Wood for Cutting Board

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223 days ago

It seems I always work with maple, cherry and walnut for cutting boards. What other woods are good for these? Specifically, I am curious about rosewood and cocobolo? I have read about them both and know I am looking for something hard/dense with closed pores, but since they are exotic woods (I think, right?), I wasn’t sure if there was some reason not to use them?

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ShaneA home \| projects \| blog 3970 posts in 770 days #1 posted 223 days ago	Purpleheart gives some nice color. Zebrawood too.
Rick Dennington home \| projects \| blog 2889 posts in 1366 days #2 posted 223 days ago	If they have them at a hardwood store, or online, exotic or not, they are for sale, and would prolly make a nice board…... -- " Don't ever wrestle a pig in a mudhole....he'll be having more fun than you..!!
pierce85 home \| projects \| blog 519 posts in 734 days #3 posted 223 days ago	The only potential problem with cocobolo, and even rosewood to some extent, is that it’s a bugger to glue up. You would want to clean the glue surfaces with acetone prior to gluing. Polyurethane glues are often used with such oily exotics, not sure about being food safe.
Betsy home \| projects \| blog 2826 posts in 2067 days #4 posted 223 days ago	Purple heart is one my favorites. It does darken over time, but the boards that I have made with it are some of my favorite. -- Like a bad penny, I keep coming back!
Chris Speights home \| projects \| blog 120 posts in 529 days #5 posted 222 days ago	Thank you all for your comments. I had completely forgot about purple heart, and I did happen to have a small board of it. I do think the rosewood could be really nice in a cutting board, assuming you could get it to glue up right, but I stayed safe with purple heart. Thanks again!

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