It’s just a cutting board, right? Well sort of, but also not really. We do things a little differently around here. Stay a while and read up on what makes them so special.
They’re not just a cutting board. Engraved, they’re arguably too pretty to chop up whatever people are eating these days. The good news is that they become a center piece for serving. You can also flip it over and get some cutting use out of the back side, or order one without engraving.
We offer our cutting boards in quality hardwoods. A good hardwood comes from a good lumber yard, or as I refer to them: the candy store. I remember spending many a day when I was younger in one or another lumber yard with my old man.
These days I head to Charleston and visit my favorite candy store and stock up on all the eight-quarter lumber I need to create these beauties. Eight-quarter just means two-inch thick, rough lumber. Usually, this lumber is flat sawn meaning the growth rings are parallel-ish to the face of the board.
I cut and reglue this lumber to create squares of as much quarter sawn and rift sawn lumber we can. This means the end grain runs up and down, please refer to exhibit A (picture to the left). Not only does this bring out some added beauty but it also goes a long way toward helping keep the cutting boards flat.
But back to this eight-quarter lumber thing. I despise thin cutting boards. they often times seem flimsy, and they’re usually warped. This is one reason why I make these cutting boards 1.5 inches thick. Now don’t get me wrong, there’s no guarantee with wood. Sometimes you can do everything right and the wood just warps; it happens. But in my experience thick wood just holds up better. There’s a little method to my cutting board madness here. Not only does it just feel right, a strong, hefty cutting board, but being an inch and a half thick helps keep them flat. That along with the grain orientation I mentioned earlier makes them more dimensionally stable than other products.
That’s the dorky technical stuff there. Above all that, they’re just downright good looking. As good looking as they are functional. We offer three wood species. In two sizes: medium and large. The medium size is 9×12 inches and the large size is 10.5×15 inches.
Sapele
The Sapele are the most expensive of the bunch but also the most stunning also. The medium size sells for $90 and the large for $100.
Maple
The Maple cutting boards on the other hand are the most affordable of the three with the medium size selling for $70 and the large size for $80.
Cherry
Cherry is one of my favorite species of wood because of it’s perfect combination of beauty and strength. The medium sells for $80 and the large for $90.
Packaging
This is how the products are shipped. Our packaging is unparalleled and will impress even the most discerning person. They make a wonderful gift. Why pay for gift wrapping when these are all packaged like gifts?
Custom engraving is offered on all cutting boards for a flat fee of $15. We offer a certain amount of stock images for your choosing. You’ve seen three of them on these cutting boards and more are being created every week. You can put any of these images on any species or size cutting board. Please contact me if you have a specific engraving in mind and we will do our best to accomodate. Unfortunately, we can’t just put any old image on them for you, nobody wants to mess with copyright infringement! All images provided are licensed for use.
Now you know just why these cutting boards are so special. So next time you see a cutting board take a look and you will see the difference. And when you’re ready for a serious piece of kitchen hardware get in touch so we can start to make your kitchen a bit more Regal.
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