: My wife told me to look at the cutting boards at our local yuppie gift
: shoppe. Guess what I saw there? Beautifil cutting boards for anywhere
: between $30 And $80. Yeah they were gorgeous and you know, Red oak walnut
: and ash were the primary woods used. Go figure eh?
: Cheers, Elliott

That's because they build them to SELL, not to be efficient or safe. You can build anything you want out of anything you want, but that doesn't make it right or safe.

Would you throw your steak on a counter top that had dried blood on it from the day before? That's exactly what you are doing when you use pourous and unsealed wood for a cutting board. As George so aptly puts it, "you can do what you want." See Ya,

Rehd