Ben Kiger's woodworking shop in Williamstown, West Virginia — workbench, hand tools, and a West Virginia state map on the wall

Our services

The finest wooden handmade products

Custom handmade cutting boards — both edgegrain and endgrain styles — ready to order. American and exotic hardwood boards, many styles of serving boards, and of course a few finished pieces always in stock for sale. Always made one at a time, by me.

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What I make

Pick a starting point

Each family is made to order from hardwood I mill myself. Choose a direction and I'll help you settle on the wood, the size, and the details from there.

Cutting & serving boards

End-grain, edge-grain, and serving boards in domestic and exotic hardwoods — the entry piece and the gift.

from $45–$105

Dining tables

Solid hardwood dining tables, milled and built one at a time. Knock-down, trestle, and live-edge styles.

from $285–$485

Coffee tables

Cocktail and coffee tables — including the floating-top design and reclaimed black cherry sets.

from $285–$485

Game tables & boards

Bespoke game pieces — vertical chess boards, backgammon, cribbage — in figured hardwoods.

Quoted per commission

Crafts & planters

Wine service trays, serving sets, planters, and one-off commissions — where the shop started.

from $45–$105

Handmade crafts & unique pieces

This is where I cut my teeth

I love this kind of work. Lately it's been a lot of wine bottle holders and wine service trays, and an incredibly unique vertical chess board made from Purpleheart and Ambrosia Maple. I've got my eye on quite a few other small projects too — I'm always open for suggestions.

Did I mention vertical chess boards? That was a lot of fun. And then there was a featured coffee table I designed with four castle joints and a floating tabletop. Castle joints we've all seen before — it was that floating top I was really proud of. Look straight down and you can't see where the top is attached. All you'll see is air; it appears to be floating. It's something you just have to see to appreciate.

Vertical chess board in Purpleheart and Ambrosia Maple

Where I work

Serving the Mid-Ohio Valley

My shop is in Williamstown, WV, right on the Ohio River. I hand-deliver tables and larger commissions to the towns nearby — no freight truck — and ship boards anywhere. Pick your town:

Parkersburg, WV Vienna, WV Marietta, OH Belpre, OH St. Marys, WV All service areas →

The best things are the handmade ones

Everything made one at a time

That's just my style. Whether it's an in-stock cutting board or a custom piece we work on together, I won't be distracted by something else. One thing at a time — I guess I've always been like that.

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