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Thank you!
Make sure to upvote flicker's comment, they started it. Saying nice things about my project and asking genuine questions and all. Of course I was going to take the time to answer in what I hope is helpful detail.
Having cooking and baking also among my hobbies, I also hope that someone seeing this post in their All feed learns what end grain cutting boards are, why they want one, and make the investment, hopefully one made by a local craftsman. Using a quality knife on a quality cutting board elevates the experience of making a meal.
It absolutely did work. I have a garbage cutting board I got from some big box store, and it's all knifed to heck and back. I'm a chef and a baker myself, so now that I know there's another, better way, I must get a proper cutting board!
Which is also why I asked about upkeep. I saw that board and thought, okay, but if it gets all those cut marks like the one I've had now for less than a year, what's the point?
Thank you so much!
That older board I linked above? Here's what it looks like after a year of service. They do take scars especially from pizza wheels apparently, but there's no splintering, there's no bits fraying off into the food, and if it's too scarred up I can sand it smooth and keep using it. Compare that to a plastic board where I'm almost afraid to cut chicken on them twice.