Ancient Kitchen Collection
All nine designs, two sizes each: three Nordic spreaders, three Egyptian spreaders and three serving boards, plus the food-safe and wood care guides.
Spreaders and serving boards drawn after real Stone Age, Bronze Age, Egyptian and Viking artifacts. Templates for laser, CNC or bandsaw, with printable guides.
Each design comes in two sizes. Spreaders include all-layer SVGs and a printable PDF guide; boards include CNC SVGs, 2-layer laser SVGs and a PDF guide with tiled full-size patterns.
All nine designs, two sizes each: three Nordic spreaders, three Egyptian spreaders and three serving boards, plus the food-safe and wood care guides.
Fishtail Cheese Knife, Leaping Leopard and Swimming Girl spreaders.
Fish, Guinea Fowl and Viking Dragon serving boards.
After a 7,000-year-old slate knife at Alta Museum, Norway.
After a Stone Age slate knife from Sweden whose handle ends in an elk's head.
A ship-shaped blade and hooked handle after Nordic Bronze Age razors.
After a Predynastic Egyptian flint fishtail knife.
After an alabaster spoon handle from Amenhotep III's palace.
After an ancient Egyptian faience cosmetic spoon.
After a Viking whale-bone plaque with two dragon heads.
| Tool | How |
|---|---|
| Laser | Cut the layers from 1/8" and 1/16" hardwood and glue up on dowel pins. |
| CNC | Import the SVG into Carbide Create, VCarve, Easel or similar and rout a one-piece spreader from 3/8" to 1/2" stock. |
| Bandsaw or scroll saw | Print the full-size patterns from the PDF, stick them to a board and cut by hand. |
Then shape with rasps, a spindle sander or a carving knife. You can make and sell the spreaders and boards you cut from these files; please don't share or resell the files. These are my own designs, inspired by the artifacts, and are not affiliated with or endorsed by the museums that hold them. You choose the wood, glue and finish, so food safety is up to you: see the guides below.