Cutting Board

nice grain

-- Tim, Missouri ....Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what the heck happened

Nice board

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

Good looking board. I’m not familiar with that kind of wood.

-- Ken, "Everyday above ground is a good day!"

Nice looking board and I especially like the end grain patterns.

-- -Gerry, Hereford, AZ ” A really good woodworker knows how the hide his / her mistakes.”

How neat! An osage orange cutting board. I may have to try that myself… I bet it is sturdy!!

-- Lis - Michigan - http://www.missmooseart.com - https://www.etsy.com/people/lisbokt

learn something new everyday..osage is bowdark..it looks terrific as endgrain..great job

-- We call the destruction of replaceable human made items vandalism, while the destruction of irreplaceable natural resources is called development.

ken90712 you might know this as Osage Orange. It is native to this area (TX, OK, AK). I call it Osage Orange when I want to impress someone. I didn’t know that it was call Osage Orange till a couple of years ago.

The grain does stand out on this wood and it is sturdy.

Thanks for the comments everyone.

bet it was hard on the planer, beautiful board!

-- Ned - 2B1ASK1 http://nedswoodshop.blogspot.com

We get a lot of OO here in Queensland… never seen it used for a cutting board before … crazy grain patterns..
Definitely different..
I do like it…
Larry

-- Drink twice... and don't bother to cut... @ larrysworkshop.wordpress.com For lovers of all things timber...

Very neat. It’s a cacophony of end grain….

I like this board, it just seems that making it entirely of osage orange would be hard on your knives if it was for everyday use with a Janka hardness of 2040.

I like the randomness of the grain and color variation here though.

What did you finish it with?

-- Jonathan, Denver, CO "Constructive criticism is welcome and valued as it gives me new perspectives and helps me to advance as a woodworker."

I really like the look of this cutting board. I wish this wood grew here.

Erwin, Jacksonville, FL

-- Erwin, Jacksonville, FL

I love the tight contrast between the different grain layers. Really nice effect.

-- Every neighborhood has an eccentric neighbor. I wondered for years "who was ours?" Then I realized it was me.

I grew up calling that a ‘horse-apple’ tree. Another spelling is ‘Bois D’arc’ and pronounced bo-dark.
Wikipedia has a pretty interesting history on it.

By the way, very nice board

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gorgeous cutting board, I’ll have to try and get some of that wood up here in Canada.

-- Rob, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario