A Wood without Surprises

This spring I brought another beech log from the forest (because the lumbejacks always throw away so much fine wood). It is almost perfectly straight, without knots, worm holes, black pieces and... completely without surprises. It's really a pleasant change :)
And here is the first spoon from it:

I tried to imitate this spoon, but it still seemed a bit bland to me, so in the end I gave it a little decoration.