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Wild Cherry Salad set #2

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Price $50 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 like salads probably more than most guys - mix of French heritage and being a gardener and forager.  So, when I began carving what was to be a couple of spoons and I noticed the remarkable contrast in the grain from two pieces cut from the same log, I decided to make a large salad set instead to really show it off.  From a practical perspective, a salad set makes a lot of sense.  You see, most people make salads the wrong way.... Salad comes from an ancient word meaning a mix of greens with salt.  If you have spent time int he South, you may know that some of us still use the term referring to the edible leaves of Poke.  It is ca

***SOLD*** Cherry Bowl #2

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  Price $60 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 the second bowl I have carved out of Wild Cherry.  It is a round dinner or soup bowl.  I have very large hands, so it can be hard to get an idea of the dimensions.  It is approximately 6 1/2 inches wide and two inches deep.  That is a very nice size for a dinner bowl... and, I am very tempted to lad it up with a hearty noodle dish for myself!   Carving bowls using only hand tools gives me a great respect for our ancestors.  This bowl was not turned on a lathe.  I used only an axe, a hand saw, knives, gouges and a rasp.  It took about 15 yours to transform it from a split log into a bowl.  It is a lot of hard work, but it