Chopsticks

[BHuij]

These are a pain to turn - they're so thin that they flex and vibrate like crazy. I have to go real slow, take stupidly light cuts with the skew, and support the piece with my non-tool hand to minimize chatter. And honestly I still end up doing the final shaping with 80 grit sandpaper. That said, very happy with how these came out, and excited to try them out with some sushi on my newly painted sushi plate.

Claro walnut, finished with mahoney oil and beeswax. I am about to try another set from bloodwood and try a little segmenting with acrylic accents.

 

[Sataro]

Very nice!

 

[Mortalis]

Tomaslav Tomsic turning a toothpick
There's a lot of technique he uses to turn light delicate pieces.

 

[leehljp]

Very NICE chop sticks. You are right, it is difficult keeping a wobble out of something so narrow.
BTW, Who is Lekku Asutori-?

 

[BHuij]

Heh - I don't speak a lick of Japanese, but I wanted to put 'Rick Astley' on the plate as a joke - it holds sushi rolls and Rick rolls! Guess Lekku Asutori is as close as Google could transliterate.