Dear JW34, Thanks for posting this super helpful video! What would we do without youtube?!

Probably have already broken every rule for the care of new butcherblock so don't ask me to vouch for any of that... but I'd like to add the suggestion that while you have greasy hands and that rag in the hand and you're standing right there at the countertop, use the oil on your dishwasher-bleached wood handled knives. I did that yesterday and my beloved old Chicago Cutlery looks like it's twenty years younger.

Yahooo, yippeee, hooray!!! Thanks for posting this. It answers so many questions I've had about oak countertops. One of the links even shows how to make the runnels I've been wanting. Thank you!! : ) I'm off to clip this post so I don't lose it. And my Chicago cutlery needs this too, Florantha, thanks for the tip. : )

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laughable, I did my knives last night and today they look like they belong to someone else--not at all dowdy and the rivets stand out smartly now.

thanks for posting this... the tip about oiling the sides first is really helpful.

and oiling the handles of the knives is a great tip, too.

This is so helpful! Thank you for sharing :)