End Grain Checkered Cutting Board - Walnut & Maple Size:9" x 12" (1.25" Thick) End grain is the reason

End grain is the reason I build boards this way

and our beloved maple leaves – precision-engraved into premium maple wood

built by hand in small batches right here in Calgary

Solid walnut and hard maple

End Grain Checkered Cutting Board - Walnut & Maple Size:9" x 12" (1.25" Thick) End grain is the reasonEvery 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