Sample: Hard Maple Wide Plank - The traditional favorite for butcher block, Maple is prized for its hardness, which provides an excellent cutting surface that resists wear from daily chopping. Its tight grain structure is also naturally anti-bacterial. Maple's blond color tones range from nearly white to cream, with pink or golden undertones, and consistent, light brown growth rings.Sample sizes measure approx.,Sample: Hard Maple Wide Plank - The traditional favorite for butcher block, Maple is prized for it