A family shop in Silver Lake, Indiana, working under the Whetstone name since 1991, though the first spoon came years earlier off a homemade band saw and an antique lathe. Everything is cut from kiln dried hard maple, with the lumber milled about ten miles from the shop. Each utensil goes through seventeen hand operations plus a final polish, then a mineral oil treatment. The line covers spoons, ladles, spatulas, mashers, scoops, spreaders, breadboards and rolling pins, plus historical reproductions sold in museum gift stores.
Prices stay modest for handmade work, which is why these utensils turn up on True Value and Do it Best shelves. Hard maple is light in color and stays pale, so anyone after dark walnut or cherry should look elsewhere. Handles are thick and blunt: good for grip, less elegant for serving at the table. As with any untreated wood, a dishwasher ruins it.
Address: 108 East Main Street, Silver Lake, IN 46982, USA
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