There's a lot of misconceptions, half-truths and misinformation about what a Spurtle really is. We're going to do a deep delve on the history of the word itself and its uses. A lot of claims place the word in Scottish or Amish origins, but it's actually much older. Spurtle itself is etymologically cousins to Spatula and is much, much, older. In Ancient Greece weavers would work their vertical looms with a σπαθη ("spathe") which was a long, flat, piece of wood. Spathe itself is thought to be derived from even more ancient Proto-Indo-European spe-dh (Spade) which would be a long, flat, piece of wood. But...

Over the years we've had countless customers come to us and tell us just how much they wish they would have had our 3-in-1 Oven Rack Puller to save them from minor (and sometimes major) burns. The beauty of this simple tool is that it's compact, lightweight, doesn't require you to take them on and off (like oven mitts) repeatedly and can accomplish many tasks in the kitchen. Need to push the rack in? Use the front nose slot of the tool. Need to pull it out? Use the hook. Need to scrape off something that got stuck on or get...

This is probably one of our most frequently asked questions. Between cherry, walnut, maple, oak, white oak, hickory and honey locust they all have their own unique properties and characteristics that make them desirable to different people. But how exactly is the wood hardness measured? Most wood sources use the Janka scale, which is based on the earlier Brinnel scale. What the Janka scale measures is the amount of force to drive a 11.28 millimeter steel ball to a half inch depth in the wood. The Janka scale ranges from 350 pounds-force for Atlantic White Cedar to 3,680 pounds-force for Ipe...

 You can tell by our name that cherry wood is our favorite, but today I’d like to sing the praises of another gorgeous material you’ll find in our shop: walnut wood. Native to North America, black walnut trees (juglans nigra) can reach heights of more than 100 feet, with trunk diameters of three feet or more. These trees grow throughout most of the eastern half of the United States, but prime walnut needs rich, moist but well-drained soil such as that found in the upper Mississippi River Valley (which happens to be right where we’re located!). The species has been...

At Wild Cherry Spoon Co., we love the planet and we try to be good to it when we can. That’s why we only use local, ethically harvested, sustainable urban lumber to create our products. That also means that when you purchase a Wild Cherry product, you’ve made an environmentally friendly choice, too! As a society, we need to make some big changes to counteract climate change. But on an individual level, sometimes the advice for living a greener life—like buying new, efficient appliances for the kitchen—is out of reach for those of us who rent or don’t have the budget....