Slicing Board by Laurelwood Imports

The presence of naturally occurring anti-bacterial properties in Camphor Laurel make it an ideal food preparation surface. These naturally occurring anti-bacterial properties are part of the timber, therefore OUR BOARDS WILL STAY ANTI-BACTERIAL RESISTANT FOR THE LIFE OF THE BOARD, just like the first day you bought it.

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 Mean number of organisms remaining on each cutting surface:

Tests carried out by Alan Waterson B.Sc. (Hons)Dip Ed, Southern Cross University, Lismore NSW Australia. April 2002

It is well known that 'end grain' boards are great for knife care. It is not well known that Camphor Laurel boards are also great for knife care. Camphor Laurel wood grows in a unique way that creates 'length grain' boards with the properties of an 'end grain' boards. Camphor Laurel is considred a hardwood, but is at the softer density of the hardwood scale. These qualities allow our Camphor laurel boards to care for your knives over years of use.

Every Laurelwood cutting board is constructed out of ONE PIECE of Camphor Laurel. The exception to this is our Hardwood Handle Range, yet the 'working surface' of the board is still ONE PIECE of Camphor Laurel. The benefits to our ONE PIECE construction are:

• DURABILITY - there is no risk of our boards falling apart as other boards due to their multi-piece glued together construction
• SAFETY - New research suggests that there is evidence of toxins in the adhesives used to glue those 'other multi-piece' boards together introducing the risk of food contamination

As well as the anti-bacterial benefits of using Camphor Laurel as a food preparation surface is its natural 'camphor' smell. A little like eucalyptus, this natural smell WILL NOT PENETRATE OR CONTAMINATE YOUR FOOD but will help from keeping the board going 'rancid' after years of use. Once the smell diminishes from the board, a light sanding and a coat of grape-seed oil will restore the smell and luster to the board.

Every one of our boards is hand-crafted. Once each piece of Camphor Laurel is air and kiln dried over a 12 month period, it is then accessed to evaluate the best board to 'extract' from that particular piece of timber. This evaluation process is based on the timbers grain flows, grain color, and imperfections. The result is a spectacular cutting board that is truly unique.

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