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A word about choosing wood. I generally offer three or four species of wood; butternut, walnut, cherry, and basswood. I use basswood also called linden for carving characters and things to be painted. Butternut is a relative of walnut but is much softer and easy to carve. It is nearly as soft as basswood / linden but a little harder and with an interesting grain. I really do recommend it for the first time spoon carver. It is what is included in the carving kits that I sell. I really do think that cherry and walnut are pretty equal in their hardness. Cherry and Walnut are much more difficult to carve but produce a beautiful end product. For people who have a difficult time using the hook knife there is always a gouge. I do regularly recommend this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krAIHRCx9R0 for people who are interested. Cherry will continue to darken over time. Some of my older spoons almost look like mahogany.