Thanks for the compliment Hoodoo! I wish I had time to bring my carving skills up to your level. But, 9 hour workdays plus two hours driving add up to not much time in the shop.
The Oak is sort of half seasoned. I cut and split some Oak and some Beech for our Boy Scouts to try making spoons, this was left over and ending up in the firewood pile. So, I guess it was green about 2 months ago.