French rolling pins are simple clean lined, beautiful kitchen tools! If you love to make pastries, bake bread, or craft cookies, then a tapered french rolling pin will be a pleasure for you to use! This particular rolling pin is crafted from a wonderful wood called Western Maple or Big Leaf Maple a wood that is local to Vancouver Island. But this isn't your usual western maple, this is the most select type called figured maple. Not every tree has figuring in it, most of it is plain, uninteresting wood, only very special trees have this patterning
 
 These slabs are then run through a thickness planer to get the desired thickness and then we rip them into rolling pin blanks which are generally 2" by 2" by 23" long. This is where the fun begins! We mark the ends of the rolling pins so we know where the center is and then mount it on the lathe. We start on the lathe by knocking the corners down until it is round with a series of gouges. From there we use a very sharp skew chisel to remove fine cuts and shape the tapers. We then slice the ends off and sand them down so that there are no marks on the ends of the rolling pins. We then coat them with a foodsafe wax and oil mix, taking care to not add to much so the finish remains thin, but protective so it doesn't feel like a heavy finish is on it. We then buff the pin and get it ready to ship to your home for many years of use! Please note these are example photos only, you will receive a similar pin, please contact us if you would like to see a preview of your pin before shipping.
 

Dimensions (approximate dimensions) :
W - 15 1/2" to 21 1/2"
H -  1 1/2" to 2"