End Grain Checkered Cutting Board - Walnut & Maple Size:9" x 12" (1.25" Thick) built by hand in small

built by hand in small batches right here in Calgary

The slight lip around the edge helps contain condensation

A note on the wood: this is solid wood

so you'll see natural variation in colour and grain from board to board — that's part of what makes it real wood

End Grain Checkered Cutting Board - Walnut & Maple Size:9" x 12" (1.25" Thick) built by hand in smallEvery board starts the same way: solid walnut and hard maple, glued up in a classic checkerboard pattern, built by hand in small batches right here in Calgary, Alberta. End grain is the reason I build boards this way. Instead of a blade dragging across the wood fibers, it slips down between them so the wood flexes around each cut and closes back up over time. That's what keeps the board easy on your knives and looking good, cut after cut. Mine has