Cutting Boards & More

02/24/2026

One of the most frequent questions that I get is how to care for an acacia wood cutting. Let's take it step by step.
Step 1: After every use wash the cutting board in warm soapy water. Use a soft sponge or cloth, do not use hard bristle brush.
Never put an acacia wood cutting board in the dish washer.
Step 2: Dry the cutting board with a towel and then sit it in a stand or hang it so that the grains are vertical (this prevents warping) making sure there is air flow on both sides of the board.
Step 3: Every other month when the cutting board is clean and dry rub a light coat of a high grade, food safe mineral oil into the wood (I use Howard Cutting Board Oil)'
Follow these simple steps and your acacia wood cutting board will give many years of good use.

02/22/2026

Back when I was able to do pyrography, I created a lot of wall art. My wife had one of those ugly plastic cutting boards that we always kept hidden behind something. I decided to burn a cutting board that she could use and not have to hide.
The first cutting board was ok but not the best. My search for the best cutting board lead me to acacia wood cutting boards. Then I realized that I could replace all of the ugly plastic utensils in her kitchen with acacia wood utensils that were decorated to match her kitchen decor. Now my goal is to make everyone's kitchen the showplace of their home and rid the world of ugly kitchen utencils.

02/21/2026

02/19/2026

This is what happens when you are tired and running on coffee. I forgot that when working on slate you have to invert your image in order for it to display correctly. So I choose a different image made sure that I inverted it and then forgot to resize it. I did finally get the slate coasters done correctly. You always learn more from yur failures than from your successes.

02/17/2026

Todays forecast --- There is a 100% chance that I am going to make something out of these coasters.

02/16/2026

Raise your hand if you think a wooden cutting is better than the plastic or glass cutting boards.

01/01/2026

Happy New Year!!!

02/11/2023

Jackie and I are set up at the community center in Peck Kansas. If you're in the area stop by and say hello

01/26/2023

Here is the finished coaster set with the holder. Once I have it sealed it will be available at our store on My Community Made
https://mycommunitymade.com/store/haynes-handcrafted-for-you

01/26/2023

Burnt forest/mountain scenes around the outside of the holed

01/26/2023

Images have been burnt onto the coasters