It's been a few days since I posted. So I just wanted to bring everyone up to speed on my most recent projects. I'm sticking with the cutting boards for right now. I broke down and added a jointer to my repertoire, which has really helped improved the speed and quality of my products. I had some exciting news as well, I sold a cutting board! No big deal :). In all seriousness, that sale enabled me to turn around and invest in some new hardwoods to make larger cutting boards. And by larger I mean at least double the size of the next biggest one I had made up to this point.
The first one I made from Ash and Peruvian Walnut. I kept it pretty simple with this design, slight checkboard or zipper pattern, .25 inch round over on the top, and a couple of finger slots for gripping at the bottom. Simplicity turned out to be a great answer because this cutting board turned out beautiful.
The next one I did featured a little more variety in my wood selection. I used Jatoba, Red Oak, and Poplar. I also went for a little book matched design as well. This one is my largest yet, coming in at 22.25 inches long, 11 inches wide, and 1.5 inches deep. I'll probably cap out at this size because this thing is a beast!!! Unless of course someone wants to custom order a larger one haha. This one was also a pretty simple striped design, which I think turned out well. It's pretty heavy as cutting boards go, that's largely due to the Jatoba, which is a very dense hardwood. Reading up on Jatoba I read that it was hard to glue, so I made sure to focus on covering every edge with my food grade (FDA approved) glue, and I made sure to let it sit for at least 12 hours. The end result turned out really well. I stuck with the .25 inch round over and the finger grooves on the base as well. Sometimes simpler is better! 
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