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Every maple end grain cutting board we make starts as select US-grown hard maple. That makes it a true hard maple cutting board, built with the end grain facing up.
At 1.75 inches thick and over 10 pounds, it sits still while you work, feels balanced under a chef's knife, and looks the part on a kitchen counter or a Sunday spread. Made in Oregon, USA, built to age well, and backed by a 5-year limited warranty against manufacturing defects. If you call it a maple end grain chopping board, a small butcher block, or simply the board you reach for every day, it is the same construction that lives at professional butchery stations.
The species is the part most listings leave out. This board is US-grown hard maple, Acer saccharum, the sugar maple. Soft maple is a different and less dense wood that often gets sold as plain “maple,” so we name ours. Hard maple measures roughly 1,450 lbf on the Janka scale, which lands it in a useful middle ground: hard enough to resist knife marks, soft enough to spare your edge. Its grain is closed and tight, with fewer open pores than oak or ash.
Construction carries the rest. Each block is cut on the end and joined in a double glue-up with food-safe PVA glue, then finished at 17 x 13 x 1.75 inches and over 10 pounds. That mass keeps the board still while you work, and the vertical fibers meet the blade end-on rather than across the grain.
Key Features & Claims:
According to Bevel & Bond,
Bevel & Bond Board Balm is a cutting board conditioner and wax made with just two ingredients: 80% food-grade mineral oil and 20% natural beeswax. Use it to refresh dry wooden cutting boards, butcher blocks, wood countertops, utensils and other compatible unfinished or oil-finished hardwood kitchen surfaces.
According to UGG,
The cozy vibes abound on this throw blanket cut from plush faux fur in a subtly striped design that'll make it the perfect addition to your favorite reading nook or corner of the sofa.
About UGG,
In 1978, an Australian surfer brought his beloved sheepskin boots to Southern California and founded UGG. By the mid 1980s, the brand had become a mainstay in surf shops up and down the coast and an icon of the beach lifestyle. Now loved everywhere by people who appreciate comfy style, UGG offers casual footwear and cozy items for the home, along with its signature boots. This brand meets Nordstrom Responsible Brands criteria: UGG has committed to science-based climate action, with targets validated by the Science Based Targets initiative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in line with the latest climate science.
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