I made a thing

[cfc1016]

 

Bit off way more than I knew how to chew with this idea. Made a lot of avoidable mistakes, and it took forever and a day, but I finally finished the first in my latest series of artistic endeavours - single piece, end grain (read: deluxe level of blade-friendliness), hard maple (Acer saccharum) cutting boards. Looking forward to applying the lessons from this [ongoing] project, toward some cigar-related woodworking creations. "Further bulletins as events warrant."

 

Thought there might be a few epicureans/knife snobs here who would dig this.

 

 

 

 

[Frozen North]

Beautiful colours 

[Smatthews607]

Makes my frosted glass cutting board jealous. Great looking work.

[cfc1016]

3 minutes ago, Smatthews607 said:

Makes my frosted glass cutting board jealous. Great looking work.

I've a couple pieces of stock from this series that have yet to be promised to anyone ?

[Smatthews607]

2 hours ago, cfc1016 said:

I've a couple pieces of stock from this series that have yet to be promised to anyone ?

Really? That sounds interesting....

[fungi]

Beautiful!

 

If one were to use a cutting board like that daily, what kind of care/upkeep does it require vs a plastic/ceramic cutting board?

[cfc1016]

38 minutes ago, fungi said:

Beautiful!

 

If one were to use a cutting board like that daily, what kind of care/upkeep does it require vs a plastic/ceramic cutting board?

Hand washing only. Occasional re-sanding and re-oiling. YMMV. Generally speaking, it will likely be much slower to gouge or wear than something like HDPE.

Depends on a slew of factors. If you have a super sharp, very hard, unburred blade, it's going to fray the fiber ends FAR more slowly than would a lighter steel, dull, burred blade. Though this type of board is certainly built to last, the major benefit of it is the decreased wear on a high precision blade. If you're working with German or Japanese, high carbon, low angle steel, this styke of board might work well for you. If your block is stocked with cutcos... not really worth it.