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I’d planned to get a round of golf in this morning and left the house about 6:30A. Unfortunately after six holes I had to leave due to lightning, followed by pouring rain that lasted most of the day. Last week I’d planed and cut enough maple and carribean rosewood box side sets for eight boxes. What I had left was some fairly thin long strips. With my new “free” time this morning because of the shortened round of golf, I decided to use those “cutoffs”.
The cutting board here is the result. It’s all end-grain and you can’t see it very well in the pictures, especially in the end grain, but carribean rosewood has some amazing but subtle green and red hues in the grain….even in the end grain.
I finished it with about 20 minutes worth of hand rubbing buther block oil into the wood until it would absorb no more, then wiped it dry.
-- Martin, Kansas
11 comments so far
spoonman
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posted 500 days ago
nice job, thanks for the post.
-- I came, I saw, I pondered...
trifern
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posted 500 days ago
That is some drop dead gorgeous wood grain! It has great movement. Nice scraps. I can’t wait to see the projects that generated these scraps. Thanks for sharing.
-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.
scopemonkey
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posted 500 days ago
I really like the pattern. The rosewood is fantastic. Well done.
-- GSY from N. Idaho
Bradford
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Wow, I like that pattern and choice of woods. What a combination. I zoomed in on the picture and admired the detail and colors too. Nice is too general of a complement. So I’ll pick, “outstandsome” Ok.
-- so much wood, so little time. Bradford.
Douglas Bordner
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posted 500 days ago
This is beautiful, but my attention is whetted by the thought of the boxes to come. Thanks also for the little slice of summer in Topeka in the second pic.
-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.
Dusty56
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posted 500 days ago
wow , this is fantastic !!! I have quite a bit of Honduran Rosewood , but I don’t think it will top the grain figure in your board here . best thing that I’ve seen mixed with Maple in a long time …the finish looks awesome as well….....excellent work : )
-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .
Miket
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posted 500 days ago
That’s a great looking board you’ve made!
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Dick, & Barb Cain
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posted 500 days ago
A beautiful piece of craftsmanship!
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CharlieM1958
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posted 499 days ago
I love rosewood. Great board!
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
a1Jim
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posted 202 days ago
same o same o wonderful
-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon
Beginningwoodworker
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posted 202 days ago
Nice cutting board.
-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker