I'm looking to buy new cutting boards

[beveeheart]

and see a lot of titanium boards. Is anyone using this type? What others would you recommend?

[buzzycrumbhunger]

1. Metal?

How is that good for your knives?

I prefer wood because it’s friendly but often just grab a plastic one (especially for wet things) because it’s easy to sanitize and you don’t really cut grooves in it like wood eventually develops.

[Bluestocking]

4. My wooden cutting board asks how my day is whenever I use it

[beveeheart]

16. Katuchef titanium cutting boards

are advertised as gentle on knives.

[Tetrachloride]

2. Wood for certain antibacterial properties

not plastic

no idea on metal

[beveeheart]

17. I have one that's wood and won't be replacing it.

The plastic ones though have been used for many years and show it.

[flying rabbit]

3. Knives dont really like metal

I like the wood ones.

[WVGal1963]

5. Curious, too!

I’m a foodie and I keep seeing these. YIKES! The thought of metal on metal though…not so sure about THAT! But maybe I just don’t understand them yet.

I have numerous cutting boards in lots of different sizes. And I am picky about scrubbing them and keeping them sanitary and all of that stuff.

It will be fun to learn about the titanium ones, so I’m hopeful any of you who have them will chime in an educate us.

[beveeheart]

18. The thought of metal on metal is what

has me hesitant to try them too.

[BadgerKid]

6. Bamboo

Renewable resource, no microplastics, naturally antibacterial

[Bobstandard]

8. Bamboo boards are a laminate. That means glue.

Nobody talks about the glues that hold bamboo laminate together. I’m skeptical that the ones most commonly used are benign. I have a couple and they’re light and convenient. But I give them the side eye whenever they’re purported to be as good or better than a finely finished wooden slab cutting board.

[beveeheart]

19. I also have a bamboo board, but recently

read something about the glue not being good for you.

[rsdsharp]

7. I would never use metal of any kind as a cutting board.

Cutting boards have three purposes: Protect your counters, provide a stable cutting surface with sufficient surface area for the specific task, and protect the cutting edge. Knives should be sharp, and kept that way. Cutting on metal or glass will rapidly dull knives.

Plastic works, and is easier to clean., but I prefer wood. I’d recommend Boos or J.K. Adams.

[applegrove]

26. Don't reccommend plastic. Tiny bits of plastic end up in your food

and then your body.

[rsdsharp]

28. You do you.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

29. Never plastic. You'll live longer sharpening knives than ingesting microplastic. I use glass and wood. . . nt

[rsdsharp]

30. Again, you do you.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

32. There you have it, the all purpose retort that says nothing but has a severe hidden message. . . . nt

[rsdsharp]

33. You are free to have your own opinion. I am free to have mine,

even if it is different from yours.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

34. Tell me something I don't know. . . . nt

[cayugafalls]

9. a long time ago i was a prep person and the surface was stainless, 304 to be exact.

It is soft enough not to damage knives but cleans beautifully with only minor scratching over time. You see a lot of commercial prep stations in stainless steel.

Titanium seems like it would be to hard...not sure.

[eppur_se_muova]

13. Titanium will depend very much on what alloy. I wouldn't be surprised if it's really titanium-aluminum alloy.

High-titanium alloys can survive atmospheric re-entry, which is not really something you need in a cutting board.

A high-aluminum alloy should be edge-friendlier, but hard to say by how much. Importantly, also much lower-melting, which makes manufacturing routine -- not too much different from aluminum alone.

You recommended stainless steel; titanium, in the right alloy could be comparable. Very acid- and alkali-resistant, including resistance to seawater. Maybe that's the selling point.

[beveeheart]

21. Thank you for this explanation. I know nothing

about alloy composition and loved the info about h-t alloys surviving atmospheric re-entry.

[eppur_se_muova]

35. Well, I believe zirconium is preferable for that, but no one's making cutting boards out of it (yet). nt

[Retrograde]

10. I have an inch-thick wooden one

for daily use -I bought it 50 years ago and haven’t seen one as nice since. I also have a small wooden one I use mostly for fruit and cheese, and a large bamboo one for when both of us are chopping things at the same time. I wash and dry them after use, and every few years when the stars are right lightly sand the large lone and reoil it. I find plastic too slippery and glass is bad for the knives. I’ve never seen a metal cutting board

[ScoutHikerDad]

11. Andrew Ballew

https://www.ballewwood.com/

I have several of his cutting boards, and have gifted others. His work and customer service are impeccable. End-grain wood is the best for cutting boards!

[beveeheart]

22. I haven't heard of this brand.

Beautiful composition of the boards.

[markodochartaigh]

12. I use mahogany.

It's native down here, it literally grows like a weed. Whenever I need to prune a branch off a big tree I slice a couple of rounds for a cutting board. It's the only kind of woodworking that I'm skilled enough to do.

[Diamond_Dog]

14. I have a bamboo one I really like.

[Enter stage left]

15. Bamboo!

You'll be amazed.

[justaprogressive]

20. As a former

chef ( )

1) metal? no/ seriously dulls knives
2) bamboo no - glues in the laminate dull knives
3) HDPE convenient but you need a dishwasher to get into the deep scratches!
4) wood unequivocally yes!

How much do you love your knives??

[beveeheart]

23. Yes, I love my knives! That's why

the curiosity about the titanium boards.

[justaprogressive]

24. I carry around several

pounds of titanium:

2lbs in my knee,

and 3/4 lbs in my neck.

I can recommend it for that purpose.

[beveeheart]

25. LOL

Sorry you have to carry all that around with you, but I'm guessing you're better off with it than not having it.

[justaprogressive]

31. A total knee replacement

and 2 laminectomies, help me walk...

[Progressive dog]

27. wood

End grain maple protects knives. I would not use metal for a cutting board.