On 18/05/2017 11:23, Andy Burns wrote:
fred wrote:

I think it unlikley it is genuine butcher block.

Yeah, butcher block would generally be end grain running vertical, it'll
likely be finger-jointed oak staves, but ikea et al describe that as
"butcher block", or at least the people buying it do ...


Most of them will never have seen a real butcher block.

It has to be end grain or it will just have loads of bits coming off
every time you use a cleaver or even just a big knife.

When I had a school time job working in a butchers it was cleaned using
a metal scraper that looked like a scrubbing brush and then washed and
scrubbed. This is why they are always uneven as it removes a bit every day.

They are also about 150mm thick and weigh a ton.

I expect they are bloody expensive too.