What Australian wood is good for chopping board?

What Australian wood is good for chopping board?

Australian hardwood timber is extremely durable and has naturally occurring anti-bacterial properties. Its tight grain helps to reduce scoring of the chopping surface and absorption of liquid and is easy to keep hygienically clean.

What is the best timber to use for chopping boards?

Maple — specifically, sugar maple or hard maple — is the most popular choice for cutting boards. Maple is a hard, closed-grain wood. This means that it’s durable, able to resist bacteria, and features just the right amount of hardness.

What is Australian hardwood?

Brush Box is an Australian hardwood. It is a dense, pinkish grey to reddish brown timber with a natural waxiness. Most commonly used for interior flooring, furniture, cladding and fences. Cypress Pine is an Australian softwood, despite its apparent hardness. Jarrah is an Australian hardwood.

Is Merbau good for cutting boards?

Handcrafted in our workshop from Merbau Timber, it’s durable, solid and will last a life time. End grain cutting boards are made on the same premise as the old butcher’s block. When used as a cutting board, they don’t blunt your knives because the blade slides between the fibers rather than cutting across them.

Is oak OK for cutting boards?

For you tree enthusiasts, you may recognize that oak is a hardwood, but is not often used in cutting boards. When these pores are cut through they are visible to the naked eye. Large pores cause the same problem as cuts and scratches – they harbor bacteria and can cause water-logging.

Can oak be used for cutting boards?

For you tree enthusiasts, you may recognize that oak is a hardwood, but is not often used in cutting boards. The reason is that oak, while hard, has very large pores. When these pores are cut through they are visible to the naked eye.

What is the best Australian hardwood?

Who’s On Deck? 5 Hardwoods Suited to the Australian Climate

1. Spotted gum. One of the most commonly used Australian hardwoods, spotted gum, is loved by designers and architects the world over for its beautiful grain structure and attractive markings.
2. Teak.
3. Blackbutt.
4. Grey ironbark.
5. Merbau.

Are your cutting boards made in Australia?

Our handcrafted wooden cutting boards are 100% Australian made. Our Australian Hardwoods are sustainably harvested with a low environmental footprint. Choose from Bluegum, Redgum, Blackbutt, Spotted Gum or Tasmanian Oak. Our cutting boards are high quality, durable and engraved with a professional quality laser.

What kind of wood do you use for cutting boards?

Choose from Bluegum, Redgum, Blackbutt, Spotted Gum or Tasmanian Oak. Our cutting boards are high quality, durable and engraved with a professional quality laser. No design is too simple or too intricate.

What makes our cutting boards so special?

Our cutting boards are high quality, durable and engraved with a professional quality laser. No design is too simple or too intricate. Available in a range of sizes, designs and functionality to suit your needs. Unique personalised corporate gifts. Made from 100% Australian Hardwood.

Why choose Australian hardwood timbers?

Australian hardwood timbers – Ethically sourced, practical and beautiful. Our Australian owned and operated, family business works with Australian Blackbutt, Red Gum, Blue Gum, Spotted Gum and Tasmanian Oak hardwood timbers that have been sourced and harvested to stringent government guidelines and environmental practices.