Jonathan's Spoons has been carving in Kempton, Pennsylvania since the 1970s, when Jonathan Simons began working local wild cherry. The catalogue is unusually wide for a small shop: spatulas, tongs, ladles, spaghetti forks, spreaders, salad servers and the flame blackened pieces. Most spatulas sit around 20 to 24 dollars, which is rare for handmade work, and many shapes come in separate right handed and left handed versions.
A sensible first purchase for anyone curious about hand carved utensils, and one of the few makers who think about left handed cooks. Cherry is lighter than exotic hardwoods, so thin edges can wear if used to scrape a cast iron skillet daily. Color deepens with age, which some buyers like and others do not expect.
Address: 3716 Route 737, Kempton, PA 19529, USA
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