141 Walnut/Maple Edge Grain Stripe 18 x 11 1/2 x 1 1/2 limited-edition but they will not affect

but they will not affect the integrity of the board

Edge Grain (sometimes called Face Grain) boards are less expensive because they take less wood and less labor

Even though this board is completely structurally sound

but there's a slightly bigger one on the bottom that led us to give this one a discount

Those checks exist at a microscopic level throughout most hard wood

141 Walnut/Maple Edge Grain Stripe 18 x 11 1/2 x 1 1/2 limited-edition but they will not affectWe save our extra strips that aren't needed to make our premium cutting boards. Sometimes we glue these up to make what we call "Frankenboards". Basically taking spare parts and creating something new. But in this case we took the spare parts and made this pretty striped board. We don't do mixed woods very often, but we always love how they turn out. We rarely make Edge Grain Boards with our left over strips, but they are just as pretty as our End