Join us in France south of Lyon, where we produce our cutting boards in French oak wood - at a family-run workshop with more than 100 years of experience. This is your guarantee for an oak cutting board of the highest quality.
Come behind the production:
How Our Oak Wood Cutting Boards Are Produced
1. A Piece of the French Oak Forest
The large oak trees come from the Jura region in France. Here you find some of the best oak trees, which have tight growth rings and a finer structure. Because the trees grow slowly, better strength is achieved and fewer knots. French oak also has a high content of tannic acid, which gives antibacterial properties.
2. Drying and Quality Assurance
When the wood is cut at the sawmill, the planks must lie and dry. After that, the wood is quality-checked, with knots inspected and the wood's structure examined.
A good piece of wood that is dry and has the right structure is the prerequisite for creating a stable board that can last for many years.
3. Individual Wood Pieces Are Selected and Matched
The large planks are cut into smaller pieces, which must now be matched. It is important to mark each piece so that the wood's structure fits together. Both for aesthetic reasons, but especially for the board's strength and stability.
4. Gluing
When three to five pieces of wood are matched and marked so the growth ring structure fits together, they are glued and left to dry.
5. The Cutting Board Takes Shape
Now the cutting board takes its final form. The three to five glued wood pieces are milled so the shape and size become perfectly accurate.
6. The Board Is Sanded and Edges Are Rounded
The cutting board has taken shape, but the edges must be sanded so they appear rounded and are pleasant to hold. This is done manually while the cutting boards are inspected again to ensure the highest quality.
7. First Oiling
After sanding, the boards are oiled with vegetable oils. This unique oil treatment ensures that the wood is protected and prevents drying out. The boards are allowed to absorb as much oil as they can.
8. An Extra Step for an Extraordinary Finish
When wood cutting boards are exposed to water, you will almost always see the growth rings in the wood rise and create a rough surface. Nothing is really wrong with that - you can easily make the surface smooth with a sanding sponge and rub in food oil or wood oil for the purpose. See our guide to care and cleaning here →
We include a sanding sponge with all our cutting boards for maintaining the surface. But to give you an even better finish, we have added an extra step in the production.
All cutting boards are briefly dipped in water to provoke the raising of the wood's fibres. After that, the board is dried, sanded, polished, and oiled a second time, after which it is given good time to absorb the oil.
10. Packaging and Shipping to Denmark
When the cutting boards are finished, they are packed in grease-resistant paper and placed in a beautiful cotton bag. A small sanding sponge is included in each bag so you can keep your cutting board in good condition. Read how here →
And now the board is sent to Denmark, from where we pack and send it on to you.
A unique cutting board that goes through a long series of steps based on more than 100 years of French craftsmanship tradition and expertise.
All to give you a beautiful, strong, and naturally antibacterial cutting board that you can enjoy for the rest of your life if you take care of it.
See our guide to what you should do when you receive the board - and how to take care of it here →
