At this stage I am sanding and filing the handle and scraping the bowl to remove deep gauges from bigger files, sanding pads, etc. I also put the bevel on the handle which took some time to make it even on both sides and thin it out into the neck of the spoon.
Another step not shown is carving the heart at the end of the handle. I initially was going to use a fret saw to cut out the shape but struggled to keep the blade straight and instead just drilled holes big enough to fit round thin files and slowly filed out the shape.
Finally I used a really smooth file to put a nice sheen in the wood surface which you can really see in this photo.
Et Voila! I put some food grade oil on the spoon and it got DARK. It turned out really nice, weight feels good and I’m excited to show it to the world.