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Did You Know?

Wooden cutting boards have been used for millennia. The antiseptic properties and the ability of wood to dry out its surface make them less favorable to the proliferation of bacteria than plastic cutting boards. However, they do require some maintenance on your part. Cleaning them quickly after use and oiling or waxing them frequently will guarantee you a board in good condition for many years. Wood is an organic material that expands with changes in humidity and heat. This is why, it is necessary to avoid leaving liquid on the board and to wipe it rigorously. Otherwise, the glue joints will fail. Always store boards on their sides or on their feet so that air circulates equally on all sides. Otherwise, the board will bend and risk breaking due to one side expanding faster than the other.

Maxime Lafleur

The craftsman behind Izzy Conception

A full-time firefighter for the city of Montreal and a graduate in cooking, I am passionate about food, quality kitchen items and manual work. I started woodworking with my dad to make an aquarium cabinet in my early twenties. I then had requests for custom items and furniture and that's how the passion was born. Planning and creating unique items is my specialty. 

 

I created the company Izzy Conception in order to offer the best possible service and the highest quality products that will serve you for a long time.

 

Thank you for your trust in bringing your unique ideas and projects to concretization!

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Care Instructions

  • Hand wash with mild dish soap and warm water

  • Wipe off completely and let it dry on its side or on its feet

  • Apply Izzy Conception Wood Wax or mineral oil to all sides monthly or when the board appears dry

 

  • NEVER put in the dishwasher

  • Never let the board soak in water

  • Do not leave liquid on the board for an extended period of time

  • Do not let hot meat sit on the board

  • Avoid strong or concentrated soaps

Janka Scale

For the manufacture of cutting boards, the range of wood species is vast. Species with low resistance on the Janka scale are softer on the blades, but show wear marks more quickly. Conversely, a wood with a high resistance on the scale wears less quickly to the detriment of the thin blades of the knives which will have to be sharpened more frequently.

 

Woods between 800 and 1600 are perfect for cutting boards.

''The Janka hardness test determines the resistance of wood to denting; it measures the force required to drive an 11.284 mm (0.444 inch) steel ball into the wood, up to half its diameter. This method, which leaves an imprint in the tested wood, was developed by an Austrian dendrologist, Gabriel Janka (1864-1932), at the very beginning of the 20th century. The original samples on which he made his tests are kept in the xylotheque of the Museum of Forest Research in Vienna.

 

-WIKIPEDIA (Text)

-Goodfellow inc. (Picture)

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Special Thanks

I take a moment to say a special thank you to my sister Magalie Lafleur. She is the photographer behind most of the photos on this site, at least the most beautiful​. She was also the one who showed me how to build my website. Designer by training and photographer by passion, I strongly invite you to visit his website and trust him for your family or company photos! www.magalielafleur.com

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A second special thanks to my father who showed me from a young age how to use hand tools during the renovations he was doing on the house. He opened the door to the skills I have now.

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Without forgetting my wife who encourages and supports me in my project and guide me through all the financial aspect of the thing. Thank you for your patience and for enduring the wood dust in the workshop! Thanks to you and my friend Francis for encouraging me to start the business.

Finally, thanks to Izzy, this magnificent husky for having inspired the company logo!

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