About the service
I run a small hardwood shop and make cutting boards to order, built the way a board should be built so it survives daily knife work instead of warping after a month. You choose the species — walnut for a dark rich board, hard maple for a bright classic look, cherry for a warm reddish tone, or a two-tone combo of maple and walnut glued in stripes or a checkerboard pattern. Boards are built end-grain style whenever you want the surface that is easiest on your knives: the wood blocks are cut into small columns and reglued so the blade meets the end fibers rather than the long grain, which self-heals slightly with use and dulls edges far less than a face-grain board. Face-grain and edge-grain boards are available too if you prefer a simpler look or a lower price point.\n\nEvery board goes through a flattening pass on a wide-belt sander, rounded-over edges by hand, and a food-safe finish — mineral oil and a beeswax-carnauba paste wax, no polyurethane, no stains near the cutting surface, so nothing leaches into your food and re-oiling at home is simple. Personalization is where most clients spend their time with me: I can laser-engrave a name, a wedding date, a family monogram, a short quote, or a small logo directly into the wood, or hand-carve initials for a more rustic look. Send a rough sketch or just a phrase and a font preference and I will mock it up before cutting anything. Popular options include a corner handle groove, juice grooves around the perimeter for carving boards, hanging holes with a leather strap, and a matching small cheese board or coaster set for a gift bundle.\n\nTypical sizes run from a compact 8x12 inch bar board to a 15x20 inch chef board, and I will also cut an oversized island-length board if your kitchen needs one. Tell me the occasion — wedding registry, housewarming, corporate gift, restaurant branding — and I will suggest wood and engraving that fits the budget. I photograph the raw slab, the glue-up, and the finished board so you can see the grain before final sanding, and I ship boards wrapped and boxed so corners survive transit. Rush orders are possible for an added fee if you tell me your deadline up front.
