Why we build this way
What touches your food matters.
Plastic boards get scored with every cut, and those scratches can end up as tiny flecks in whatever you're chopping. Hardwood holds up, and end grain even closes back around light knife marks. A good board can be sanded and oiled for decades.
No plastic, no laminate
Every piece is solid hardwood. No plastic core, no veneer, and no coating that can chip off into food.
A finish you can cook on
We finish with a food-safe oil and wax. No lacquer, no varnish, and nothing that needs a warning label.
Nothing goes to waste
Offcuts from the big boards come back as coasters, trivets and page holders instead of going in the bin.
Cutting boards
Edge-grain, end-grain and slab boards, sized for daily prep or a whole holiday roast.
Knife holders
Magnetic slabs and freestanding blocks that keep blades off the counter and out of the drawer.
Book holders
Stands for the counter and thumb-ring page holders for reading with one hand.
On the bench this month
The walnut brick board
Walnut end grain laid in a running bond, with a thin line of maple between every block. End grain is easier on a knife edge than a flat-sawn board, and it hides wear better too.
Walnut and maple, end grain
Made to order in three sizes
Food-safe oil and wax finish
Custom commissions
Have something specific in mind?
We build boards, sets and holders to your measurements. Tell us how you cook and where it needs to fit, and we'll send a sketch and a price before we cut anything.
Tell us what you need
Size, wood, engraving, and the date you need it by.
Get a sketch and a price
Asking costs nothing, and there's no pressure to go ahead.
We build it
Cut, glued, sanded and finished in our shop by the two of us.
