Wood is beautiful, tough, improves with age and if carefully looked after, will last indefinitely. Wood is probably man’s oldest natural resource and its history as a household article is as old as time itself. Archaelogical excavations have uncovered wooden utensils and bowls dating back thousands of years which, when examined closely, resemble many of the basic spoons and tools that we use today.

Because it is a relatively cheap natural material which is easily worked, wood is widely used to make quality products used in the preparation of food.

In Medieval Folklore certain trees were held to be sacred with supposedly protective powers. This superstition is still relevant today as we continue to "touch wood" to guard against bad luck.

Superstition apart, the appeal of wood is that it is a tactile material which invites you to touch as well as look at it, a quality which man-made materials could never hope to equal.