I've got a fair chunk of holly wood from a neightbours tree clearing. Is it ok for spoons and food contact use?
bums I've been stirring my coffee with it for about a year now!!
ach well, gotta die of something
Cheers,
Alan
The poison takes 366 days to take effect
I heard the only antidote is to take/insert 50 leave rectally
Sorry I'll get my coat:twak:
Richard
no holly is not ok. it is toxic and best avoided for food use. but it is a pretty wood so you will find plenty of uses for it for stuff that does not go near food.
Does anyone have a good source of evidence one way or the other on this?
Looking at the report below I would use holly wood for spoons without concern.
http://www.inchem.org/documents/pims/plant/ilexaqui.htm#SectionTitle:2.5 Poisonous parts
Does anyone have a good source of evidence one way or the other on this?
Looking at the report below I would use holly wood for spoons without concern.
http://www.inchem.org/documents/pims/plant/ilexaqui.htm#SectionTitle:2.5 Poisonous parts
All I know is that in the A-Z of bushcraft videos, Andrew Price says that sycamore trees are good for bowls and spoons because it has no toxic resins, so trees like yew and holly would have a poisonous resin. I don't know where he got his information but I've always thought it was poisonous too... Never seen any evidence of that though.