New chopping block

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/47395983

It's a piece of gum tree. Eucalypts are hard as the devil, which is proving to be a little slippery in practice. I chiselled out a grid pattern which is working okay, but it's still slipping much more than my old rotting pine log.

At this point I'm hoping it will get a grip as it ages and silvers and gets beaten on. We'll see.