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If you want the most knife friendly everyday board, a well finished maple chopping board is slightly gentler on knife edges than bamboo, but high quality Moso bamboo boards like the Deer & Oak Large Bamboo Board typically keep a home cook's knives sharp for 20 to 30 percent longer than cheap bamboo or glass boards and last 5 to 10 years with basic care. Bamboo vs maple: which chopping board is kinder to your knives? Knife friendliness comes down to hardness, grain structure and how much the surface grabs the blade. On the Janka hardness scale, maple usually sits...