Beautiful custom bloodwood and walnut inlay cutting board

Nice board! Where did you manage to find blood wood to reclaim? Also what method did you use to do the inlay?

I found it lying in the back of our shop waiting to be used, I only found a small amount so I figured I would make something small yet beautiful. For the inlay I made a jig layed out in the same pattern 2 3/8” (for my router) bigger than the shape I wanted to make and routed the edges and cut the rest out freehand. then cut out the walnut diamond and glued and clamped it for a tight fit.

Ok, I thought maybe you had stumbled upon some super special pallets or shipping crates. I do like your design and have been thinking of incorporating inlay in to some of my own cutting boards.Thanks for the tips.

Beautiful board! I don’t recall ever having seen bloodwood with that kind of color. Could it possibly be padauk? Very nicely done!

-- Paul, Auburn, WA