No. 213, "The Sheridan" | Walnut, Cherry, Maple, Purpleheart and Padauk Cutting Board, 16x13

Walnut, cherry, and maple with purpleheart and padauk pinstripes. 16 by 13 inches, 3/4 inch thick.

This is the second one. The first died on the router sled, and this board is built from what was left of it. Nothing here was stained. The purple is purpleheart, the red-orange is padauk, and both come out of the tree that color.

The stripes will all move over time and none of them in the same direction. Padauk deepens toward brown-red, purpleheart darkens, cherry reddens in the light. In a year this is a different board.

Edge grain. Milled, glued, flattened, shaped and sanded by hand in East Tennessee, then finished with food safe mineral oil and beeswax. Both food safe. Neither one is a snack.

Care

Treat it like cast iron, not like a dish. Hand wash warm, towel dry, stand it on edge to dry the rest of the way. No dishwasher. No soaking. Oil it when it looks thirsty, about once a month.

Details

• Walnut, cherry, hard maple, purpleheart, padauk
• 16" x 13" x 3/4"
• Edge grain construction
• Food safe mineral oil and beeswax finish
• Made by hand in East Tennessee

This one sold. There will not be another like it, because the first attempt is sawdust and so is the spare.