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Ray's Olive Cutting Board

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Ray's Olive Cutting Board

Ray's Olive Cutting Board

€54,95
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Cut and carved by Ray Greco · Penwortham, Clare Valley, South Australia

Cut from a single slab, one paddock from where the tree stood

Ray Greco, 67, thirty-two years in olive wood. His grandfather Dante planted the trees in the Clare Valley in 1954. When drought pushed them out in 1994, the contractor piled the trunks for removal. Ray loaded one onto his ute and drove it to the shed. That first board went to his mother in Watervale. It is still the only thing he makes.

2,710 Janka hardness — Tasmanian oak is ~1,250
1 in 5 Blanks rejected before they leave the shed
32 Years at the same bench in Clare Valley
Zero Bearing trees ever cut for it

"The wood sat in the shed for eighteen months before I touched it. You cannot rush olive. Dry it fast and it will tell you about it six months after you have given it away."

Ray Greco · Penwortham, Clare Valley, South Australia
What arrives
I The Cutting Board One slab, no seam. Live edge, carved hand hole, both faces finished.
II Already Oiled Food-grade mineral oil, applied in the shed. Ready to use or to wrap and give.
III Measurement Card The real dimensions and weight of your board. Not a range, not an estimate.
IV Ninety Days Not right? Send it back for a full refund. No explanation needed.
What sets it apart from a supermarket cutting board Six things — and every one is something you can check yourself.
01 One piece, no seam Nearly every wooden board sold in Australia is three or four narrow strips glued flat. Flip this one over. The grain runs front to back, unbroken. There is no join to open and nothing held together with glue.
02 Janka 2,710 Roughly twice as hard as the Tasmanian oak many Australian boards are made from. That density keeps knife marks shallow and the surface hygienic, even after years of daily cooking.
03 Dried over months, not weeks A freshly felled olive trunk holds more than half its weight in water. Ray air-dries his blanks in a Clare Valley shed for months, kiln-finishes them, then rests them again. Rush that and the board checks once it is in your kitchen.
04 South Australia, not a warehouse Cut, dried and packed in Penwortham, Clare Valley. Ships anywhere in Australia with no import duties and no customs delays. You know exactly who made it.
05 Arrives ready to use Handmade boards have a reputation for arriving raw and dusty. Yours is oiled, wiped down and wrapped in the shed before it goes anywhere.
06 A size that actually works Around 40–46 cm long and 2.5 cm thick, roughly 1.1 kg. Enough board for a roast or a spread, heavy enough that it stays put when you chop.

"I throw away one blank in five, and I’ll be straight with you: it is a cutting board. My grandfather planted the trees. I cut the boards from them. Whether it becomes something your family keeps is their decision, not mine."

Ray Greco · at the bench since 1994
Who this is for
The one who hosts Christmas lunch Cheese and charcuterie boards Bread, garlic, herbs, every day Mothers and grandmothers A gift that isn’t another bottle Buy-it-for-life people
90 Ninety days, no questions asked

Use it daily. Take it to a Christmas lunch. Cut on it, serve on it, put it through its paces. If it isn’t right — for any reason, including no reason — send it back for a full refund.

Product details
Size Approx. 40–46 × 20–25 × 2.5 cm, natural outline — varies board to board
Weight Approx. 1.1 kg
Material Solid olive wood (Olea europaea), one piece. No glued strips, no laminate, no veneer, no filler.
Hardness Janka 2,710 lbf — Tasmanian oak (common in Australian boards) is approximately 1,250 lbf
Wood source Clare Valley olive orchards, South Australia — trunk wood from drought clearances and orchard removals. No bearing tree is cut for this.
Drying Air-dried in Clare Valley shed, kiln-dried to approx. 8%, then rested before working
Finish Food-grade mineral oil, satin. No stain, no lacquer, no sealant. Arrives oiled.
Grain Flame, Burl, Honey or Storm — decided by the tree, not selectable
Care Hand wash, dry upright. Never dishwasher, never soaked. Re-oil monthly the first year.
Cut and carved by Ray Greco, Penwortham, Clare Valley, South Australia — at the bench since 1994
Shipping Ships from South Australia. No customs, no import duties within Australia.
Ray Greco Penwortham, Clare Valley, South Australia
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What Ray's customers are saying

Heavier than it looks in the pictures, and I mean that as a compliment. You set it down and it stays exactly where you put it. My old acacia board used to travel four inches every time I chopped an onion, and I was forever pushing it back with my hip. I have used this one nearly every day since July and there is not a mark on it worth mentioning.

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Elaine M. – Springfield, Missouri

Bought this for my daughter-in-law who hosts everything now that I have stopped. It arrived already oiled and in a box, so I did not have to do a thing to it, which is not how the last handmade thing I ordered showed up. She put cheese and grapes on it the same evening. Worth it just for her face when she got the paper off.

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Gary T. – Columbus, Ohio

I hesitated for two days over the measurements because sixteen inches did not sound like much, and I have been burned before by things that looked bigger in the photo. It is bigger than my largest baking sheet and heavier than I pictured — it does not slide when I am cutting, which is half the point. Glad I did not talk myself out of it.

Verified

Monica C. – Portland, Oregon

Ordered this mostly because I was tired of the plastic one and figured a wooden board is a wooden board. It is not. There is a dark streak that runs diagonally across the whole thing and doubles back on itself, and every person who has been in my kitchen since has picked it up. I keep it on the counter now, which I have never done with a cutting board in my life.

Verified

Rosa V. – Billings, Montana

My last board was one of those four-strip sets from a warehouse club, thirty dollars for three. Five months and it came apart right down the middle glue line, and when it did you could see they had filled a crack with putty before it ever left the factory. I flipped this one over before I even washed it. There is nothing on the back but more wood.

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Robert Pruitt, Lancaster, PA

Heavier than it looks in the pictures, and I mean that as a compliment. You set it down and it stays exactly where you put it. My old acacia board used to travel four inches every time I chopped an onion, and I was forever pushing it back with my hip. I have used this one nearly every day since July and there is not a mark on it worth mentioning.

Verified

Elaine M. – Springfield, Missouri

Bought this for my daughter-in-law who hosts everything now that I have stopped. It arrived already oiled and in a box, so I did not have to do a thing to it, which is not how the last handmade thing I ordered showed up. She put cheese and grapes on it the same evening. Worth it just for her face when she got the paper off.

Verified

Gary T. – Columbus, Ohio

I hesitated for two days over the measurements because sixteen inches did not sound like much, and I have been burned before by things that looked bigger in the photo. It is bigger than my largest baking sheet and heavier than I pictured — it does not slide when I am cutting, which is half the point. Glad I did not talk myself out of it.

Verified

Monica C. – Portland, Oregon

Ordered this mostly because I was tired of the plastic one and figured a wooden board is a wooden board. It is not. There is a dark streak that runs diagonally across the whole thing and doubles back on itself, and every person who has been in my kitchen since has picked it up. I keep it on the counter now, which I have never done with a cutting board in my life.

Verified

Rosa V. – Billings, Montana

My last board was one of those four-strip sets from a warehouse club, thirty dollars for three. Five months and it came apart right down the middle glue line, and when it did you could see they had filled a crack with putty before it ever left the factory. I flipped this one over before I even washed it. There is nothing on the back but more wood.

Verified

Robert Pruitt, Lancaster, PA

Heavier than it looks in the pictures, and I mean that as a compliment. You set it down and it stays exactly where you put it. My old acacia board used to travel four inches every time I chopped an onion, and I was forever pushing it back with my hip. I have used this one nearly every day since July and there is not a mark on it worth mentioning.

Verified

Elaine M. – Springfield, Missouri

Bought this for my daughter-in-law who hosts everything now that I have stopped. It arrived already oiled and in a box, so I did not have to do a thing to it, which is not how the last handmade thing I ordered showed up. She put cheese and grapes on it the same evening. Worth it just for her face when she got the paper off.

Verified

Gary T. – Columbus, Ohio

I hesitated for two days over the measurements because sixteen inches did not sound like much, and I have been burned before by things that looked bigger in the photo. It is bigger than my largest baking sheet and heavier than I pictured — it does not slide when I am cutting, which is half the point. Glad I did not talk myself out of it.

Verified

Monica C. – Portland, Oregon

Ordered this mostly because I was tired of the plastic one and figured a wooden board is a wooden board. It is not. There is a dark streak that runs diagonally across the whole thing and doubles back on itself, and every person who has been in my kitchen since has picked it up. I keep it on the counter now, which I have never done with a cutting board in my life.

Verified

Rosa V. – Billings, Montana

My last board was one of those four-strip sets from a warehouse club, thirty dollars for three. Five months and it came apart right down the middle glue line, and when it did you could see they had filled a crack with putty before it ever left the factory. I flipped this one over before I even washed it. There is nothing on the back but more wood.

Verified

Robert Pruitt, Lancaster, PA

Heavier than it looks in the pictures, and I mean that as a compliment. You set it down and it stays exactly where you put it. My old acacia board used to travel four inches every time I chopped an onion, and I was forever pushing it back with my hip. I have used this one nearly every day since July and there is not a mark on it worth mentioning.

Verified

Elaine M. – Springfield, Missouri

Bought this for my daughter-in-law who hosts everything now that I have stopped. It arrived already oiled and in a box, so I did not have to do a thing to it, which is not how the last handmade thing I ordered showed up. She put cheese and grapes on it the same evening. Worth it just for her face when she got the paper off.

Verified

Gary T. – Columbus, Ohio

I hesitated for two days over the measurements because sixteen inches did not sound like much, and I have been burned before by things that looked bigger in the photo. It is bigger than my largest baking sheet and heavier than I pictured — it does not slide when I am cutting, which is half the point. Glad I did not talk myself out of it.

Verified

Monica C. – Portland, Oregon

Ordered this mostly because I was tired of the plastic one and figured a wooden board is a wooden board. It is not. There is a dark streak that runs diagonally across the whole thing and doubles back on itself, and every person who has been in my kitchen since has picked it up. I keep it on the counter now, which I have never done with a cutting board in my life.

Verified

Rosa V. – Billings, Montana

My last board was one of those four-strip sets from a warehouse club, thirty dollars for three. Five months and it came apart right down the middle glue line, and when it did you could see they had filled a crack with putty before it ever left the factory. I flipped this one over before I even washed it. There is nothing on the back but more wood.

Verified

Robert Pruitt, Lancaster, PA

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