Caddy Spoon

I make some long handled tea spoons that have been part of my stand for a while now and, at a recent show, I took a commission for a caddy spoon version.

A Caddy Spoon is not an item that I’ve made before but is somehing that I’ve wanted to try for a while. I had a little drawing of the customer’s tea caddy and a fair idea of what would suit – knowing that they already liked my tea spoons. So I set about cutting the bowl of the spoon and raising it up then trimming it to back to a shape that I liked.

I had a few issues with the size of the handle – my long handled tea spoons have 4mm round handles but that just looked way too light weight once it was cut to the right length for this short handled caddy spoon. So I took the dimensions up to around 5mm round and think that it balances much better now. It certainly feels nicer in your hand and I’m a lot happier with the design knowing that I changed the weight of the handle.

Here’s a few images of the work in progress …

Part planished bowl

Part planished bowl

Planishing

Bowl and handle

Bowl and handle, cut to size

Spoon

Trimming the bowl to shape

Testing the balance

New handle

Sticky tape it together to check it

Lining up the soldering

Soldered

Cleaned up

and marked, ready for the Assay Office

and the finished spoon, ready to go for hallmarking:

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