Would you buy a handmade Irish hardwood chopping board?

bizzyb

Would you buy a handmade Irish hardwood chopping board,ranging in price from €30-€100?

ElleEm

That's a fairly wide price range for a chopping board.

Personally, it's too expensive for me.

PaulieBoy

I did! Nice bit of wood it was too. They had a decent range of said items for sale in The House of Fraser in the Dundrum Town Centre.

Faith

bizzyb, why exactly do you ask?

bizzyb

Faith wrote: »

bizzyb, why exactly do you ask?

Hi Faith,

I am a wood machinist and i have been unemployed for quiet some time now and i am hoping to start a small craft business making top quality chopping boards and hopefully develop more products like cheese,bread boards, serving platters etc. At least here i am asking the right people!

Swiper the fox

bizzyb wrote: »

Hi Faith,

I am a wood machinist and i have been unemployed for quiet some time now and i am hoping to start a small craft business making top quality chopping boards and hopefully develop more products like cheese,bread boards, serving platters etc. At least here i am asking the right people!

Good luck to you bizzyb, I hope its a success for you. I already have a similar product to what you are offering, I was given it as a gift by the guy who made my kitchen, beautiful piece it is. I would gladly have paid around 50E for it. Lately however I've found myself mostly using the soft bendy plastic ones that come in packs of 6 to prevent cross contamination, I wonder are more people doing the same?

wonderfulname

Bizzyb - there are quite a few people doing this already, I get why - low labour, high resale, it's a great "product", but I don't know if the market has been satisfied.

High quality wooden spoons and spatulas, that's something related I'd pay for, it's pretty much impossible to find them in Ireland, at least I find so, and I can't stand the normal ones.

foodaholic

I love the wooden salad bowls with a big spoon to toss it.
Would also love a really decent cheese board

damagegt

I bought one of these from the states a few years ago .If I could have gotten it here I would have.I was more then happy to pay for something like this.Hope this gives you some ideas.
Here is his web shop.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/1337motif

bizzyb

Thank's for all the feedback guys i really appreciate it.
I know there are are a few doing this already, bunburyboards being one example of a sucess story. In order to be different i intend on making end grain chopping boards,you can create beautiful patterns with this type board, plus your knives dont blunt as quick on an end grain board compared to a straight grain board.

bizzyb

damagegt wrote: »

I bought one of these from the states a few years ago .If I could have gotten it here I would have.Hope this gives you some ideas.
Here is his web shop.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/1337motif

Yes this is a great example of an end grain chopping board!

damagegt

Ya I love my board and would buy another one in the morning if something happened this one.Im currently trying to make an end grain table from all the bits i have laying about.If It turns out half as good as these ill be delighted.Best of luck with yours

Faith

bizzyb wrote: »

Hi Faith,

I am a wood machinist and i have been unemployed for quiet some time now and i am hoping to start a small craft business making top quality chopping boards and hopefully develop more products like cheese,bread boards, serving platters etc. At least here i am asking the right people!

Thanks bizzyb. Market research is generally prohibited on boards.ie. You've gotten a few answers and I hope they're helpful, but I will have to lock the thread now.

Best of luck with it!