For all practical purposes it works for cutting. But the marble seemed of not the best marble quality which I expected given very price friendly. Sorry I didn't spend more money for a better quality and aesthetic appearance marble board. One minor problem was top side edge on one was jagged along with a very small piece of marble that broke off. It doesn't effect cutting over all and I'm ok with it. Probably in future purchase a better quality but obvious more expensive board from Wayfair,