18/08 WE ARE TAKING A SHORT BREAK FROM MADE TO ORDERS. WE WILL BE BACK UP AND RUNNING FROM 14/09. IN THE MEANTIME WE WILL CONTINUE TO SHIP PRE-MADE BOARDS AS NORMAL.
How To Choose An
End Grain Chopping Board
With so many species of wood, styles, ranges and sizes available from Skinner Designs how do you choose an End Grain Chopping Board to suit you? With this guide hopefully! We have listed everything we offer within the following pages so have fun looking and choosing!
We also offer a downloadable PDF guide.
If you want to know why you should choose a Skinner Designs End Grain Chopping Board find out here!
Your Five Choices
When choosing a Skinner Designs End Grain Board there are five choices you will need to make.
Find out all you need to know below.
Wood Species
Refers to the species of wood you would like your chopping board to be made from.
Click each species to see more images.
Styles
Ergonomically speaking our different styles offer different handle and feet options.
Rounded
Rounded Design - No Handles - Rubber Feet
Classic
Ergonomic Design - Recessed Handles - Rubber Feet
Standard
Clean Design - No Handles - Rubber Feet
Japanese
Sleek Design - Four Tapered Sides - No Handles - Rubber Feet
Slimline
Minimalist Design - 30mm Thick - No Handles - Rubber Feet
Double Slotted
Double Sided Design - Two Working Sides - Slotted Handles - No Feet
Double Plain
Double Sided Design Design - Two Working Sides - No Handles - No Feet
Ranges
Our ranges define how a boards surface looks by using either a single species of wood or combining different ones together.
Original
Where it all began; our original range is a firm favourite here at Skinner Designs. It features one species of wood sequentially glued together in a traditional brick pattern using square blocks. You cannot go wrong with this classic design.
Stripy
Quite simply, stripy boards are created by gluing together various species of wood in alternate patterns. These boards can be very eye catching when you pair a dark wood such as walnut with a species much lighter like maple.
Border
A fairly new addition to our range of boards. This style of chopping board is made using a variety of contrasting woods each bordering the previous species of wood creating a unique bordered look. This can work well with two or more wood species.
Modernist
Our Modernist boards are made by gluing multiple species of wood together. The glued panels are then processed a further six times. Each resulting cut randomising the pattern, resulting in
a wonderful modernist chopping board.
Perspective
Forced perspective chopping boards are made by aligning particular shades of timber in clever ways creating a sense of depth or illusion. Many hours go into assembling the correct colours to form the perspective look.
Special
Our newest range, these are one of a kind boards which are individually crafted works of art. You definitely will not want to be cutting on these!
(Art) Deco
Rather than conventional square blocks of wood we use a variety of different length pieces to totally change the look of these boards. We take great care organising the grain direction on these mixed specie boards to give off that art deco look.
Thin
We end up with a lot of off cuts that are generally to small to use. Rather than discarding these pieces we now turn them into thin and generally smaller sized chopping boards at discounted prices.
Inlay
We are currently experimenting with custom inlay chopping boards that we will hopefully be able to offer in the near future.
Sale
Occasionally some defects are found in our finished products. If found on the cutting surface, the boards are listed under our sale range and will have a short description describing the defect and it’s effect on the board.
Sizes
We offer seven sizes ranging from our smallest at 350x215mm to our largest at 650x465mm.
Boards are 40mm thick with the exception of our slimline style which is 30mm.
Chopping boards can also be made to bespoke sizes and thicknesses.
Handmade every step of the way
Due to the handmade nature of our chopping boards the tolerances are +/-20mm of the sizes stated here. We generally increase the length/width of the board if we find that one side is smaller to make sure you are still receiving the same surface area.
Jumbo: 650mm x 465mm
Extra Large: 600mm x 415mm
Large: 500mm x 365mm
Medium: 450mm x 315mm
Small: 400mm x 265mm
Extra Small: 350mm x 215mm
Maintenance
All wooden items with constant contact with food and water need regular maintenance in
order to keep them looking and behaving at their best. For our chopping boards all that
is required is monthly oiling and waxing.
Oil & Wax
Our pharmaceutical grade, food safe, pure mineral oil is applied liberally to the surface
of the board and left to soak in overnight. The oil penetrates deep into the wood pores
making your board become more resilient to liquids.
We also offer a board wax which is a special blend of the same high quality mineral oil
but with the addition of natural filtered beeswax. The wax has a soft butter like
consistency and is easily wiped onto the board and left to soak in overnight.
Our wax greatly improves the woods ability to repel water by filling the wood pours as
well as giving your chopping board its glossy look back. This can also be applied monthly.
Personalisation / Engraving
Personalising one of our beautiful chopping boards makes a perfect gift great for:
Wedding - Anniversary - Birthday - Special Occasion - New Home - Mother/Father’s Day
We offer a full range of custom designs for every occasion which can be engraved onto any side of the chopping boards as well as on the top surface if required. We can engrave both made to order and in stock chopping boards except the Japanese style board sides due to the tapered edges.
FAQ
Here are our most asked questions when it comes to End Grain Chopping Boards.
If we have any further questions please let us know!