Wood suggestions for salad forks..?

[Doug Rasmussen]

Looking for some experiences here....

Salad forks to be bare wood that would be least likely to react with salad oils. Or, if there is a recommended food safe coating that'd be okay too..

From wood I currently have the choices are: white oak, red oak, eastern hard maple, walnut or sapele. What would your choice be?

Thanks.

 

[Owen Lowe]

Of your list, go with the closed-grain hard maple.

Alternate choices for the PacNW would be Western Big Leaf Maple or fruit woods (cherry, apple, plum, etc.). I made a set from Sycamore this past summer and they worked great.

Since they’ll be washed after uses, make sure you raise the grain with water a couple of times as you finish up the sanding/smoothing.

 

[Derek Lane]

Beech has been associated a lot for utensils used with cooking. Not sure how readily available it is to you

 

[hockenbery]

Hard maple gets another vote

 

[Raul McCai]

Looking for some experiences here....

Salad forks to be bare wood that would be least likely to react with salad oils. Or, if there is a recommended food safe coating that'd be okay too..

From wood I currently have the choices are: white oak, red oak, eastern hard maple, walnut or sapele. What would your choice be?

Thanks.

maple, Teak, Tigerwood, ebony, rosewood

 

[Breck Whitworth]

Maple is probably your best bet. I have made sets from sapele and they sell well for me and never had any complaints or returns. Cherry is another great wood for wooden utensils. I would think white oak would be good also As to a finish I always use Mahoney's walnut oil the same finish I use on all my utility bowls. When they dry buff them through the first two steps (beal buffing system) ending with white diamond. The close grain woods will develop a wonderful low gloss sheen.