Make your own decorative Cutting Board

I have a weakness for the patina of old wood.  

I don’t recall where I got the piece of wood... I'd hung on to it with the idea of making this cutting board.  It had to be old (and not JUST dirty) because it was a full inch thick - unlike the ¾ inch thick 
1 inch boards you find today.  

It had nail holes and stains to die for.  For obvious reasons, I only use this for decoration and not for food prep - I don’t 
really prep much food, anyway.

It was simple (raise your hand if you hate to hear me use that word) to make. I folded a piece of printer paper in half to make a pattern, cutting a little away at the time. Then I opened it up to check until I got the shape I wanted.  

After tracing it onto the wood I used my jig-saw to cut it out, my drill to add a hole in the handle and my sander to smooth it.

  This was slow going due to the thickness of the board but I resisted looking around for a dirty ¾ inch piece… 

All that was left was to rub it down with a little tung oil to bring out all its great flaws.  Charming, huh?  Here are some other ways I've used this old cutting board…

This cutting board has been around the block.  
I mean that in a good way....

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