The classic Oak ‘Butcher’s Block’ style is one of our most popular worktops, and when you consider the cost and the photographs it’s easy to see why. Made from furniture grade North American White Oak and carefully constructed in our mill in Ohio, each worktop is made from finger jointed staves which are random width between 55 and 85 mm - That's about 2 1/6 and 3 1/3 inches in old money. The result; a beautiful work surface with a depth and character hard to match. The first and most important thing to consider about any worktop is the stave width, as this immediately illustrates the quality of lumber the manufacturer started with. The narrower the stave the lower grade of lumber, with 40 mm being the lowest. 40 mm staves have become an industry standard for low grade finger jointed worktops as the process only demands the poorest lumber. Since the wastage in so high with such narrow staves, it would be uneconomical to even consider third grade.

We are often asked if the oak lumber in these worktop is furniture grade, and the answer is absolutely. To realise this, one just has to look at the colour and grain structure.

When we make an Oak worktop, we match the staves so the result is a beautiful yet highly functional work surface. All of these photographs bear testament to that.