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Pterocarpus indicus |
| Acrylic Stabilized |
| One of the most fantastically figured and expensive burls. This moderately hard and durable species is from the tropical Indo Pacific region. |
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Acer saccharum |
| Acrylic Stabilized Moderately hard, fine grained. Usually, intense figure. Blonde color with eyes. |
| Birdseye is the result of a defective growth strain. It is found only very sporadically in only the most northern areas of the Hard Maple growing range (Upper Peninsula of Michigan, northern Wisconsin, New York and New England). Supplies are accumulated at sawmills over a period of time until enough is available for shipment. Not even 1% of all Hard Maple cut is Birdseye. Only a few hardwood dealers sell it, as it is a very frustrating wood to obtain. Difficult to even determine the amount of Birdseye in the rough sawn boards, it needs to be planed smooth in order to see the amount of Birdseye in any board. Birdseye varies greatly in quantity and size per square foot from very little to large amounts. Even in one board, it can vary from heavy Birdseye on one end to hardly any on the other. Difficult to work. Premium Birdseye is tremendously expensive in the sizes needed to make calls due to the large amount of wood that does not have enough figure to be called Birdseye. |
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Cotinus obovatus |
| Acrylic Stabilized |
| Rich yellow burlwood turning slightly darker in color with age. Fine grained with curl and eye figure. This root burr from the American Smoketree, part of the cashew family, was once used for making a yellow dye. The figured wood is all from the root, hence the term burl. This wood, truly one of the rarest in the world and unknown outside of the US, grows in limestone formations and must be chiseled or blasted out of the rock that surrounds it. |
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Dalbergia retusa |
| Deep rich orange red with black striping, texture fine, oily, grain straight to interlocked. |
| This is considered by some to be the most attractive of all the exotic woods -- the supply is limited. The color of the heartwood varies when freshly-cut, and is described as a rainbow-hued. Exposure is reported to darken the lighter colors and merges them with the darker colors. The wood becomes deep red with irregular markings of purple or black and various colors of the rainbow. Cocobolo is reported to be very stable after seasoning because of its oil content, which acts as a barrier to water absorption. Natural oils in the wood tend to promote waterproofing. They also impart a waxy appearance to the wood when it is rubbed with a cloth. |
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Maclura pomifera |
| Acrylic Stabilized Rich, deep green with nice curl and some ray figure, turning darker with age. Hard and fine texture, even grain. An excellent tonewood. |
| Rows of these spiny plants served as fences in the grassland plains of the US before the introduction of barbed wire. The name Bodark is from the French bois dī arc. Early settlers extracted a yellow dye for cloth from the root bark. This green hedge has been underground for over 50 years to give it this rare and interesting color. |
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Acacia koa |
| Acrylic Stabilized Moderately hard with brown predominant but lighter brown to tan. Premium curly Koa such as this, is extremely rare and valuable. |
| Koa has been used by Native Hawaiians for ukuleles and throughout the world in the highest quality guitars. This wood can range in color from a golden/orange with ribbon grain to a deep reddish brown and rarely comes highly figured. One of the best tonewoods as the resonating qualities of Koa are nearly perfect. |
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Acer rubrum |
| Acrylic Stabilized |
| A typical tree in the upper Midwest and East Coast of North America. Ordinarily a straight grain furniture grade material, the current stock of Maple has nicely figured curl and interesting heartwood coloration. A very stable and fine grained hardwood. This species is very sought after in the musical instrument industry. |
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| Select hardwood veneers in 1/16 inch thicknesses are impregnated with advanced dyes and resins through a state-of-the-art processes. These veneer sheets are layered and subjected to tremendous heat and pressure, in a densification process that can compres |
| At this time I have both the black Dymondwood pictured here and a burgundy color available. |
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Juglans regia |
| Fine Grained, beautifully figured. These are premium quality blanks. |
| Walnuts have been recognized as one the oldest tree foods known to man, dating back to about 7000 B.C. Considered food for the gods in the early days of Rome, walnuts were named Juglans regia in honor of the Roman god Jupiter. Today, they are commonly called English walnuts, in reference to the English merchant marines whose ships once transported the product for trade to ports around the world. Historians prefer the name Persian Walnut, referring to Persia, the birthplace of walnut.
No matter what you call it - English, California English, California French, etc. - it is still Juglans regia, or Persian Walnut, which has traveled a long way through the centuries. |
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Maclura pomifera |
| Acrylic Stabilized Rich, deep green with some ray figure, turning darker with age. Hard and fine texture, even grain. An excellent tonewood. |
| Rows of these spiny plants served as fences in the grassland plains of the US before the introduction of barbed wire. The name Bodark is from the French bois dī arc. Early settlers extracted a yellow dye for cloth from the root bark. This green hedge has been underground for over 50 years to give it this rare and interesting color. |
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Acer macrophyllum |
| Acrylic Stabilized Light tan to dark brown swirls, curl and eyes. Moderately hard and heavily figured. |
| Generally called western maple is fairly common throughout the west. However, the figured variety is like the proverbial needle in a haystack as only one tree in many thousands develops enough figure to yield a quality log. |
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Maclura pomifera |
| Acrylic Stabilized Rich yellow with lighter yellow grain and beautiful curl figure. Hard and fine texture, even grain. An excellent tonewood. |
| Rows of these spiny plants served as fences in the grassland plains of the US before the introduction of barbed wire. The name Bodark is from the French bois dī arc. Early settlers extracted a yellow dye for cloth from the root bark. |
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Prunus serotina |
| Acrylic Stabilized |
| Extremely rare and of limited supply. This wild Cherry was felled in Maryland by a storm. I salvaged what I could and spalted the wood myself. |
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Acer rubrum |
| Acrylic Stabilized Creamy tan coloration with some red and/or green variegation and lighter yellow spalting with the characteristic black lines. Occasional eyes and curl. |
| A typical tree in the upper Midwest and East Coast of North America. Ordinarily a straight grain furniture grade material, the current stock of Maple has nicely figured spalting. A very stable and fine grained hardwood. This species is very sought after in the musical instrument industry. |
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Acer saccharum |
| Acrylic Stabilized Hard Maple is mostly a creamy tan coloration with some examples very light, almost white color. Plenty of tiger stripe curl. |
| Ordinarily a straight grain furniture grade material, the current stock of Hard Maple has nicely figured curl and interesting heartwood coloration. A very stable and fine grained hardwood. This species is very sought after in the musical instrument industry. |
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Dalbergia frutescens |
| Also known as Brazilian Rosewood. Tulipwood is a close cousin of Cocobolo and therefore shares many of itīs physical and working properties. The color is tan and light red darkening slightly with age. |
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