This small scraper keeps your plastic cutting boards fresh - especially if you have invested a small fortune in Hasegawa's brilliant sushi boards. The logic is simple: the better we treat our tools, the longer they last. The more expensive the tool, the more that logic pays off.
Cutting boards deserve the care regardless of price, though. A board that looks clean rarely is: over time the surface collects knife grooves, stains and a general grime that no amount of washing-up liquid reaches. Those grooves are perfect little hiding places for bacterial growth, which is exactly the kind of tenant you want evicted.
The scraper has two sides. The coarse side cleans deep, taking off the tired surface layer along with stains and knife marks. The fine side then polishes the board smooth again. A few minutes of scraping and the board looks, cuts and behaves like it did when it was new.
Use it regularly and you keep bacteria, marks and discolouration under control - and roughly double the working life of the board. Cheapest insurance in your kitchen, and oddly satisfying work.