Thursday, July 19, 2012

Souvenir #5- Olive Wood Cutting Board


"Our best souvenir was our "Large Olive Wood" cutting board that seemed to weigh a 100 lbs and filled up our suitcase when we returned.  I'm sure the baggage handlers loved moving it around the air terminals!!!"
Alan M., NC

Olive wood is obtained from a tree grown in Mediterranean countries, including the Provence area in France where is it very popular. It has a diverse variety of natural color and tonal depth, due to the annual structure. It is also resistant to decay and receptive to a number of surfacing treatments, which makes it the perfect wood for cutting and chopping boards. But because of the wood's high density, those boards are very heavy indeed!

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