Plum Wood

One of the plum trees in our garden was infected with plum pox virus and had to be cut down. The trunk was left to dry for a few years. Afterwards I cut a piece of it and I wanted to carve something. I decided to try another spoon for a start. (And it turned out to be a different start than I expected!)

Plum wood has a beautiful chocolate color, interesting pattern and it does not split, so it's possible to carve even the finest details. The wood became my favorite and I carved a few other things from it later.

A spoon for my colleague.

Spatula (brown heartwood, light sapwood).