Boards for Serving

People ask if our boards are meant for serving or cutting. We say they’re for whatever you want -- they ARE made of hardwood!

I know it’s hard to believe, but if you use one of our wooden knives on a wooden board, no marks will occur. However, if you cut with a metal knife on ANY wood, there will be scars. Use our easy-care methods to keep your wooden pieces lustrous and lovely!

Some folks cut on one side with a wooden knife to preserve the fun designs, and on the other with metal.

And SOME people just want to hang their boards up on the wall! So for them, we can drill a small hole in the back at the balance point so the board will hang evenly.

For those who want flying pigs to fly, turtles to swim or wine bottles to tip, we’ll place the holes accordingly! Just leave us a note on the check out page.

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SHAPES

MUSIC

CRITTERS

SHAPES

The Artist Palette

Small 10.75" x 8.25"
Large 13" x 10"

This board has jumped to first place for the artistic crowd. It holds a lot and fits easily, painter-style, on the arm for walking and serving. We save our special nuggets of wood for the “paint dabs” which go all the way through the board—for use by left- or right-handed painters!

Pair with a paintbrush knife for fun serving!

$85 - $125

$5

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Cherry Leaf

We love how cherry gets even richer and deeper-toned as it ages.

18" x 7"

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$75 - $85

$5

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Double Heart

$125

Tom carves the boards—with the hearts flowing into each other (or, by special request side-by-side, or entangled, or with an imaginary arm around the other). Meb carves the matching or contrasting knives. That’s why this makes a dandy wedding present—from one happy couple to another!

Ask about custom wood-burned names and date for a truly special gift. Or Meb's deep, double-heart bowls, same idea, on this special theme.

16" x 10"

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Toast

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Small 5.5" x 6"
Large 6.5" x 7"

With or without crust, in a variety of flavors from pumpernickel (Black Walnut), Bird's-eye Maple (special order) for whole grain or whole wheat (Cherry).

Our most popular hostess gift—looks great with a small cheese knife attached. As with all Small Boards, I keep one in the kitchen for chopping small things—garlic, lemons, onions. And another on the sideboard for serving cheese.

$28 - $35

$5

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Wine Bottle

One of our neighbors, an arborist and wine connoisseur, always gives our pieces as Christmas presents. In 2009, he asked for a wine bottle shape, then helped Tom design it! Cherry is good for the reds, Maple for the whites and Birds-Eye (special order only) for champagne.

16" x 6"

$65

$5

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MUSIC

I started by making a violin board, but soon gave in to requests for guitars and mandolins. Now we have the makings of a bluegrass band and a string quartet and, except for the piano of course, the neck works well as a handle for serving at parties.

"If a child hears fine music from the day of his birth and learns to play it himself, he develops sensitivity, discipline and endurance. He gets a beautiful heart. --"Shin'ichi Suzuki

Bass

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Those familiar sloped shoulders hold folk or classical cheeses with aplomb.

When I joined my first folk music band, I was entranced with the deep "bottom" sound of the stand-up bass.

Now, these bass cheese boards grace the homes of twin players for two of New York City's well-known orchestras. As well as appearing in the gift shop of the Metropolitan Opera.

20" x 7"

$110, $115

$5

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Cello

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My mother was a cellist, and classical music was the backdrop of my childhood.
Thanks Mom, for the music in my life!

20" x 7"

Tom restoring Mom's cello--a real challenge in our dusty workshop.

$110, $115

$5

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Classical Guitar

Whenever I feel our workshop is just too small, I remember a guitarist friend from our cruising days who built classical guitars and violins on board his family's petite, round-the-world sailboat!

19" x 8"

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$95, $100

$5

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Electric Guitar

The ever-popular Fender Stratocaster. Guaranteed better sound than any other air guitar!! This piece looks fabulous in any wood and especially super with a stained edge. We love to make these from truly outrageous woods as a custom order.

20" x 8"

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$125, $130

$5

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Violin

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At 5 years old in the early 1950's, I was among the first Suzuki-trained violinists in the US. My teacher trained under Suzuki in Japan, then searched locally (Cape Cod) for students. She and my mom became friends and traded lessons with their daughters.

Eventually, the two mothers developed a music program incorporating over 300 students annually in their stringed music lessons.

12" x 7"

$95-100

$5

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Piano

These work best in Black Walnut (or Cherry as a custom order). The keys can only be made from the tightest, most uniform Curly Maple.

Tom painstakingly "sets" the keyboard into the piano. Especially good as pictured--in a set with a laminated knife.

14.5" X 10.75"

$125

$5

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CRITTERS

When we first started to homestead, we looked forward to outbuildings full of chickens, ducks, goats, bees and puppies. For the time being, though--with a busy show schedule, a new workshop to build, plus grandchildren to play with--we must settle for these wooden friends.

All of our Critters have a contrasting-wood eye on one side only—some folks can’t bear to cut with that eye staring up at them!

Bunny

14" x 8"

So sweet, except when they’re enjoying my gardens.

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$70, $75

$5

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Flying Pig

Small Flying Pig 10" x 7"
Medium Flying Pig 14" x 10"
*Large Flying Pig 19" x 12"

$5

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$110 - $155

Small Flying Pig 10" x 7" $110

Medium Flying Pig 14" x 10" $130

Large Flying Pig 19" x 12" $155

*NOTE:
Large Flying Pigs can have up to a 3 week turnaround.

Mouse

Small 10" x 8"
Large 12" x 9.5"

Mouse
This is the only way I like to see a mouse. Many folks requested a bigger surface area to hold even more cheese, so naturally we made a larger mouse.

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$45 - $60

$5

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Piggy

$5

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Tom’s daughter, Heidi, asked for a pig board like her husband had made in high school shop class. She secretly traced it for me, then I added the very time-consuming, carved, curly tail, eye and floppy ear.

Thus Piggie became Meb’s Kitchenwares’ First Board. Customers have told me, “Every Kitchen needs a Pig for Luck”, so we now make the pigs in three sizes.

NOTE: For the Most Daring we offer an EXTRA LARGE PIG! He is 20.5" by 12". Because of the size, this is a custom order piece.

$90 - $130

Small Piggy 10" x 6"

Medium Piggy 14" x 7"

Large Piggy 17" x 9.5"

Turtle

Small 11" x 8"
Large 13" x 9"

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The shell is a fun way to show off beautiful wood grain, so here, too, we make two sizes. And the stained edge really pops out the design. Custom wood-burning designs on the edge of this board really bring it to life!

Top officials of the National Tortoise Society own our Turtle boards!

$90 - $275

$5

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