Limited Founders Edition

The Bedrock

The last cutting board you'll ever buy.

The Bedrock cutting board on the tailgate of a four wheel drive at a bush campsite at golden hour, loaded with sliced capsicum, zucchini, onion and potato
The Bedrock cutting board on the tailgate of a four wheel drive at a bush campsite at golden hour, loaded with sliced capsicum, zucchini, onion and potato
Overhead view of hands slicing vegetables on The Bedrock's 316 stainless steel surface, with capsicum, zucchini and potatoes on the board
Play: turmeric wiped off The Bedrock's steel surface
A stained and scratched white plastic cutting board beside The Bedrock's clean stainless steel surface, with the line: plastic keeps every stain, steel doesn't
A knife blade on The Bedrock's stainless steel surface, with the line: it won't ruin your knives, 3 times softer than the steel in your blade, annealed 316 surgical grade stainless
Drove and Ember grey waffle weave tea towel with an embroidered flame emblem, free with every Bedrock, $25 value
The hand stamped Founders Edition tag held up to camera, numbered 001 of 500
The Bedrock premium gift box in white with gold foil Drove and Ember branding
The Bedrock cutting board on an outdoor timber table showing the acacia frame, leather carry handle and the engraved Drove and Ember wordmark
Close-up of The Bedrock's rounded corner, engraved wordmark, 316 stainless surface and rubber foot

316 marine-grade steel bonded to hand-crafted acacia hardwood. Founders Edition, individually hand stamped metal tag out of 500.

Ember Grain Surface

316 marine-grade stainless, non-porous, won't harbour bacteria or shed microplastic. Specifically engineered to be softer than quality knife steel, minimising edge damage.

DroveCore Base

Hand-crafted acacia hardwood, built for grip, warmth, and years of hard use.

Reinforced Handle

Steel-reinforced vegan leather grip, brass fittings.

Hand-Stamped Edition Tag

Your own steel tag, hand-stamped 001 of 500, screwed into your board.

Dimensions 480 × 320 × 30mm (48 × 32 × 3cm)
$229 $169 AUD early pre-sale · price rises to $229 at launch
Pre-order now and you get:
  • Your pick of Founders number, 1 to 500. It is hand stamped on your board's tag. First order gets the number, and if it is taken we will offer you the nearest free one.
  • Your board ships first. Pre-orders go out ahead of launch, before anyone on the waiting list.
This is a pre-order: $169 now, nothing later. Estimated delivery is early 2027, not a guaranteed date. Your 30 nights start when the board arrives, and you can get a full refund any time before it ships.
30 nights to find out what it does to your knives. That's the real question, so test it instead of taking our word for it. Prep on it every night, take it bush, put your good knife through a fortnight of real dinners, and count how many times you actually have to sharpen. If that's more often than you're happy with, and you miss the maintenance of a wooden cutting surface, send it back within 30 nights of it arriving for a refund of the purchase price, less payment processing fees, with return postage at your cost. Marks on the board are expected, we just need it back in good working order. Full terms.
The cutting surface of a well-used wooden board photographed beside the 316 stainless surface of The Bedrock: the timber holds dark staining and years of knife scoring, the steel is clear
The Question We Get Asked

Will it blunt my knives?

Faster than timber, yes, and we're not going to pretend otherwise. But every board blunts a knife. Wood just does it slowly enough to get away with it, and that is what the sharpener in your drawer has always been for. Glass and ceramic are a different story: they're harder than your blade and chip it outright. 316 stainless is softer than a good knife, so it won't.

What changes is everything else. One board for raw meat and veg, nothing that stains, nothing shedding into your food, and nothing to replace in two years.

It's also quieter than people expect. A bare steel or glass board can ring like a cymbal, but ours is bonded into 30mm of solid acacia, so the timber damps the vibration and you get a soft, wood-toned tap instead.

Your knife is replaceable. You are not.

Read the full breakdown →

Australian Designed
316 Marine-Grade
Limited Founder Edition
Free Shipping AU

$169 secures your place in the Founders 500 and locks in your price before it rises to $229 at launch, for The Bedrock, our launch edition steel cutting board: 316 marine-grade stainless steel bonded to hand-selected acacia hardwood. This is a pre-order paid in full, so there is nothing further to pay. Once your stock ETA is locked in, we will contact you directly to confirm your delivery window before your board ships.

The delivery ETA for the first batch of stock is still to be confirmed. We will let you know as soon as it is locked in.

What You are Reserving

  • The Bedrock cutting board: a 316 marine-grade stainless steel surface bonded to hand-selected acacia hardwood, built to take a blade, a campfire, and years of hard use without flinching
  • Steel-reinforced handle with vegan leather grip, brass fittings
  • Your own individually hand-stamped Founders Edition steel tag, numbered 001 of 500, screwed into your board, a permanent record that you backed a small Australian business launching something genuinely new
  • Free Australia-wide shipping
  • Full Australian Consumer Law guarantees, which are not capped at 12 months
  • Our 30 night guarantee: use it, and if it is not for you, send it back

Founders Edition individually hand-stamped steel tag example, numbered out of 500

How It Works

  1. Pay $169 today, in full, and lock in your price before it rises to $229 at launch
  2. We will keep you updated as your stock ETA firms up
  3. Nothing further to pay. We will confirm your delivery window before it ships
  4. Your cutting board ships, individually numbered and ready for years of hard use

Changed your mind before your board ships? Just reach out and we will refund you in full, minus any payment processing fees, no questions asked. Once it arrives you have still got the 30 nights.

Made for keeps.

Why We Built This

Every board we owned let us down, just in a different way.

It started with a stained wooden board that never came clean. We replaced it with plastic, and within a year that was scarred and sour too, quietly shedding microplastic into every meal we cut on it. Stainless fixed the hygiene outright, but a bare sheet of steel made no sense for camping. So we stopped choosing a side, and built the one we actually wanted.

James

Drove & Ember, Australia

$229 $169 AUD early pre-sale · rises to $229 at launch