überleben Dursten Kanu Camping Spoon - Nordic Wooden Spoon for Eating - Reusable Wooden Utensil, Camp Spoon w/Lanyard, Carabiner - Lightweight Hiking Spoon Bushcraft Gear, Handcrafted Hardwood

To start with, these are in fact made in China. It is in very tiny print by the UPC label. The only one of all in this "series" whose origin remains questionable, is the stainless steel pot. It doesn't say "Made in China" anywhere that I could find, but, nor did it say, "Made in USA". I would have really preferred this cup be made in the US (or Canada), or some country with labor laws, BUT this is a REALLY nice cup. There is nothing cheap about it. It would make a great and thoughtful gift. It is light to carry, the finish is fine, it feels great in one's hands, and although I can't explain how or why, stuff seems to taste better from it. I don't know if it's some sort of primal throw back, but it feels like it belongs in a hand. It feels good as your lips meet the wood. It's satisfying. I have it hanging on one of the kitchen cabinet pulls because it has a neat little leather lanyard thing on it and it looks good. So, I truly do love my wooden mug no matter where it came from. And I mentally thank the Chinese person who made it.

Loved it so much that I bought two more for Christmas gifts. My camping friends love them! Very well made, nice weight and perfectly smooth with a beautiful honey color.

Bought these as Christmas presents and have no idea what the recipients think of them because it’s Christmas Eve today and they’ll open them tomorrow.What I can honestly say from here is that the size and quality and ergonomics feel right and I plan on ordering one for myself.If you’re one to drink tomato soup or chili straight out or a cup then these are for you!The horizontal handle is great for campfire coffee as well as it gives a more serious purchase on the body of the cup than a standard teacup ear with a small hole in it.You won’t go pinkie up with these.My lone gripe is that it won’t quite hold 12 ounces, so a standard soda or beer won’t quite squeeze into these.But that’s trivial.These are an awesome piece of kit for outdoor adventures or for Sunday more inf coffee with a good book.Just be sure to get some mineral oil and treat these as you should treat any other wooden kitchen implement you may own.

I bought this as a gift and while the cup is really nicely made, the handle feels way too short to use as a coffee cup. In order to get a good grip on the cup you have to grip the bottom of the cup and not the handle. I bought the larger one because the smaller ones said they only hold about 6 ounces of coffee. If I had to order again, I would purchase the cup with finger holes. However the person I bought it for said they like it and have already used it.

So far, so good.The cup itself is well made but a little on the rough side. No chips or cracks. It looks like oak but is a foreign fine grained hardwood. About what I expected for the price. Decent quality but not really finished. Mine holds about 7 drinkable ounces. 8 ounces filled to the brim.First thing I did was remove the cheap hard leather thong. I may replace it if needed, with a soft leather thong. The finger holes were really rough inside and with sharp edges. I used a knife to chamfer the sharp edges. Then I used 320 sandpaper and smoothed the inside of the holes, the inside of the cup and just a little on the outside to break all the sharp edges.Then I used the oven method to seal with oil. bring your oven to 175 degrees, Warm up the cup for 3 minutes, wipe the cup with a heavy coat of Food grade mineral oil. then put back in the oven for 3 minutes again. Then take a paper towel and wipe off as much oil as possible. The rest of the oil will soak in as the cup cools. Retreat every few months as needed. The mineral oil is what id used on cutting boards and will not go rancid like the vegetable oils can.You get a beautiful wooden cup that will last a lifetime if you take care of it.

Nice little hand carved spoon

It arrived as expected. It seems very sturdy. No issues so far.

I own both sizes of cups, and they're quite nice overall. They certainly have a rustic appeal to them, but the big issue is one of capacity. The 12 oz model can barely hold 8.5 ounces of room temp water without risking spillage, while the 8 oz cup is good for about 6.7 ounces. But if you fill these cups to those levels, be prepared to spill some of that liquid on yourself.I don't think the capacity is the problem, but rather the claim that the larger is a "12 ounce" model. Its actual capacity falls well below those claims, at (less than) 8.5 (usable) ounces it's only 71% of what it should be. The 8 ounce model isn't quite as egregious an offender. so (less than) 6.71 (usable) ounces means 84% of its claimed capacity, so not terrible.The descriptions at the top are also messed up at the Time of this writing. The 8 ounce claim of "700 milliliters" of capacity would equal about 24 ounces (obviously wrong). Its listed dimensions are close enough. Its listed weight of ".34" pounds is reasonably close for a "hand made" product (mine came in at 6.4 ounces, or ".4 pounds". The 12 ounce cup claims a weight of 2 ounces, which it most definitely is not. Mine weighs 8.67 ounces. And of course its claimed capacity of 12 ounces is a complete exaggeration. If I promised 12 but could only deliver 8.5, I wouldn't be able to keep my job.So that's it. Putting aside the fact that there are "knockoff" cups that look exactly the same but for about half the cost here on Amazon itself, these cups are still worth keeping as long as you get them with a clear understanding of the actual capacity. It begs the question though, are these cups so popular that a lot of companies are making knockoff cups for half the price, or instead are these cups being resold with a significant markup?** UPDATESo I bought a "knockoff" version of the 8 ounce cup at half the cost. The packaging was IDENTICAL to the Uberleben 8 ounce cup. The only different was that the generic cup did not come with any branding (No large "Uberleben" tag, no brand on the bottom of the cup). Having said that, my Uberleben 12 ounce cup developed a crack on the wood with very little use, and contacting them they did not hesitate to send out a replacement. So basically the premium you are paying for the name is that they will fully support the item despite the product's origins.