Frequently Asked Questions

We are a business that is based out of Colorado, and whenever possible we used equipment and materials that are made in America. Some notable exceptions to this rule are like our exotic woods that are domestic to South America or Africa.

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Edge grain is typically strips or solid material, while end grain is often visibly seen as a lot of blocks connected together. End grain will not dull knives as fast as edge grain, and will hold up better to heavy use. End grain will also not show cutting marks as much as edge grain.

It is highly recommended to have a different cutting board for meat than for vegetables and fruits to avoid food contamination.

It is also recommended to have a variety of cutting board sizes in order to best match small or large cutting jobs. Of course, a cutting board can also be left on your counter as a conversation piece or visual flair.

Your cutting board should be washed under the sink with warm(not hot) water and mild soap. Because the soap will strip away any remaining cutting board butter, you should reapply board butter after your cutting board is dry. Air drying is the only way your cutting board should be dried. You should never put your cutting board in a dishwasher, oven, microwave, or other source of heat.

You should ensure your cutting board always has a protective layer of board butter on it. Whenever your cutting board is dry, or recently washed and dry, you should apply board butter to your cutting board and allow it at least 30 minutes to absorb into the wood, and then wipe off the excess. Your cutting board should have a semi-glossy appearance when properly treated with board butter and be even in appearance. A little bit of board butter will go a long way, but there is no harm to adding too much as any excess will be wiped off anyways.

After a cutting board has been finished and wood butter applied by us, engraving can no longer be completed. For this reason, please use our Custom Order page in order to order a cutting board with engraving - this will also afford you the ability to pick more options and fine tune your cutting board in other ways.

We recommend against using engraved portions of your cutting board for cutting, simply because it can be difficult to clean food bits out from engraved areas, and difficult to reapply board butter in a visually appealing way to engraved areas. Besides these two reasons, there is nothing wrong with using these engraved areas for cutting.

Yes. Please reach out to us through the Contact Us page for a quote. In order for us to resurface your cutting board, it will require removing some material from the cutting board making it thinner. Options such as engraving will change the cost.

We highly recommend against this, especially on any of our charcuterie boards that employ epoxy. While the epoxy we use is safe for direct food contact, no epoxy is appropriate for cutting. Cutting on epoxy will mar the surface, create highly visible cutting marks, and potentially break off pieces of epoxy. Additionally, cutting on epoxy will dull knives very quickly.

Most of our charcuterie boards are created for commission. If you are interested in a design or wood you see within our charcuterie board category, but would like something with different options, shape, engraving, or other changes, please reach out to us in our Custom Order page.

Very similar to our cutting boards, we recommend the use of board butter whenever your charcuterie board is dry, or has recently been washed and dry. After applying a layer of board butter, you should allow at least 30 minutes for the wood to absorb the butter. Excess board butter should be wiped off before use.

Due to the custom nature of our furniture, our furniture is almost always custom made for specific clients.

Only very limited furniture options, and furniture pieces where a client has decided to not complete the order, are pieces which can be found in our One of A Kind page.

Our furniture is almost always created using hardwood like Walnut. We do not use fiberboards, cheap softwoods like pine, or wood veneer unless specifically requested by a client on a case-by-case basis.

We do not use wood butter on our furniture in most cases. We typically use a hard wax finish such as Rubio Monocoat on our furniture. We may use additional topcoats such as ceramic coating depending on the application and the specific piece or on request from the customer. Rubio Monocoat is a very durable finish. In the event a stain does occur, Rubio Monocoat allows sanding down that specific spot and reapplying to that specific spot only. This is in stark contrast to a stain finish which would require sanding down the entire piece and then reapplying over the entire piece. Please reach out to us if you have any questions with your specific piece and how to maintain it.

Also known as Black Walnut, and American Walnut, this is a domestic hardwood that is at an optimal hardness for cutting boards. It is darker in color typically, with the sapwood lighter in color. Sapwood is not considered a defect in walnut. End grain is often visually vibrant, allowing patterns such as diamonds to be formed for cutting boards.

We use Hard Maple for cutting boards and furniture. Hard Maple is a domestic wood. Like Walnut and Cherry, it sits at an optimal hardness for cutting boards to avoid an overly hard surface that dulls knives faster, while not being soft to a point where it easily dents. Hard maple is light in color, and often people find its surface to be visually appealing.

Cherry is a domestic hardwood. It has a hardness similar to Hard Maple and Black Walnut making it an excellent cutting board choice. Cherry has a light red color to it. Lumbers from trees that produce edible foods are always recommended for cutting boards.

Zebrawood is an exotic hardwood that is native to Africa. It is named for the alternating dark and light vertical bands characteristic to it. It is considered difficult to work with and difficult to finish within fine woodworking, and we typically recommend it flood coated with epoxy to protect the wood while providing excellent color clarity.

Leopardwood is native to Central and South America. It has a spotted pattern, and can be very prone to splintering and fracturing. It is considered very difficult to work with, and we recommend an epoxy flood coat to protect the wood and help color contrast the different parts of wood.

Bocote is a wood that is domestic to Central America. It has an intriguing alternating light dark pattern similar to Zebrawood, but unlike Zebrawood it is often highly figured. Bocote finishes well, but is a very hard wood, so it will dull knives faster than many other hardwoods.

Purpleheart is native to Central and South America. Purpleheart wood when freshly finished is often an eggplant purple color. Over time, and particularly from UV exposure the wood will turn to a grayish purple color. It is recommended to avoid UV exposure in order to retain the purple color as long as possible. Purple heart is a very hard wood that will dull knives faster than other woods.

There are several techniques to turn Purpleheart to its dark purple color after time has passed. Most of these techniques involve the application of heat, such as a heat gun, hair dryer, leaving exposed to the sun, or placing in an oven. We highly recommend against application of heat to our cutting boards, as other woods, and finishes may have a negative result from the application of heat. It is important to note, that in any multi-wood product, or product made from multiple pieces of purpleheart, that the industry standard wood glue we use, will deteriorate rapidly when exposed to high temperatures such as those in an oven.

Anything you'd like! Obviously certain things are harder to accomplish, and we can't beat the laws of physics. But just let us know what you'd like and we can come up with a solution for you.

Our standard method is to charge 50% of an order upon starting production. the remaining 50% will be charged when the piece is complete. Additional charges such as those related to a customer changing the design of the piece after production has already begun will be charged at completion of the piece on a case-by-case scenario.

Discount codes are not applicable to custom furniture orders, but may be accepted on a case by case basis.

We have the expertise, and a fleet of specialized machines to help make your dream of domestic manufacturing come true. We can create most wood products for your company or small business in house on our American made machinery.

Using domestic manufacturing allows you to ensure the quality of your product, as well as being able to support other American businesses such as lumber mills, specialists and suppliers. Additionally, it is very common that your customers may prefer American-made products, and a reason that could tip the scales into another sale for you!

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