Judson Carroll Woodcraft

  Price $30 with free shipping in the continental US. I ship using USPS Ground, which is the least expensive option that included a tracking number.  If you prefer Priority Mail or another shipping option, international shipping or would like to combine shipping on multiple items to save a little money, please email me at  judson@judsoncarroll.com This is a strong, sturdy eating spoon that is not too heavy for the kitchen but would also make for a nice backpacker's spoon. It has very nice lines and a wide enough handle that you could customize it with initials or a design of your own. I think whoever buys this one will enjoy using it.  It is sealed with Walnut Oil.  As always, my woodwork is sustainably sourced from trees that are storm damaged or that must be thinned. Each piece is entirely hand made in the ancient greenwood tradition. I use only a hand saw, a small axe and knives. Each piece comes with a handwritten, numbered and signed document. These are heirloom q

  Price $30 with free shipping in the continental US. I ship using USPS Ground, which is the least expensive option that included a tracking number.  If you prefer Priority Mail or another shipping option, international shipping or would like to combine shipping on multiple items to save a little money, please email me at  judson@judsoncarroll.com A tree trimming crew brought me some very nice Paper Birch - it always pays to befriend tree crews if you need wood, BTW.  Even a lot of good firewood gets wasted from most every job, and they have to pay the landfill to dispose of it.  So, whether you need logs or woodchips it is very worth asking. I decided the first piece of the Birch I carved would be one of my own favorite designs.  It is based on traditional Scandanavian cooking spoons, or "open ladles," but I modified my design specifically for stirring a roux.  Generally, we use a flat edged wooden spatula, with sharp edges, to stir roux so it can get into all o

      Price $25 with free shipping in the continental US. I ship using USPS Ground, which is the least expensive option that included a tracking number.  If you prefer Priority Mail or another shipping option, international shipping or would like to combine shipping on multiple items to save a little money, please email me at  judson@judsoncarroll.com This is a pretty little pocket spoon!  It is light and the perfect size for a shirt pocket.  It would make a great tasting spoon in the kitchen, but is large enough to be a good eating spoon, as well. It has some nice color on the bowl.  The lines are graceful and it really feels nice in the hand. I think every cook should have one of these.  I actually try to make the bowl thin enough that sunlight can show through, so the choice of wood is essential.  This is American Holly, which is very strong and tightly grained.  It is sealed with Walnut Oil.   As always, my woodwork is sustainably sourced from trees that are storm damag

  Price $30 with free shipping in the continental US. I ship using USPS Ground, which is the least expensive option that included a tracking number.  If you prefer Priority Mail or another shipping option, international shipping or would like to combine shipping on multiple items to save a little money, please email me at  judson@judsoncarroll.com This is a smaller... dare I say dainty?... version of the eating spoons I have featured recently.  While this spoon is perhaps half as stout as my "backpacker' spoons, it is by no means delicate. Like the others, this spoon is carved out of American Holly and is very tough.  I had an idea that I should carve a few for folks whose hands might be a bit more normal than my massive meat hooks... perhaps even feminine. With that in mind though, it occurred to me that ladies often like to decorate an item - to make it their own.  So, I left the handle wide and smooth.  If you are looking for a spoon to mark with your individua

    Price $30 with free shipping in the continental US. I ship using USPS Ground, which is the least expensive option that included a tracking number.  If you prefer Priority Mail or another shipping option, international shipping or would like to combine shipping on multiple items to save a little money, please email me at  judson@judsoncarroll.com This is a pointed cooking spoon, as opposed to the more common round ones.  I find both to be useful in the kitchen.  I like to cook with cast iron dutch ovens, which have steep sides. The pointed spoons are good for getting into the corners of the pot.   A spoon like this is what I reach for when cooking jambalaya or other rice dishes, lentil stew and specially grits but, of course, it has many uses. The spoon feels good in the hand.  It is extremely smooth with graceful lines that really display the ultra-fine grain of American Holly.  After sanding and sealing with walnut oil, the wood feels not only solid but almost satiny. 

      Price $25 with free shipping in the continental US. I ship using USPS Ground, which is the least expensive option that included a tracking number.  If you prefer Priority Mail or another shipping option, international shipping or would like to combine shipping on multiple items to save a little money, please email me at  judson@judsoncarroll.com I have a particular fondness for Pocket Spoon... they seem somewhat emblematic of my heritage.  You see, I am mostly equal parts Irish, French and English.  Although this spoon is based on an English design, the pocket spoon is very at home in the Scottish (or Celtic in General) sporran.  But, as a cooking obsessed partial Frenchy, I have to keep a tasting spoon in my shirt or jacket pocket.  The tasting spoon is as essential as the hand towel I keep tucked into my belt.   But, it isn't just that Pocket Spoons have an ancestral feel to me, or that I use one frequently as a teaspoon int he kitchen, but as a carver these a

  Price $30 with free shipping in the continental US. I ship using USPS Ground, which is the least expensive option that included a tracking number.  If you prefer Priority Mail or another shipping option, international shipping or would like to combine shipping on multiple items to save a little money, please email me at  judson@judsoncarroll.com This is a very sturdy spoon.  In fact, I think it may be the sturdiest I've ever carved.  As always, I just follow the natural lines of the wood with my knife.  This one had several knots and I was able to position them in the "crank" of the spoon, which is where the handle turns up from the bowl.  That makes this one crazy tough!  So, I decided to make the ultimate backpacker's spoon.  You could toss this one into a pack or even shove it into your pocket with little worry.  Obviously, no spoon is indestructible, but I believe it would take some serious effort to damage this one... it should be able to be used j

  Price $30 with free shipping in the continental US. I ship using USPS Ground, which is the least expensive option that included a tracking number.  If you prefer Priority Mail or another shipping option, international shipping or would like to combine shipping on multiple items to save a little money, please email me at  judson@judsoncarroll.com The Cawl Spoon is a traditional Welsh design.  It can be used as either a cooking or eating spoon.   There is a reason spoons like this have been carved and used since before the Roman Empire.  The lines of the handle and the shape of the bowl are elegantly simple, but it takes a lot of practice and skill to carve them just right - the selection of wood is also very important to ensure a strong, smooth spoon that really feels right in the hand and the mouth.    It is sealed with walnut oil, comfortable and ready to use.  I think the "crank" on this one is particularly nice - that is the upturn of the handle that contras

      Price $25 with free shipping in the continental US. I ship using USPS Ground, which is the least expensive option that included a tracking number.  If you prefer Priority Mail or another shipping option, international shipping or would like to combine shipping on multiple items to save a little money, please email me at  judson@judsoncarroll.com A Pocket Spoon is something you don't see very often these days, but it has a long history.  Spoons made of metal, such a silver or less precious metals, are a fairly recent phenomenon.  Even just two centuries ago, most people ate with wooden spoons and a knife.  Forks were very rare and silverware was only for the wealthy. Most folks only had enough wood spoons for their family.  In fact, when a young man met the lady he intended to marry, he would carve a spoon for her and present it as a gift, showing his intentions.  He would then carve a spoon for each of their children.  So, if you were invited to supper, you were

      Price $30 with free shipping in the continental US. I ship using USPS Ground, which is the least expensive option that included a tracking number.  If you prefer Priority Mail or another shipping option, international shipping or would like to combine shipping on multiple items to save a little money, please email me at  judson@judsoncarroll.com This is a leaf-shaped serving spoon with a nice, deep bowl.  Being a gravy fanatic, I like to use serving spoons like this so that I can not only scoop rice, mashed potatoes and vegies onto my plate, but heaping spoonfuls of gravy and onions as well.  I'm Southern after all, and unless I need to set a table for a special gathering, I don't use a gravy boat.  I make my gravy in the same pan that I cooked the meat and I fix my Blue Willow plate at the stove, country style!  But, this spoon would be equally at home on the table in a more formal setting and is deep enough to avoid dripping on your white tablecloth. This pi

  Price $30 with free shipping in the continental US. I ship using USPS Ground, which is the least expensive option that included a tracking number.  If you prefer Priority Mail or another shipping option, international shipping or would like to combine shipping on multiple items to save a little money, please email me at  judson@judsoncarroll.com If you have been waiting for a symmetrical Holly eating spoon, with simple, elegant lines, this is it. This spoon is not too large or too small.  It fits comfortably in the and in the mouth.  It is sturdy without being bulky.  The wood is very smooth and finely grained.  It is sealed with walnut oil for a permanent seal and a satiny finish. As always, my woodwork is sustainably sourced from trees that are storm damaged or that must be thinned. Each piece is entirely hand made in the ancient greenwood tradition. I use only a hand saw, a small axe and knives. Each piece comes with a handwritten, numbered and signed document. These