Olive Wood from Italy

[grpass]

I picked up a 12" by 10" Olive Wood cutting board from Home Goods chain store. $14.99. Got 16. 7/8 x 7/8 x 5 inch blanks out of it.

 

[magpens]

Good find !! . I sometimes get some nice blanks from such unusual sources.

 

[Woodchipper]

Flea markets, Habitat stores, Goodwill, resale store, etc.
Edit- outstanding grain!

 

[ramaroodle]

Holy cow! That's $0.93 a blank. I've got a Home Goods store right next door to my job!

 

[bsshog40]

Pretty cool!

 

[TonyL]

Here is what mine looked like finished. Patriot - Solarez finish; Bolt Action - CA finish (8 coats); Executive - CA finish ( just 2 coats thin - no sanding).
The only thing I regret is not picking a cutting board with grain on both sides. All banks were cross cut.
I also just noticed that I didn't press the top of the BA in all the way LOL.

 

[grpass]

Here is what mine looked like finished. Patriot - Solarez finish; Bolt Action - CA finish (8 coats); Executive - CA finish ( just 2 coats thin - no sanding).
The only thing I regret is not picking a cutting board with grain on both sides. All banks were cross cut.
I also just noticed that I didn't press the top of the BA in all the way LOL.
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They look great. KOA is a great wood...

 

[TonyL]

They look great. KOA is a great wood...

You are welcome. They are Italian Olive Wood. However, KOA is a beautiful too.

 

[grpass]

You are welcome. They are Italian Olive Wood. However, KOA is a beautiful too.

Sorry, I knew that. I just finished a KOA wood pen tonight and that was on my mind. It sucks to get old....

 

[sondich]

I picked up a 12" by 10" Olive Wood cutting board from Home Goods chain store. $14.99. Got 16. 7/8 x 7/8 x 5 inch blanks out of it.View attachment 232846

That's a great find & idea.

Makes you wonder how any product made out of that size of solid olive wood could retail for 14.99 though...

 

[Tim R]

Great find. Here's the olivewood I snagged this morning at my local Home Goods store for $10.

 

[grpass]

Great find. Here's the olivewood I snagged this morning at my local Home Goods store for $10.

Nice, love the pattern..

 

[Timber Ripper]

Here is what mine looked like finished. Patriot - Solarez finish; Bolt Action - CA finish (8 coats); Executive - CA finish ( just 2 coats thin - no sanding).
The only thing I regret is not picking a cutting board with grain on both sides. All banks were cross cut.
I also just noticed that I didn't press the top of the BA in all the way LOL.
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Beautiful! The finish on the patriot is amazing. How do you like working with Solarez? Is it the UV cure polyester resin?

 

[Timber Ripper]

Great find. Here's the olivewood I snagged this morning at my local Home Goods store for $10.

Score!

 

[Timber Ripper]

I picked up a 12" by 10" Olive Wood cutting board from Home Goods chain store. $14.99. Got 16. 7/8 x 7/8 x 5 inch blanks out of it.View attachment 232846

I got to get to home goods. Those are some nice looking blanks!

 

[TonyL]

Beautiful! The finish on the patriot is amazing. How do you like working with Solarez? Is it the UV cure polyester resin?

Thank you. Solarez is less coats but a PITN for me. I just have so much of it, I want to use it up. it is the dual cure poly gloss. i have many of the others products too.

 

[Monty]

I've picked up pieces at Home Goods, T J Max, Marshals and Ross. Some, as is work great for cheese slicers. All I have to do is add the slicing arm.

 

[cmiller]

Got one of grpass's blanks, here's what I made out of it. PSI Classic with CA finish. Sorry for the bad photography.