Apparently you are supposed to oil them with a food grade mineral oil, but I can’t find such a thing on a Swiss website. Can anyone recommend anything?
Thanks
Some use olive oil.
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The internet tells me not to use Olive Oil.
so use flaxseed oil.
Or ask the internet what to use instead of what not to use.
The internet says to use food grade mineral oil. My question was how to find that in Switzerland.
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You can get it in Switzerland too, but it’s much more expensive
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yep, found it by the liter in Switzerland, makes your mind boggle - the price I mean.
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Ouch!
Thanks guys
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No worries
That’s a full liter though, 4x bluntside’s volume.
I’d use the flaxseed oil as you mentioned. Easily available at a reasonable price. And any surplus can be used in your food, good for your omega-3 supply.
Alternatively Holzbutter, it’s food safe and doesn’t go rancid.
True but the liter of bluntside’s is Euro 36.16, the liter in my link is sFr. 75.00. Same product!
yeah, I’d use flaxseed oil too. But the internet is against it. 
I use linseed oil, but you need to buy the ‘bio’ one – most of them, which are sold in hardware stores, contain a chemical drier-accelerator.
The bio one is used to ‘protect / waterproof / treat’ wood, and is perfectly fine for human consumption, and for treating wood and chopping boards
The typical 2x, give or take. The Nivea shampoo you buy is also the same, here and across the border.
I’m a bit surprised you don’t use beeswax.
ETA:
Careful with how you store the cloth you use with your lineseed oil, it is self-inflammable. Store the cloth in a sealable glass container and you’re good. Consider using kitchen paper and washing it down the toilet even though the toilet is not your wastebasket.
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yep.
Migros is suing Beiersdorf, Germany:
"Migros pays more in purchasing than end customers in Germany
The price premium for the Swiss company is “massive”. Depending on the Nivea product, the purchase price is 60 to 80 percent higher than in Germany."
I use wax for some, and oil for others (different benefits!). Do you want wax? I make little blocks exactly for that…
Yes, the linseed oil is self inflammable. I use my fingers for the dabbing and oils spreading of the kitchen cutting boards.
I use also linseed oil to protect the hives - my bees love it 
- there i use a large flat brush, which i wash thoroughly with soap and water to clean it…
The internet also says not to use Bamboo chopping boards at all, due to high content of formaldehyde used during manufacturing.
The cheaper ones apparently.
You also shouldn’t use plastic due to microplastics cut by the knife getting in your food. You shouldn’t use metal or glass because they ruin your knives. Doesn’t leave many options.
It’s one of the smells of summer in the UK - if you play cricket.
Not all is the same though. In many cases it’s simply about ripping off buyers (who accept it).
Take this example, glucose, by the exact same vendor. CH price is more than double of what Germans pay even though larger amounts usually get a better price.
The main problem is the fact that Switzerland explicitly permits cartels. It’s what Denner originally ran on while its founder Karl Schweri was still alive and ran the company. Also look up Lex Nivea and how it came to be. Until this changes, until cartels get explicitly banned, efforts like the one you mention, or Coop’s against Coca-Cola (and Beiersdorf see Lex Nivea), are an uphill battle and ultimately a waste of time. But that won’t happen anytime soon, not after the dutyfree price limit got halved.
That’s very kind and generous, thank you! I use lineseed oil for my cutting board.