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The journal.

Notes from the bench — how to choose a board, how to look after one, and the small things that make a piece of wood last for decades. Written by the maker, from the workshop outside Selby.

A handmade end-grain wooden chopping board on a kitchen worktop.

How to look after a wooden chopping board

Most boards don't wear out — they dry out. Here's the five-minute routine that keeps a wooden board going for decades, the handful of things that genuinely ruin one, and how to bring a tired board back to life.