{"product_id":"billet-box-sycamore-wood-5kg","title":"Billet Box ~ Sycamore Wood ~ 5kg","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e5kg Box of Billets\u003cbr\u003eRoughly 8 - 10 billets\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSycamore Wood (felled within last 1 - 9months)\u003cbr\u003eSourced from local sustainably cut trees\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWill arrive fresh and ready to carve \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBillet Boxes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI have a good stock of Sycamore wood and am currently offering a billet box service to email subscribers. You'll get 5kg worth of fresh Sycamore in split rectangular or triangular billets roughly 16cm x 3cm in size. This usually provides around 8 - 10 billets. Perfect for carving eating spoons\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*These boxes are provided for UK based email subscribers only - sign up to my newsletter for a discount code otherwise you end up paying over the odds for wood!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e**Subscribers get these boxes for £20 inc. postage**\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe billets are from fresh Sycamore and will either be radial or tangentially split, I will make sure you get nice straight (ish!) blanks which will have plenty of material for the spoon design of your choice. Sycamore is a fabulous all round wood for spoons, \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNOTE\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSycmaore will develop blue spot if left in a bag\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e -\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e it also dries very hard, quickly\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e. I recommend carving straight away or carving spoon blanks and freezing them! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(The photos are of cherry, but I can confirm this box will contain Sycamore and Sycamore only!) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStorage\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI recommend carving the billets straightaway. If you would like to keep them longer they can be frozen in the freezer or kept in a binbag!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStore outside in a shed or out of direct sunlight in the coolest place possible \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alex Finberg","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56940236767605,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/4782\/4857\/files\/20250212_145008_33cf0cf6-16c2-423f-b345-746e06c69fae.jpg?v=1773991852","url":"https:\/\/alexfinberg.co.uk\/products\/billet-box-sycamore-wood-5kg","provider":"Alex Finberg","version":"1.0","type":"link"}