Rutgers
Well-known member
With the winter here I am gearing up for making some utensils. I know there are a lot of guys around here that appreciate cool wood. I have primarily used hard maple, cherry, walnut, hickory and a little beech. Lately I have been doing more one of a kind/few of a kind pieces or sets and using my more select stock for them. I came into some really cool curly maple with an interesting lineage from a friend for Christmas and have been thinking about trying to track down some more unique stuff. I am looking for stuff at least an inch thick but 2"+ would be really cool. I need 3"+ wide and 12" and longer. It should be free of knots and checks but I can work around small tight knots or between them on bigger pieces of wood. I Know it sounds fussy, and truth is I am fussy about my work, but the requirements are more so set by my product than me. I am looking for stuff hard and heavy (cherry is about the lightest and softest I want to use) I prefer to keep everything in North American species. Reclaimed stuff with a story behind it is a plus. I will gladly trade utensils for wood that I cannot find here in Michigan. Anyhow, if you happen to be a wood nerd or spend time at saw mills or whatever if you could keep an eye out I'll make it worth your while for something I can use. Thanks!
Paully
Paully
