New Teaspoon Advice Please

[marshalla]

Blib said:

Apotek, people like you make me sick!

You own a collection of "superspoons" (sic). But, you don't even know the basics of stirring. You and your sort are destroying the noble art.

I suggest you donate your collection to chariddee and buy yourself a spork.

Crikey! Somebody got up on the wrong side of the canteen today.

[anonymous-user]

apotek said:

Hi there gentlefolk of the stirring community my man who stirs has had to be put down due to a terrible tea related injury and I wondered if anyone could help.
I will have to train up a new stirrer to use my collection of super spoons,and what I am looking for is a text book to train him from.
does anyone have recommendations?
Also now I am retired I was wondering if maybe I should learn some of the more techncal terms used in domestic and competetive stirring and perhaps dabble in a few low grade competitions.

[apotek]

I inherited these spoons and yes I have little experience as our old retainer has stirred admirably since I was a young child. But now I wish to learn and Blib you take an unhelpful stance when really I am sure you have much to share.
Marshalla thank you for your help.
opbob very disappointed with you!

[KP328]

Not a good week for me on the spooning front.

I bought a Krupp j series teaspoon at a car boot sale. While stirring it just didn't feel right and on the third revolution the vortex was peeking at sporadic intervals, was this due to my amateur hamfistednessess ? or was there an issue with said spoon? ..only one way to find out ! spoon in pocket of i went to the sensei.

After he had placed another bag of Werther's Original on the open fire and reclined back on the chaise longue i produced the spoon from my pocked and handed it to him, as soon as his fingers touched the shaft his monobrow furrowed. It wasn't until the tip of his tongue gingerly felt the flange did all hell break loose.

Out ! Out !he bellowed, Fake ! Fake ! he shouted .

I was banished from the Temple into the night, a pocket full of broken promises and a single tear running down my cheek.

[mcbook]

KP328 said:

Not a good week for me on the spooning front.

I bought a Krupp j series teaspoon at a car boot sale...

Out ! Out !he bellowed, Fake ! Fake ! he shouted .

I was banished from the Temple into the night, a pocket full of broken promises and a single tear running down my cheek.

I'd be careful if I were you. You don't mention whether Sensei retained the 'fake' spoon or whether he gave it back to you before your tearful exit.

I mention this because the much rarer and more sought after Series K, if not maintained properly, can become tarnished and start to look a lot like the Series J. The fact that you made your purchase at a car boot sale suggests to me that your 'Series J' might not have been in the best condition.

You also mentioned the unusual vortex patters produced by the spoon... a quick look at my trusty Engels' Loffel Geschichte confirms the Series K needs at least 5 complete rotations before it produces a consistent vortex. The most desirable models are often difficult to stir but we know that's part of the challenge!

Let me postulate for a moment;

You had in fact acquired the extremely rare, limited edition, Series K, albeit in a bad state of repair. Sensei felt the heftier weight of the Series K as soon as you handed it to him, eliciting his first response. He knew the complex alloy of the Series K has a distinctive nickel oxide flavour and this was confirmed when he 'tongued the flange'. He saw the opportunity and took it, leaving you cowering like a amateur spoonist at the Ambassador's Competitione Privee.

Lesson learned. Keep an eye on eBay and you might be able to buy it back.

[Hugo a Gogo]

funny that, I've just picked up a 'down-the-back-of-the-drawers-find' K series on spoon.net

getting a full factory resto from Krupp's 'oldtimer' section, FOC due to the history, confirmed as one of the 3 lost factory spoons from Prague '38

I'll hopefully be doing some demo stirs at Goodwood 2017

[Blib]

I note you state 2017 for the Goodwood reveal. From that am I to assume that it's a 'flange off' job, Hugo?

[Hugo a Gogo]

absolutely, when I say a full resto, I mean FULL

the cavitation damage on this thing, you wouldn't believe, and we need great care to preserve the original detail, the beautiful Damask patterning, the hand-tool marks, it would bring tears to your eyes

sadly no photos available, obviously, legal dept. etc

[Hugo a Gogo]

a few eagle-eyed spooners spotted it in a background shot in the now closed 'Hugo, is this your Krupp?' thread over on 'the other place'

in answer to your queries, yes, my McGinty has been anodised blue, with white pinstriping

[hacksaw]

Hugo a Gogo said:

a few eagle-eyed spooners spotted it in a background shot in the now closed 'Hugo, is this your Krupp?' thread over on 'the other place'

in answer to your queries, yes, my McGinty has been anodised blue, with white pinstriping

That's a lovely touch, the blue and white stripes representative of Sheffield Wednesday, Sheffield the city of steel and the place where McGinty produced much of his best work. Can I ask, will it be a user or a shelf queen?

[Hugo a Gogo]

hacksaw said:

That's a lovely touch, the blue and white stripes representative of Sheffield Wednesday, Sheffield the city of steel and the place where McGinty produced much of his best work. Can I ask, will it be a user or a shelf queen?

not blue and white stripes you bloody idiot! what do you take me for, some sort of Saturday night Knightsbridge superspoon poseur?

bloody white pinstriping

dead classy like

inspired by Hugo Von Goggenheim's competition colours (he was a lesser known turn of the century stirrer who was my inspiration as a child - tragically killed at the 2nd battle of Ypres)

Edited by Hugo a Gogo on Monday 12th October 12:43

[Oakey]

I'm starting to think teaspoons are a little passé, has anyone had a foray into the world of tablespoons?

[Hugo a Gogo]

what for? competitive dishing-out of peas? Good God man, give your head a shake, take yourself aside and just think about what you've just said

table spoons, sheesh

and we thought the scoopers were bad...

[Oakey]

You are of course correct, I'll go and flagellate myself immediately

[mickk]

Oakey said:

I'm starting to think teaspoons are a little passé, has anyone had a foray into the world of tablespoons?

I have a collection of tablespoons you might be interested in, pm me your details as due to the subject matter and the way our type of spoon is frowned upon we best keep it away from this thread.

[Blib]

mickk said:

Oakey said:

I'm starting to think teaspoons are a little passé, has anyone had a foray into the world of tablespoons?

I have a collection of tablespoons you might be interested in, pm me your details as due to the subject matter and the way our type of spoon is frowned upon we best keep it away from this thread.

Yeah. Take your perversions elsewhere, freaks!

[Hugo a Gogo]

I'm unashamedly elitist about my teaspoons

you know how it is, distant family, or passing acquaintances know you as someone who's 'into spoons' and always buy you spoon-related stuff at xmas and birthdays "Dessert Spoons of the 3rd Reich" books or "100 Hot Ladles" calendars

It all goes to the local Oxfam

[mickk]

Blib said:

Yeah. Take your perversions elsewhere, freaks!

No problem I'll leave this thread now but I'd just like to say before I go that you'll never get a decent tune out of a pair of teaspoons, tablespoons however once tuned and in the hands of an accomplished musician can get the dancing started at any high class establishment.

[drivin_me_nuts]

There's no need to be elitist about teaspoons. After all, what is the teaspoon at heart but a malformed dessert spoon.

Up the dessert spoons! down with the spoon of tea! Big it up for the spork and the ladle!

[Hugo a Gogo]

sadly, spoon trolls are everywhere on the internet, just try to ignore them