Kleppin's Wooden Kitchen makes Heirloom Cutting Boards
End Grain Butcher Block Cutting Boards made one at a time, with love and attention to detail - Bob is a master craftsman and these works of art, while beautiful, are fully functional and built to last!
"Life is too short to cut on ugly boards! Your kitchen (and cook!) deserves a pretty one."

Meet Bob, the Board Master.
The Seven Things You Need To Know About Cutting Boards
1) Only Hardwoods are fit for the knife
2) Grain matters!

Notice the unique end grain of the wood!
3) More pieces = longer lasting (and better looking!) product
4) The seams should barely be seen
5) Dye is for clothing, and we don't want stains, either!
6) Just Say NO to a film finish
7) Ask about the finish used
Another Design I like
The woods in this board are: Katalox, Jatoba, Purple Heart, and Maple. The Jatoba is on the outside, dark colored wood with texture. The Purple heart is the wood that appears purple. The inside very dark squares are Katalox, it's almost black. The light colors are Hard Maple, and the long stripes are bamboo.
Bob Gets Letters:
Hi Bob
I received my board yesterday. I want you to know that I am beyond pleased with the craftsmanship of my board. My family and I are in awe at how beautiful it is. It is so much more than a useful kitchen tool-it is a piece of art to be treasured for many, many years! I can't thank you enough for what you put into each and every piece and I can't wait to show it off to more family and friends.
Take care and thank you again,
~K.S.~ (California)
WOOD U respond to my poll, please? Thanks for playing!
Bob's Boards are available on Etsy
Bob is glad to quote special projects
Ten Woods provide a wide variety of colors
~ by Bob Kleppin ~
The woods that I use are:
Bamboo - A traditional hardwood, (really a grass), used in cutting boards. Adds an Oriental texture to the boards.
Cherry - A north-eastern US and Canada wood with a fine texture. Becomes darker and richer with age.
Hard Maple - This wood come from North Eastern US and Canada. Known for its durability and strength. Mainstay of most cutting board manufacturers. White to honey in color.
Hickory - A very strong wood with a tight grain. Found all over the US. Trees live to be 350 years old. Grain patterns are very bold and add character to any item made with it.
Jatoba - A crop wood from central and tropical South America. It is also known as Brazilian Cherry. Very distinct tight grain which adds a unique texture to end grain work.
Katalox - An extremely hard dense wood ranging from Purple to Brown to White in the same board. This very attractive coloring patterns creates character to my cutting boards. Found in Central and Southern America.
Monterillo - Also known as Brazilian Rose Wood. Comes from Central America, Panama, Ecuador, and Venezuela. This is a crop wood with very distinct black stripes in a dark rich brown wood.
Purple Heart - A very hard wood from Mexico and Tropical South America. It is, as its name suggests, purple in color and brings a special colorization to any board.
Fishtail Oak - The only one of the oak family whose grain is tight enough to be used in cutting boards. Brings a distinct "fish tail" pattern when used as a side trim board.
Walnut - A dark Chocolate wood mellowing to a light brown within the same board. Medium hard but very well suited for end grain cutting boards. Come from Eastern US and Canada.
My boards are glued together with Titebond III adhesive. This adhesive is approved by the FDA and Department of Agriculture as being compatible for general food contact. In addition this product carries a NSF food safe rating.
In addition, all of my boards come with four rubber feet to provide a skid free contact on your counter for cutting safety.
Functional ART!

Award Winning Craftmanship and Design!
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Bob shares his experience on Squidoo!
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How to make GOOD Texas style BBQ
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This lens used to be about my cutting boards. Didn't make sense to have two lenses with the same information. So, since this lens is called smokedbbqmeat (my pseudonym in another life) maybe I ought to make this lens into a BBQ lens. I spent six yea...
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Got a Cutting Board?
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The answer to these questions, and more are below. I started with a brief history and evolution of cutting boards (did you know that they were a prehistoric item?), introduce the three types of cutting boards (face grain, edge grain & end grain aka a...
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Expressions wrote...
Superfantastic craftsmanship! I just bought a bamboo cut board 2 weeks ago here in Winnipeg. 5 star @ lens roll. Thank you for seeing my error on my lens.
lollyj wrote...
What a wonderful, beautiful lens featuring these outstanding works of art!!
5 and fave.
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Lens Awards & Update Notes

Lens Of The Day - September 28, 2008
September 28, 2008, this lens was Lens of the Day.I am still amazed and delighted by this.
Thank you to all who helped make this happen.
Visit the LOTD Blog to see more LOTD winners: Squidoo Lens of the Day
Fresh Squid Award
Thank you all who voted!Every three months new Fresh Squids graduate.
I encourage you to visit and encourage the current Fresh Squids.
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Update June 2009
Wooden Kitchen Historical Archive Lens Created
As this history portion of the lens has grown too large for comfort, I've moved it all (except for the 2 awards above) to this new lens.-
Kleppin's Wooden Kitchen 2007-2008
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There comes a time when adding information to a lens begins to dilute the value of the lens, making it difficult to navigate, slow to load, and frankly, just a little boring. Still, it's nice to have an electronic footprint to look at that shows wher...
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