Large Cutting Board - 12"x16"

One of my favorite things about my products is that they are intended to be used. I made a couple of these cutting boards for a friend for Christmas presents last year, and she tells me that the people she gave them to are afraid to use them because they just LOOK SO NICE! So SAD! Use them, folks. So long as you cut along the grain, and oil them occasionally, they can keep looking nice for a long, long time. And they're more sanitary than plastic, not requiring high-temperature sanitization. Bacteria is sucked down into the wood where it starves, rather than festering in the grooves that inevitably form in plastic boards.

At 12 inches by 16 inches, this size is perfect for heavy use on large for-the-family sized meals. Order from domestics (walnut, maple, cherry, mahogany), or add some exotics (purpleheart, yellowheart, bloodwood) in for some stunning color. Add a hand-burned name like in the example shown, or a drip groove around the edge on one side, or a handle on one end - just let me know if you want a combination not shown on the drop-down. The image shown is the exotics option with a woodburned name.

Options

Domestic Woods $50.00 Domestic Woods with Burning $75.00 Domestic Woods with Groove or Handle $65.00 Exotic Woods $60.00 Exotic Woods with Woodburning $85.00 Exotic Woods with Groove or Handle $75.00 Exotic, with handle, drip groove, and burning $105.00

Name to have burned:

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Hand-Turned Conductor's Baton

The Conductor's Baton gained widespread use in the early 19th century, as a means to make the movements and direction of the conductor more visible to the orchestra. Light woods and teardrop-shaped handles are customary, with lengths between 10" and 24" most common. Professional conductors often have them custom-made to suit their physical demands and nature of performance.

The baton shown above is with a holly shaft and a purpleheart handle, total length about 15 inches. The shaft should be both light weight and light color. Maple offers a less-expensive alternative to holly. The handle can be any number of woods, from more common woods like walnut, purpleheart, etc. to exotics like rosewood, ebony, or cocobolo. Engraving and pyrography is also available for an additional fee. Email me to discuss specifics.

Price as shown - $60.00. Add a pouch for an additional $10.00

Wood Choice

Maple and Common (walnut, purpleheart, etc) $50.00 Holly and Common (walnut, purpleheart, etc) $60.00 Option 3Maple and Common (walnut, purpleheart, etc), with pouch $60.00 Holly and Common (walnut, purpleheart, etc), with pouch $70.00

Specify wood, shape, etc.

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Bar Board - Wood Cutting Board with Tomato Recess

These "Bar Board" cutting boards are the same size as the popular "Pampered Chef" brand bar board, 6"x8". They make the perfect gift for the cook in your life - sized for convenience of use and storage, they're perfect for every-day small cutting jobs, but unlike plastic cutting boards, these are solid hardwood, with the safety and elegance that comes with that. Research has shown that plastic cutting boards, though easily cleaned when new, become harbors for bacteria once they develop scarring, while wood cutting boards draw the bacteria inside where it dies, and stay safe for years, despite grooves and scarring.

In addition to being preferable from a safety standpoint, these cutting boards are just plain awesome. Choose from domestic or exotic woods for a single-piece board (yellowheart and purpleheart are shown here) or from a hodge-podge of contrasting colors laminated to give a striking look like those boards above.

Care is simple - hand-wash with warm soapy water and rinse. Oil with mineral oil monthly. Cut in the direction of the wood grain. Sand away stains if they develop. Follow these instructions and you'll have a beautiful cutting board for years. Everyone always wants to give a gift that "keeps on giving" - with one of these, that is really true.

Choice of Wood

Domestic Hardwood $20.00 Exotic Hardwood $25.00 Laminated Contrasting Hardwoods $30.00

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Wood Keyring Consecrated Oil Vial - Purpleheart and Chrome

A great gift for Fathers Day, for missionaries, or newly ordained Elders, or any Melchizedek priesthood holder for that matter, wood consecrated oil vials for keychains can be made from any commercially available pen blank material or hardwood. Keep it on your keychain or use a silk laniard provided - this tiny vial is a perfect way to send off your missionary with something personal that he can keep with him all the time. Hand-turned and made individually, you tell me what you want it to look like, choose the wood, and I do the rest.

Purpleheart, also sometimes called amaranth or violet wood, comes from several species of tropical trees native to Central and South America. The heartwood is a light purple when cut, and darkens upon exposure to sunlight, reaching first a darker purple and eventually a brown with a purple cast. It is hard and strong, and takes attention when turning, requiring sharp tools, gentle cuts, and careful sanding. The vial shown above was made with chrome components. Price: $25.00

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Purpleheart Goblet Set

This matching set of purpleheart goblets was made as a gift for a wedding shower. They're small because solid purpleheart is only available in thicknesses up to 2" thick - 6" high total. But the wood makes them awesome, and as my MIL put it, it's nice to have wood goblets with you because you don't have to worry about them shattering in your luggage...

Purpleheart, also sometimes called amaranth or violet wood, comes from several species of tropical trees native to Central and South America. The heartwood is a light purple when cut, and darkens upon exposure to sunlight, reaching first a darker purple and eventually a brown with a purple cast. It is hard and strong, and takes attention when turning, requiring sharp tools, gentle cuts, and a LOT of sanding.

The finish is mineral oil and beeswax, and is replenished by rubbing in more mineral oil, and won't change the flavor of your drink.

Sold individually for $40 at this size, the set is $70.00

Perfume Vial Pendant

Made from purpleheart with a cork stopper and glass vial, this wood pendant can be used to carry perfume, essential oils, or anything else you can think of with you on the go. Each is unique, made to customer specifications and from the hardwood of your choice.

Purpleheart, also sometimes called amaranth or violet wood, and comes from several species of tropical trees native to Central and South America. The heartwood is a light purple when cut, and darkens upon exposure to sunlight, reaching first a darker purple and eventually a brown with a purple cast. It is hard and strong, and takes attention when turning, requiring sharp tools, gentle cuts, and careful sanding.

A pendant like that shown can be ordered for $25.00.

Wood Essential Oil Diffuser Pendant

Made from solid hardwood with a cork stopper and silk laniard, this Essential Oil Diffuser Pendant will allow the essential oil placed inside to seep through the pores in the wood and diffuse, allowing you to reap the benefits of essential oil at all times.

The wood pictured is purpleheart, also sometimes called amaranth or violet wood, and comes from several species of tropical trees native to Central and South America. The heartwood is a light purple when cut, and darkens upon exposure to sunlight, reaching first a darker purple and eventually a brown with a purple cast. It is hard and strong, and takes attention when turning, requiring sharp tools, gentle cuts, and careful sanding.

The shape can be varied however you like, to make something unique for you. Price: $20 give or take depending on your design

Wood Consecrated Oil Vial - Purpleheart

A great gift for missionaries, or newly ordained Elders, or any Melchizedek priesthood holder for that matter, wood consecrated oil vials for keychains can be made from any commercially available pen blank material or hardwood. Keep it on your keychain or use a silk laniard provided - this tiny vial is a perfect way to send off your missionary with something personal that he can keep with him all the time. Hand-turned and made individually, you tell me what you want it to look like, choose the wood, and I do the rest.

Purpleheart, also sometimes called amaranth or violet wood, comes from several species of tropical trees native to Central and South America. The heartwood is a light purple when cut, and darkens upon exposure to sunlight, reaching first a darker purple and eventually a brown with a purple cast. It is hard and strong, and takes attention when turning, requiring sharp tools, gentle cuts, and careful sanding.

All keychain vials are made with chrome or 10-k gold plated metal components. Your choice of woods or acrylic pen blanks. $25 for most wood choices, not including shipping. Choose the styling too - straight and slim, beads, grooves, ogee shapes, it's up to you.

Shape

Straight Hourglass Convex (round) Bead and Cove Other

Finish

Chrome Gold

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Keyring Cologne or Perfume Vial - Purpleheart

Smell good all day with your own keyring cologne or perfume vial. Or keep anything else in it you can fit - medication, consecrated oil, cremated remains of your dog, whatever you think of. Or just use it on your keyring because it's cool.

Purpleheart, also sometimes called amaranth or violet wood, comes from several species of tropical trees native to Central and South America. The heartwood is a light purple when cut, and darkens upon exposure to sunlight, reaching first a darker purple and eventually a brown with a purple cast. It is hard and strong, and takes attention when turning, requiring sharp tools, gentle cuts, and a LOT of sanding. An interesting side note: every kind of wood smells different when turned. Maple smells kind of like pancake syrup, mesquite like warm raw meat, walnut like something sour. Well, the dust and shavings from this wood at first smelled kind of sweet, but as I kept smelling it as I was working, it started to smell more meaty, and then kind of like sweet warm old meat. Yuck. Wikipedia says the dust can cause nausea. I can see that. Don't worry, the finished work is scentless.

All keychain vials are made with 24-k gold plated metal components. Your choice of woods or acrylic pen blanks. $25 for most wood choices, not including shipping. Choose the styling too - straight and slim, beads, grooves, ogee shapes, it's up to you.

Shape

Straight Hourglass Convex (round) Bead and Cove Other

Finish

Chrome Gold

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