Mark Lewis Accessories
The knife block of all knife blocks and the chopping board of all chopping boards are the first part of an initiative by Mark to introduce a range of accessories using solid hard wood, stone and other complimentary materials such as leather, stainless steel and brass. They are currently made in British work shops to the highest quality and guaranteed for life. This as one would expect of any premier product possessing the virtues of integrity, excellence and ingenuity of design
The range includes hanging shelves, bed trays, small tables and stools chairs, ironing board, boxes, racks and benches to list few.
The knife blocks available in two sizes, large, 240mm wide or standard, 148mm wide, will stand like intimate contemporary architectural forms on what is most likely to be granite, stone or stainless steel service of a kitchen. Unlike the numerous utilitarian options available to the householder the Lewis knife block is able to accommodate a full and diverse selection of knives in addition to sharpening steel.
The chopping boards too will likely lay on the ever fashionable but unforgiving contemporary kitchen worktops. The bars on which the boards stand serve three functions. To support the solid wood slabs of 28mm staves above the surface allowing air to circulate evenly under the board preventing it from warping, to secure the board in its position on the work surface on which it sits and to act as a buffer giving the user a sound, safe and sense of solid substance on which to work. The parallel grooves in addition to holding the rubber foot bar in place also serve as a gutter in which chopping residue gets scraped and then scooped down in to a hand bin. The board is reversible so to even the wear. It is maintained by scraping the surface with the edge of a ham knife blade in the same way a cabinetmaker scrapes the surface of wood. It is held slightly flexed and perpendicular to the board. This technique is simple and thorough, needed once or twice a year after which one spreads vegetable oil over the wood with the same knife.