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We carry authentic butcher chopping blocks big and small.
The "Original Butcher Block" has been used by commercial meat cutters for nearly 100 years and today is also a popular item with home owners. These butcher blocks make impressive kitchen islands. Prior to the use of Wood Wooded Double Dovetailed blocks butchers cut meat on Sycamore rounds. These large sections of the tree trunk had the inherent problem of slitting. This of course created unsanitary conditions. It is for this reason the butcher block we know today is made of smaller strips of laminated maple.
The term Butcher Block has two meanings. The original meaning comes from the blocks Michigan Maple Block and Bally Block manufactured in the late 1800s. These blocks were End Grain construction and were the cutting surface of choice of the commercial meat cutting industry. Every butcher on every corner had a butcher block.
Today the term has also come to mean Edge Grain Construction. Over the years butchers wanted smaller and more portable versions of the solid Maple butcher block End Grain blocks they had used for years. Edge grain cutting boards were developed. These have become very common.
