ABOUT THE BOARDS I pride myself on making a quality product that is not just made in the USA but even the components of which are made here. Both the cherry and walnut I use are grown in western Pennsylvania. The glue I use is an FDA approved food safe water resistant glue and it is manufactured in Columbus, Ohio. The mineral oil is from Texas, and the beeswax is from New York and Missouri. I myself make every board by hand in Gowanus of Brooklyn, NY. I then compost all of my refuse at Compost For Brooklyn in Kensington, a neighborhood away from my shop. I do everything but cut down the tree. The lumber comes to me rough cut and I mill each board myself. This way, I can ensure that every glue joint is entirely flat which helps reduce the chances of separation. The boards are so flat, that when they come off the jointer, there is a little suction between the bottom of the board and the top of the jointer's table because there is literally no air between the two surfaces. After surfacing, comes a couple rounds of gluing. I assemble the boards in a brickwork pattern for added stability and strength; most boards use 1”x1” unstaggered squares to compose a board, which is an inherently a weaker joint. This technique also reduces the number of glue lines compared to most boards. This is important mostly because the glue dries harder than the wood, which in turn means it is harder on your knife. I spend hours sanding the boards flat to a fine grit of sandpaper on my downdraft table, including the modest bevel which I do by hand. Next, I brand the boards with the “Brooklyn Butcher Blocks” logo. They then spend an hour submerged in mineral oil and dry. Finally, I buff in some Bees' Buffer as a final finish for added resistance to water.http://compostforbrooklyn.org/shapeimage_2_link_0

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