Dedicated to producing the highest quality butcher blocks and cutting boards anywhere, The BoardSMITH uses only the highest quality, select grade hardwoods available.

 

We recommend BoardSMITH boards/blocks over all others because of the maker's dedication to providing the best cutting surface to be found for fine Japanese kitchen cutlery. Through the use of hand selected hardwoods and special glue bonding these boards are designed and built with the idea of not only product longevity but in edge holding as well. In comparison most mass marketed name brand cutting boards/butcher blocks are either resin impregnated, edge grain, bamboo (grass loaded with resin binders), or if actually end grain they're just small pieces of scrap wood sections bound together with lots of resins which we believe all lead to increased wear on knives. Through this increased wear, and even edge failure (edge chipping), knife edges go dull quicker which then means that they need sharpening  which then removes metal from the knife which equates to lost knife life. These other boards are made for mass marketing where the idea is to either make it cheap to sell many or make it built to last by making it too tough. Striking a balance between product strength/stability/longevity/value and knife edge "kindness" is a lofty goal for a boardmaker indeed but one that we believe the BoardSMITH has achieved. The maker David Smith is a Japanese knife user himself so he truly understands the issues at hand. This is why we state that BoardSMITH boards/blocks are the best boards made for Japanese knife use in the kitchen.

 

Rubber feet included to supply rock steady footing and stability. Item pictured is the exact item for sale.

 

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