Bloodwood Sauce Spoon "The Pig's Foot"

Bloodwood, or less commonly known as Satine, is found in tropical regions of South America.  It is usually used for carvings, trim, inlays, furniture, guitars, knife handles, and turned objects.  It is unbelievably dense and splinters very easily making it one of the more difficult woods I have tried carving.

While one part of me says I would never want to try to attempt carving anything from this wood again, the appearance of the wood is remarkable.  The wood also has an amazing weight to it.  This can be found for sale at Thinking Spoons on Etsy.