One of our adult children likes mochi, a Japanese food made from rice flour, often served in a ball shape with a sweet filling. We wanted to buy a mochi-making kit as a gift, but they had been snapped up and disappeared at Christmas. We looked at the items in the kit and decided to buy the separate components and make our own kit. I will leave it to you to decide whether our kit is better. ;-)
The rolling pin was turned from a piece of wood that was labeled "Granadillo". It is probably macacauba. It is very dense and heavy, and it feels good in the hand. The rolling pin supports are marblewood. The finish on them is Tried and True original.
The box is maple. The inset bottom panel and lid are bloodwood. The finish is Tried and True varnish oil.
The handle on the box came from a pen blank. It is a 6,500 year old piece of Irish bog oak. I purchased the pen blank here on Penturners.org:
https://www.penturners.org/threads/certified-irish-bog-oak-pen-blanks-6500-years-old.163898/
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