Exotic Olive Wood of the Mediterranean variety, is dense and durable, with a distinctive red pigment in its wood grain. Colors also range in nuances of cream to dark brown, with irregular gray, brown, and black lines, with no two olive wood grains being alike. The complex and irregular veins give the hand carved olive wood the appearance of fine marble. It is one of the most expensive woods around.

Each wooden piece is hand carved from a single piece of high-grade olive wood, so the rich wood grains remain true. The finished product has been only coated with salad oil and not varnished. Resulting in a slightly matt board soft to the touch and healthy to use as no bits of dried varnish will fall off and get mixed with the food