Gift ideas from the workshop
Artisan wooden gift, handmade in Alsace
A handmade wooden gift is used every day and lasts for years. Boards, small boards, a chessboard: I make them by hand in my workshop in Dambach-la-Ville, and for my knives, I shape the wooden handle. Every piece is unique.
Four shelves
My handmade wooden gifts, shelf by shelf
Choose the use first: cutting, serving, slipping into a pocket, playing. The pieces placed here are available today; when one sells, another from the same shelf takes its place.
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For cutting
End-grain cutting boards, plain or with a juice groove, for the one who cooks every day.
All cutting boards -
For serving
Boards with handle, tapas boards, drop boards and palette boards: for the morning bread, cheese, aperitif time.
Charcuterie boards -
For the pocket and the kitchen
The Massu folding knife, traditional Alsatian, with or without a corkscrew, and the paring knife: a wooden handle shaped by hand, a blade made in Thiers.
All knives -
For playing, and for care
An end-grain chessboard, sold without the pieces, while it lasts. And the workshop balm, to keep every board beautiful.
See the accessories
Every board can also be fitted with an engraved plaque with your text, fixed to the edge: a €4 option, to tick on the board's product page. All about the personalized cutting board.
Who makes these objects
A gift made in France, in my workshop in Alsace
All my boards are born in Dambach-la-Ville. I choose the wood, I cut it, I assemble strips of several wood species, then I turn them and glue them so that every square of the checkerboard shows the end grain. I sand, I dip the board in a bath of plant oil, and I finish it with balm applied hot: organic plant oils and beeswax.
I am an art craftsman, and renowned chefs work on my boards. Beech, ash, cherry, maple, hornbeam, black walnut: the species change from one piece to the next, none looks like its neighbor. If you are looking for a gift from Alsace, this is where it is made.
A gift that lasts
A wooden gift that lasts, with three steps
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Wash by hand
In lukewarm water, with a little soap. Never in the dishwasher, never soak it.
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Dry upright
On its long side.
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Oil once a month
With a food-grade plant oil or the workshop balm, never a mineral oil.
Frequently asked questions
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Give a handmade wooden gift
Every available piece is online, with its wood species, dimensions and price. Once it is gone, it is gone.
