Steve Watts, and Mors Kochanski. He holds a 6th-degree black belt in Ninpo Tai-Jutsu under the famed Ninja Grandmaster Masaaki Hatsumi. James Gibson is an instructor at Randall’s Adventure & Training (ESEE Knives) and owner of Knob Creek Forge in Seymour, Tennessee.

Learn to carve a spoon!

Master Woodsman James Gibson teaches everything you need to know about getting started with spoon carving - tools, wood selection, layout, rough out, carving, finishing, and more!

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