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Wild Cherry Salt Bowl #1

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  Price $45 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 Last August a lady asked me to carve a salt bowl for the rustic cabin she and her husband were building in the Smoky Mountains of TN.  I came up with this little bird bowl design based on traditional Swiss carving. I have been wanting to carve one to offer for sale ever since, but demand for spoons had been so great that I had to put my plans on hold.  Finally, I axed out a piece of wild cherry that had the right grain pattern and immediately saw a salt bowl in in the wood. Everything I carve, I hope to be used in kitchens and on the table.  Salt dishes are very traditional and useful.  The design is both functional and an artisti

Wild Cherry Cooking set variation

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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 Back in November and December I was carving A LOT of cherry and birch cooking spoon sets for commission customers, as Christmas gifts.  I carve "by hand and eye", just allowing the knife to follow the grain of the wood, with only an idea of the final design in mind.  One spoon I carved did not match the others.  It was the smaller of these two. Even though it was not a match for the set I was working on, I really liked this spoon.  It felt nice in the hand, the grain was very nice and I liked the shape both as a cooking and eating spoon.  To me , this spoon was ideal for tasting food as you cook. I had several orders to