Salad Hands handmade from cherry

I have been asked a few time what was the best wood to use for wood salad servers or salad hands. At one time I would say hard maple, like bread and cutting boards hard maple is one of the best woods to use because the grain is so tight and they last forever. When it come to the best of the best woods for salad hands I would have to say Cherry wood. I use black cherry on my salad spoons or hands and I like to use woods that have good figure. Interesting twists and swirls in the grains gets my attention and sometimes I need to dig deep into a log to find this but it's all worth the effort when you see the grain pop out at you when you add some mineral oil to it. I could name a few more good woods to make salad hands with but for now I'm sticking with what I think is the best type of wood to use.

Black cherry wood will also turn darker in color plus the look of the wood as it ages just looks real good.