New Teaspoon Advice Please

New Teaspoon Advice Please

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Hugo a Gogo

23,378 posts

232 months

Thursday 15th January 2015
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Don't get me started on the Krupps

Blib will be along in a minute to call me a Krupp fanboi

Blib

43,793 posts

196 months

Thursday 15th January 2015
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Krupp fanboi.

Hugo a Gogo

23,378 posts

232 months

Thursday 15th January 2015
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Blib said:
AFAIK, seven were completed and another fifteen were partially built. Of those seven, five were transferred to Thuringian in August 1944 for advanced field trials. When the 125th Spoonborne Div. fought their way into the lab complex, three were recovered. Two were stamped with the "Geheimnis Teelöffel Anlage" motif and were ready for deployment while the third was found in a heavily fortified bunker, still in its stirring rig.

So, four have been "lost", which in today's climate, is a sobering thought.
"Geheim Thuringer Teelöffel Oberkommando Nord" was the unit raided by British commandos, who brought the booty back to Yorkshire

you can still find many Yorkshire men excaiming "GeT Tee ON" to this day when they fancy a cuppa

NDA

21,488 posts

224 months

Thursday 15th January 2015
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Blib said:
Krupp fanboi.
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longblackcoat

5,047 posts

182 months

Wednesday 18th February 2015
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Just had to retire my 3rd release gold Kunz spoon. Gutted, as you can imagine, but the fluting was pitted, so absolutely pointless to even consider using at a tournament. I'd done well with it, placing consistently at national events (and a podium at Cincinnati last year), but I suppose it was always a bit foolhardy to just spoon-solo.

No chance of a refurb in the next month or so, and it's the Harrogate Invitational on the 28th. Given that I've adopted a stirring style closer to a classic Fougetes than anything else (though with a good deal more elbow) I'm certainly not looking for power so the Hurst Reverso would be entirely too much, and I've never got on with the Chelsea stuff for delicate competition work.

So what does anyone suggest? My current competition 'library' comprises a full set of Steiner M5, Ovsrit (I have a match-perfect pair of Bauers), and some rather lovely Almaty Bostonians. I know it's really all about confidence rather than hardware, but all advice would be gratefully received.

DanielSan

18,747 posts

166 months

Wednesday 18th February 2015
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What class are you in the next tournament?

marshalla

15,902 posts

200 months

Wednesday 18th February 2015
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Dressage, speed or endurance events ?

longblackcoat

5,047 posts

182 months

Thursday 19th February 2015
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DanielSan said:
What class are you in the next tournament?
Class H (Stirring and Scooping), I think. It runs to Reg 4.r so it's far more about technique anyway (though tell that to the Lithuanians!)

The speed boys will dominate the top classes, obviously, and I believe Grant Fulchester's bringing a team so that puts the combination classes out of reach as well.

Happy enough in my division though.



ecsrobin

17,022 posts

164 months

Thursday 19th February 2015
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Slightly off topic but what has happened to the trusty Dessert fork in restaurants? What used to be common place seems to now be a dying piece of cutlery.

Now let me get back to tuning my racing spoon.

anonymous-user

53 months

Thursday 19th February 2015
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longblackcoat said:
The speed boys will dominate the top classes, obviously, and I believe Grant Fulchester's bringing a team so that puts the combination classes out of reach as well.
That man's been unbeatable for years. I don't like his tactics, I mean, anyone can win given the technical back-room team he's got. I've even heard rumours that he changes the handles for those from knives to give a bigger skin-to-handle contact patch - clearly banned under Rule 17(b) of the Tactility Chapter.

NDA

21,488 posts

224 months

Thursday 19th February 2015
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longblackcoat said:
Just had to retire my 3rd release gold Kunz spoon. Gutted, as you can imagine, but the fluting was pitted, so absolutely pointless to even consider using at a tournament. I'd done well with it, placing consistently at national events (and a podium at Cincinnati last year), but I suppose it was always a bit foolhardy to just spoon-solo.

No chance of a refurb in the next month or so, and it's the Harrogate Invitational on the 28th. Given that I've adopted a stirring style closer to a classic Fougetes than anything else (though with a good deal more elbow) I'm certainly not looking for power so the Hurst Reverso would be entirely too much, and I've never got on with the Chelsea stuff for delicate competition work.

So what does anyone suggest? My current competition 'library' comprises a full set of Steiner M5, Ovsrit (I have a match-perfect pair of Bauers), and some rather lovely Almaty Bostonians. I know it's really all about confidence rather than hardware, but all advice would be gratefully received.
There will be much debate about this, but I'd suggest a Leinz. The 1911 lightweight would be perfect for anyone hoping to emulate Jed Baxter's famous Fougetes technique of the immediate post-war era.

I'm not saying you'll win events - but by God you'll look good.

anonymous-user

53 months

Thursday 19th February 2015
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Have you thought about going the other way, sort of shabby-chic, hipster-y spoons? I'd have thought a Jandia Canto or similar would be probably the single most stylish way to go, in a "Yeah that's right, I'm doing it, I don't give a f***" sort of style? The perfect foil to the way the societies are now going, what with familial inherited memberships etc. Bring a bit of common to proceedings?

55palfers

5,893 posts

163 months

Thursday 19th February 2015
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Not advocating a touch of council I trust?

Blib

43,793 posts

196 months

Thursday 19th February 2015
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LBC, you've got a brace of Bauers. Use the flippin' things. They won't let you down. You know it.

AstonZagato

12,652 posts

209 months

Thursday 19th February 2015
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OpulentBob said:
longblackcoat said:
The speed boys will dominate the top classes, obviously, and I believe Grant Fulchester's bringing a team so that puts the combination classes out of reach as well.
That man's been unbeatable for years. I don't like his tactics, I mean, anyone can win given the technical back-room team he's got. I've even heard rumours that he changes the handles for those from knives to give a bigger skin-to-handle contact patch - clearly banned under Rule 17(b) of the Tactility Chapter.
That rumour has been around for months and the International Spooning Federation has crawled over Team Fulchester's equipment. The most that has been suggested is that they might have done this on training cutlery NOT competition spoons.

I know Grant is not popular in the sport. His use of high tech equipment such as slow motion video and and computer-driven vortex analysis has alienated many from the sport. Certainly, this use of expensive technology now puts the podium out of the reach of the gifted amateur. But I for one am proud that it has put British spooning back in the medals once more.

Hugo a Gogo

23,378 posts

232 months

Thursday 19th February 2015
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LBC trying to get scooping into this thread by the back door yet again...

and yes, use the Bauers, they're about your level!


Blib

43,793 posts

196 months

Thursday 19th February 2015
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Hugo a Gogo said:
LBC trying to get scooping into this thread by the back door yet again...

and yes, use the Bauers, they're about your level!
Look Hugo, Dresden was a long time ago now. Let it go.

Hugo a Gogo

23,378 posts

232 months

Thursday 19th February 2015
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never!

longblackcoat

5,047 posts

182 months

Thursday 19th February 2015
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NDA said:
There will be much debate about this, but I'd suggest a Leinz. The 1911 lightweight would be perfect for anyone hoping to emulate Jed Baxter's famous Fougetes technique of the immediate post-war era.

I'm not saying you'll win events - but by God you'll look good.
Leinz are a good call, y'know.

<scratches chin>

1911 might be a bit too lightweight, though they are lovely.

Blib, you're probably right about the Osvrit Bauers. I had a terrible result with them last time out, but I guess I need the confidence to really lean on the stir, make the spoon do the work.






Edited by longblackcoat on Thursday 19th February 13:30

DanielSan

18,747 posts

166 months

Thursday 19th February 2015
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A bit of a leftfield/underdog suggestion. What about the Alfaafastein XXMM. It's a fairly new teaspoon I know but us proving to be very competitive for the budget market right out of the box, with a few personalised tweaks you could have a surprise winner in your hand.