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African Rosewood Cutting Board :: Beautiful pink grain one solid piece 3/4 inch thick . Hard as rock to cut but smells so sweet. I have rounded over the top side on my palm router, and routered a all round finger board under side. Sanded to a 0000 grade steel wool and finished off with a Anti bacterial Butchers Block oil.
Size is 15 inch X 12 inch X 3/4 inch thick. I cut this on my Scroll saw with a reverse tooth No 5 Blade.
I have no planner so I sanded it down with my detail sander, sand paper then steel wool.
This is very expensive timber here in the UK , Think I paid around £10 GBP / $15 USD per Foot in 9 foot lengths .
And this is my last piece. Amazing timber but wont be on the top of my list to purchase on my next trip to the mill. Hope you find it of some interest and thanks for stopping by to check out my work.
Good Luck Regards Bazza…........ West London UK.

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nice design…love the finish.
 

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Great looking board Bazz…love that wood
 

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Gorgeous grain on that, Bazz! Really like the finger relief. Thanks for sharing.
 

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Nice looking cutting board with nice grain.
I'd love to get me some of that wood. Beautiful!!!
 

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Love the CB. The smell of cut Rosewood is hard to beat.
 

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You raised very well the wood texture with shape that you chose.Looks great.
 

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Wow! That's pretty!

$15/bf sounds reasonable for that stuff.
 

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Very pretty. I love the wood grain. You said it would not be your first choice in wood. Is that because of the cost or how it worked?
 

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Very pretty. I love the wood grain. You said it would not be your first choice in wood. Is that because of the cost or how it worked?

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Hi Scrollingmom… Good question ! Cost yes - To expensive but also so hard it dulls your cutting tools. Its beautiful timber and deserves the hands of a master woodworker, rather than me hacking away with hobby tools.
Its wonderful in this cutting board but for my smaller carved trinkets its tricky and time consuming to get it to look good .I bought this off a south African timber trader and he has the most wonderful furniture made from this rosewood , I felt compelled to give it a shot.
 
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