Steel Butcher Blocks

ABOUT An antique cheese slicer with sharp steel metal cleaver, wooden handle and nickel mounts and scales. A nickel lever and another nickel scale turn the wheel in precise incremen...

Butcher blocks have been used in Europe for centuries, and as the name implies, they were traditionally found in butcher shops. A beautiful example is our butcher block table by Usines X. Aubert, which would have been found in a Dijon...

19th century French bread board, hand-carved with staple repair and steel patches. Beautiful patina from decades of use.

From France a Butcher’s Sausage Hanger This is a rare piece to get hold of, it started its life in the 1950s, it is made in Steel and is designed in such a w...

Antique or possibly vintage butcher block that would make for an interesting small kitchen island. What makes this butcher block so unique, is the...

This large double butcher block was hand-crafted in the late 1800’s, by the Xavier Aubert Factory in Dijon, France. A metal plate is affixed to the front façade of the butcher block that reads “Usines X. Aubert materiel & fournitures Dijon”. It has been recently restored and waxed, bringing it back to it’s original color and consistency, all while retaining its character as a heavily used French kitchen work table. Shaped from decades of use in a French boucherie, the top of the block is comprised of three sections of parquetry arranged in an offset checkerboard pattern. A thick frieze, which has also been shaped from repeated use, has polished steel brackets on the corners. The brackets have been stamped “Trussant et Cie” (founded late 19th century), which specializes in materials for supplies in the food trades, such as caterers and butchers. Beneath the frieze are two drawers with round metal pulls. The bottom edge of each drawer has been hand-carved with a scalloped motif. The corners of the frieze have rectangular joints adorned with raised lozenges in the center. There are two more joints in the center of the frieze (one in the front and one in the back) that are embellished with a protruding diamond. Each of these six joints have tapering baluster legs with fluting extending beneath. The dimensions and the weight of the butcher block make this a great item to use in a kitchen. One section of the top has two 16 ¾ inch long cutouts that were once used to hold the butcher’s knives and saws. You could use these slots to hold a linen drapery...

“Pièce de resistance” best explains just how good this Antique French Butcher Block really is. There many antique French Butcher Blocks floating around the market-place, however, you would have to look far and wide to find an antique French Butcher Block of this magnitude. Our Old Plank restoration department spent over 360-man hours of labor carefully and painstakingly completely disassembling the entire Antique Butcher Block, without disturbing the 100-year-old patina. From the original cast iron Steer Heads, to the Cutting Block...

A fine large English two tiered butcher's chopping block or table, featuring a large, rectangular sloping block or slab of iron-bound wood set upon a bottom tier four-legged support ...

A fantastic mid-20th century American industrial table with a thick maple butcher block top set on steel legs with two galvanized steel shelves. This...

Vintage French boulangerie baguette cutter, circa 1950s. This traditional, guillotine style baguette slicer made from wood and steel is from a local Fr...

A two-tiered butcher's chopping block or table from England, featuring a large, rectangular sloping block or slab of iron-bound wood set upon a bottom tier four-legged, paneled suppo...

A fine butcher table, made in Nantes, France, circa 1920. The table’s top boasts exceptional patination. A groove has been left from decades of knife work and butchery. The top is bo...