I have a friend who was a spoon carver. He came from the upper mid west, and birch was his favorite carving wood. He would rive all of his blanks, so the buttress part of the base of the tree was excellent for any utensil with a bend in it. He moved out here to Oregon, and I gave him some wet madrone to carve with. It became his new favorite wood. Outside of that, any green wood would work, though I would opt for pear or dogwood. Beech is nice if you can find it. Cherry might also be nice. Any fruit wood could be nice, and probably the soft maples, but hard maple, if green could be great. Some day, I might get into carving, if I ever find the time....

robo hippy