Hi!
I am sorry if this is not the correct place to post this, but I found no other place that seemed fitting.
I have just ordered my first japanese style knife and wish to get hold of a new cutting board to avoid ruining the edge.
I have read up on this and have found that end grain is the way to go.
Sadly, in Norway there are very few options available. Most are plastic or non-end grain wood. The ones made of end grain is acacia etc.
However, I have found a couple of places abroad:
1
http://www.bordpladefabrikken.dk/shop/lille-huggeblok-amrk-10150p.html
Size: 395x395x60mm
Available choices of wood: either beech or american walnut
Rubber feet: Doesn't look like it (guess I can do that myself)
Other: ground out around the edges to gather meat juices etc
Price: 695DKK (equivalent to about 100$)
Comments: Decent size. Not sure about the ground-out "moat" around the edge; I remember trying that some years past and it ended up being annoying with foodstuffs clogging there. Also, the actual cutting space is reduced a fair bit. I'd rather get a straight surfaced board. (Guess I excluded this board myself right off the bat )
2
http://mtmwood.com/en/mtmwood.php?product_id=961
Size: 460x360x40mm
Available choices of wood: this one is like a chess board made of both walnut and maple
Other: has rubber feet.
Price: 162$
Comments: From Russia. Bit scepctical to russian sites, but as I understand they are a trusted vendor here I guess it's ok. 40mm thickness seems practical. The pattern gives quite a bit of a contrast and might not be what I would design myself, but it looks pretty decent all the same. The other boards they have uses different types of wood which I'm not too fond of, so this one is pretty much the only one I am looking at. Quite big, but not extreme. Also, in Soviet Russia, cutting board cuts you
3
http://shop.bordercraft.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&path=59&product_id=50
Size: 400x400x50mm
Available choices of wood: either walnut, cherry or maple
Other: looks like no rubber feet, guess I can do it myself though.
Price: £80 (equivalent to about 118$)
Comments: 50mm is pretty thick, but this seems pretty standard when it comes to end grain boards. Decent size. Probably looks better to me than the mtmwood one mentioned above. When being able to choose, the boardsmith (which I might have ordered from if they weren't located in the US) says that cherry is the type which is easiest on the knife edge (even though that was black cherry; I do not know if the bordercraft.co.uk-vendor uses black cherry or some other sub-par cherry). Anyone with any experience from this vendor who can vouch for them or something? Pretty decent size.
Questions:
What do you think? What is the safest / best purchase here?
I guess this one is a question decided by personal preference, but what is the "best" wood: maple, walnut, cherry, beech or birch?
Perhaps there are other places selling quality boards in Scandinavia / Europe that you know of?
PS: Others have talked about some boards which are not made of wood nor plastic but some other materials. Not too sure about those though; I sort of have my mind set on a proper wooden cutting board which looks nice.
Thanks on front!
Andreas
I am sorry if this is not the correct place to post this, but I found no other place that seemed fitting.
I have just ordered my first japanese style knife and wish to get hold of a new cutting board to avoid ruining the edge.
I have read up on this and have found that end grain is the way to go.
Sadly, in Norway there are very few options available. Most are plastic or non-end grain wood. The ones made of end grain is acacia etc.
However, I have found a couple of places abroad:
1
http://www.bordpladefabrikken.dk/shop/lille-huggeblok-amrk-10150p.html
Size: 395x395x60mm
Available choices of wood: either beech or american walnut
Rubber feet: Doesn't look like it (guess I can do that myself)
Other: ground out around the edges to gather meat juices etc
Price: 695DKK (equivalent to about 100$)
Comments: Decent size. Not sure about the ground-out "moat" around the edge; I remember trying that some years past and it ended up being annoying with foodstuffs clogging there. Also, the actual cutting space is reduced a fair bit. I'd rather get a straight surfaced board. (Guess I excluded this board myself right off the bat )
2
http://mtmwood.com/en/mtmwood.php?product_id=961
Size: 460x360x40mm
Available choices of wood: this one is like a chess board made of both walnut and maple
Other: has rubber feet.
Price: 162$
Comments: From Russia. Bit scepctical to russian sites, but as I understand they are a trusted vendor here I guess it's ok. 40mm thickness seems practical. The pattern gives quite a bit of a contrast and might not be what I would design myself, but it looks pretty decent all the same. The other boards they have uses different types of wood which I'm not too fond of, so this one is pretty much the only one I am looking at. Quite big, but not extreme. Also, in Soviet Russia, cutting board cuts you
3
http://shop.bordercraft.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&path=59&product_id=50
Size: 400x400x50mm
Available choices of wood: either walnut, cherry or maple
Other: looks like no rubber feet, guess I can do it myself though.
Price: £80 (equivalent to about 118$)
Comments: 50mm is pretty thick, but this seems pretty standard when it comes to end grain boards. Decent size. Probably looks better to me than the mtmwood one mentioned above. When being able to choose, the boardsmith (which I might have ordered from if they weren't located in the US) says that cherry is the type which is easiest on the knife edge (even though that was black cherry; I do not know if the bordercraft.co.uk-vendor uses black cherry or some other sub-par cherry). Anyone with any experience from this vendor who can vouch for them or something? Pretty decent size.
Questions:
What do you think? What is the safest / best purchase here?
I guess this one is a question decided by personal preference, but what is the "best" wood: maple, walnut, cherry, beech or birch?
Perhaps there are other places selling quality boards in Scandinavia / Europe that you know of?
PS: Others have talked about some boards which are not made of wood nor plastic but some other materials. Not too sure about those though; I sort of have my mind set on a proper wooden cutting board which looks nice.
Thanks on front!
Andreas