Fox Run Large Marble Mortar and Pestle

I was so happy to find this set, I'm going to be mixing my own watercolor paints. It takes a nice rounded bottom pestle to perfectly grind pigments, and blend powdered binders. Very happy with the smaller hand sized pestle.I expect to get a lot of use from this set.

Works great for what I use it for

This is a great little mortar and pestle. I use it to grind my saffron threads, and it works perfectly. It also is a cute little addition to have sitting on my counter. It is always close at hand and available for any spices I need to quickly grind while cooking. The weight is perfect and provides a good grip. It is really solid!

Beautiful, heavy duty pedestal very smooth

Out of the box this mortar and pestle is beautiful! But, the inside of the mortar is not useful because it is not finished on the inside! The inside is completely polished and has the rings from where they bored out the bowl. There is absolutely no toothe at all for grinding. This smooth finish with rings caused whatever you put into this device to slip and slide around in the bowl. I attached photos of the two mortar and pestles I purchase on amazon. The Fox Run 8" and the Chef'n marble 5". The second one I purchased, came beautifully finished with great toothe and it has a silicone base to hold it firmly while grinding. It is smaller, so I can't make a large batch of Pesto. However, I did take some sandpaper to the Fox Run 8" Mortar and it did smooth out the ridges inside and took away the polished surface inside and it also added a little toothe. I used 60 grain sandpaper, which is really rough and it still didn't have enough toothe inside the bowl. I am probably going to take it to my local stone countertop store and see if they can rough it up a little more. I love the size and the beauty of the Mortar and Pestle and that is why I am willing to take the extra measures to make it the way I need it to become more useful. By the way, until it is sanded to create toothe, you will probably never be able to grind rice in this unit. It will just swish around in the bowl and pop out and it will also get caught in the ridges. If you have some really rough sandpaper, it doesn't take long to remove the ridges and add some tooth to it and you will be really happy you took the time!

Always wanted a mortar/pestle set and found one I really liked with color to match our kitchen. A nice heavy marble set that really works. The price for a one time purchase was reasonable considering the material is made from marble and is sturdy and weighted enough. I don't foresee any breakage happening from its use as its so easy to use in the hand and serves a functional purpose as a pill crusher and for raw dried spices for cooking. I'm very satisifed with this item.

First of all, it wasn't broken! I could feel it rolling around in the product box and I just thought, "oh, that's the problem." Looks like somebody doesn't read their own reviews about their product. Or they just like re-shipping for damaged items. Well, I got lucky. As for the product, it is better than I ever expected it to be. I was done with all the pill pulverizers that claimed they could grind something into a fine powder. I'm not dextrous enough to use a standard mortar and pestle so this was like a dream come true. It crushed my pills into powder in minutes, and these are some crunchy pills to crush. It left a few small, miniscule chinks upon close examination. The next day I experimented with it and stumbled upon a method that produced clean, consistent, powder. It was so fine you could rub the debris on a baby's behind like baby powder. Because I bought this, I am going to get maybe 4 hours of my life back per week, not having to resort to my self crush and grind technique. It works great, it's a functional decoration, and it gets the job done quickly and easily. The rough interior and pestle surface leave some debris to clear off, but it takes about a minute to clear them off. That's the thing about real powder, it does that quite often. I just can't praise this product enough. Original : 7/26/2012 Edit: 8/20/2012 The more you learn about this thing, the better you get your rhythm and positioning down, the better it gets. Now that I've gotten this thing broken in I'm pulverizing 4 rock hard pills at a time in less than five minutes. The powder is actually getting finer and finer. The presence of chunks is almost null. The process is so relaxing too. You don't have to put your wrist into it, just find your technique and sit back. Every pill crusher should have one. It's also a great decoration.

Great looking great materials. I suggest that you check the size and make sure that's the right size for you to me.It was too small but I kept it because it does look great , haven't used it yet

first one was broke replacement sent very good

Trop mignon!!!! Exactement ce a quoi je m'attendais. Je me cherchais un mortier solide et pratique qui ne prendrais pas trop de place dans mon petit appartement sans rangement. Quand je l'ai reçu j'étais très contente de voir que la grosseur est parfaite (un petit peu plus gros que la grosseur d'une main), tout en étant solide et résistant. Je l'ai utilisé déjà quelque fois et il fonctionne aussi bien qu'un gros! L'effet marbre est réussit, ce qui le rend vraiment mignon sur mon comptoir :)

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Súper recomendable pequeño pero muy útil y muy buen material