Coog Instruments & Folk Art offers the following functional items for sale.

To order, call (831) 425-4933 or e-mail me at ron@cooginstruments.com.

Spoons: My spoons are cut and carved by hand, and no two are alike. Some are paired as salad serving sets. All are maple and coated with "butcher block" oil, a natural mineral oil especially suited for wooden food-preparation tools and surfaces. $55 Order online!

Salad Servers: Traditional spoon and fork style with untraditional folk art head carvings. $75 Order online!

Spurtles: The name "spurtle" has been used for several types of stirring implements, the most common type being the Scottish spurtle, which is a thick round stick or turned "bat" for stirring oatmeal. The second most common, and probably the most used around the world, is the brewer's spurtle, a large two-handed paddle with several holes or slots cut through it, used for stirring the mash. The third most common is the cooking spurtle like the ones I carve.

The popular chef and cookbook author, Graham Kerr, called this particular stirring implement a spurtle during his Galloping Gourmet days on television. Kerr was born in England, so he was more than likely exposed to a similar instrument during his life there.

My spurtles are cut and carved by hand, and no two are alike. All are maple and coated with "butcher block" oil, a natural mineral oil especially suited for wooden food-preparation tools and surfaces.

My spurtles are best used for sauces, gravies, soups, and cooked cereals.

$55 Order online!

Walking Sticks: Folk art carved walking sticks and canes have been around for a long time and in nearly every culture around the world. For mine, I let the wood shape, with all its curves and knots, influence my unique style of face carving. My first pieces are from prunings and cuttings from a Satsuma plum tree. Very good, hard, and flexible wood. Finished with a paste wax. Price: $100 Order online!

Door Harps: Unique, themed door harps with head carved from hardwoods or tagua nuts. Hang on the inside of a door and delightful music plays when it opens and closes. Price: $150 Order online! (Custom orders taken.)