Large Cutting Board - 12"x16"

One of my favorite things about my products is that they are intended to be used. I made a couple of these cutting boards for a friend for Christmas presents last year, and she tells me that the people she gave them to are afraid to use them because they just LOOK SO NICE! So SAD! Use them, folks. So long as you cut along the grain, and oil them occasionally, they can keep looking nice for a long, long time. And they're more sanitary than plastic, not requiring high-temperature sanitization. Bacteria is sucked down into the wood where it starves, rather than festering in the grooves that inevitably form in plastic boards.

At 12 inches by 16 inches, this size is perfect for heavy use on large for-the-family sized meals. Order from domestics (walnut, maple, cherry, mahogany), or add some exotics (purpleheart, yellowheart, bloodwood) in for some stunning color. Add a hand-burned name like in the example shown, or a drip groove around the edge on one side, or a handle on one end - just let me know if you want a combination not shown on the drop-down. The image shown is the exotics option with a woodburned name.

Options

Domestic Woods $50.00 Domestic Woods with Burning $75.00 Domestic Woods with Groove or Handle $65.00 Exotic Woods $60.00 Exotic Woods with Woodburning $85.00 Exotic Woods with Groove or Handle $75.00 Exotic, with handle, drip groove, and burning $105.00

Name to have burned:

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Turned Wood Laser Pointer

Laser Pointers - good for tormenting dogs and children, and with the excuse that you need it for work...These turned wood laser pointers though - they're something unique and classy. I'm sorry to say that they're not cheap though. The minimum I can offer them for, because of the unique tools I need to make them, and the cost of the parts, is $65.00. BUT if you're looking for a unique gift for the man or woman who has it all, this can do it. The pointers shown are from bloodwood, ebony, and olive. Or you can choose any of the other woods shown on my web page if they're available. I can also create inlaid or laminated custom designs but that will cost extra.

Wood Choices

Bloodwood Ebony Olive Other (specify in text field)

Other wood or instructions:

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Bloodwood LDS Consecrated Oil Vial

All my LDS Consecrated Oil Keyring Vials are made from gold or chrome-plated parts. A unique, handmade, a perfect gift for any Elder, whether dad for Fathers Day, brother for Mission Farewell, or a son for his ordination to the priesthood. Inside is a glass vial that can just as easily hold perfume or essential oils.

Bloodwood is actually a name for several types of reddish wood. This is the Brosimum Rubescens botanical name, and is hard and tough, with no smell at all, unless it's smoking hot, in which case it smells like coconut and sweet incense. Shavings are a striking bright red color, and it finishes nicely. Hard and strong, it's supposed to age to a deep brown color, but the finish will slow that down.
Price: $25.00

Shape

Straight Hourglass Convex (round) Bead and Cove Other

Finish

Chrome Gold

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Bar Board - Wood Cutting Board with Tomato Recess

These "Bar Board" cutting boards are the same size as the popular "Pampered Chef" brand bar board, 6"x8". They make the perfect gift for the cook in your life - sized for convenience of use and storage, they're perfect for every-day small cutting jobs, but unlike plastic cutting boards, these are solid hardwood, with the safety and elegance that comes with that. Research has shown that plastic cutting boards, though easily cleaned when new, become harbors for bacteria once they develop scarring, while wood cutting boards draw the bacteria inside where it dies, and stay safe for years, despite grooves and scarring.

In addition to being preferable from a safety standpoint, these cutting boards are just plain awesome. Choose from domestic or exotic woods for a single-piece board (yellowheart and purpleheart are shown here) or from a hodge-podge of contrasting colors laminated to give a striking look like those boards above.

Care is simple - hand-wash with warm soapy water and rinse. Oil with mineral oil monthly. Cut in the direction of the wood grain. Sand away stains if they develop. Follow these instructions and you'll have a beautiful cutting board for years. Everyone always wants to give a gift that "keeps on giving" - with one of these, that is really true.

Choice of Wood

Domestic Hardwood $20.00 Exotic Hardwood $25.00 Laminated Contrasting Hardwoods $30.00

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Gift Set: Jumbo Chess Queen and Matching Bloodwood Pen

One of the things I enjoy the most about the business aspect of my woodwork is getting to see tidbits into the lives of my customers. You can't help but get to know them just a little bit, when they order personalized, unique gifts. This set of a jumbo chess queen and a matching pen is one of those cases. My customer volunteers for a school's chess club, and ordered this as a Christmas present for his best friend who he taught to play chess. His queen, he calls her. And she's an artist and a writer. I thought it was a great idea and feel priveleged to have had a hand in the experience.

The pen is an Artisan Beaded Slimline Pen, with 10K gold finish, hand-turned from bloodwood and finished with Mylands Friction Polish. The queen is also from bloodwood, and is 5-1/2" high with a black felt base, also finished with the shellac-based polish. I think it's safe to say that as a gift, my customer is giving something totally unique this year. As a set, the total came to $67.50.