Jarrah (Eucalyptus Marginata)

Status: Secure and available.

Other Common Names: 

Found in Australia, these members of the Myrtaceae family (Eucalyptus) can grow to 130 feet in height and 10 feet in diameter. .

Color is reddish brown.

Medium texture with occasional voids , machines well and turns well.  Specific Gravity: 1.01. Avg. Dry Weight:  ??? pounds per cubic foot.

Used to make: Flooring, Cabinetry, Carving.

Jarrah Burl

Irish Birch (Betula Pubescens)

Status: Secure and available.

Other Common Names: Downy Birch, European White Birch 

Found in Northern Europe, Iceland, Greenland and Asia, these members of the Betulaceae family (Betula) can grow to 33-65 feet in height and 1-2 feet in diameter. .

Color is a pinkish brown with nearly white sapwood.

Fine texture, machines well and turns well.  Specific Gravity: .48-.64. Avg. Dry Weight:  41 pounds per cubic foot.


Used to make: Boxes, Interior Trim, Turnings

Spaulted Irish Birch

European Beech (Fagus Sylvatica)

Status: Secure and available.

Other Common Names: Irish Beech, English Beech

Found in Europe, these members of the Fagaceae family (Fagus) can grow to 100-150 feet in height and 3-5 feet in diameter. .

Color is pale cream, but can be somewhat pinkish.

Fine to Medium texture, machines well and turns well.  Specific Gravity: .54-.72. Avg. Dry Weight:  45 pounds per cubic foot.


Used to make: Furniture, Cabinetry, Musical Instruments (Piano pinblocks), Carving.

Spaulted Irish Beech

Hawthorn (Crataegus Monogyna)

Status: Secure and available.

Other Common Names: Common Hawthorn, Single-seeded Hawthorn

Found in Europe and Western Asia, these members of the Rosaceae family (Crataegus) can grow to 15-40 feet in height and ??? feet in diameter. .

Color is a pale brown, occasionally with darker streaks.

Finetexture, machines well and turns well.  Specific Gravity: ???? . Avg. Dry Weight:  ??? pounds per cubic foot.


Used to make:  Musical Instruments (flutes), Carving.

Irish Hawthorn

English Elm (Ulmus Procera)

Status: Secure and available.

Other Common Names: European Elm, Irish Elm

Found throughout Europe, these members of the Ulmaceae family (Ulmus) can grow to 80-110 feet in height and 3-6 feet in diameter. .

Color can vary between light to medium brown with pale sapwood.

Medium texture, machines well and turns well but tearout can occur.  Specific Gravity: .48-.64. Avg. Dry Weight:  40 pounds per cubic foot.

Used to make: Furniture, Boxes

Irish Elm Burl

Honduran Rosewood (Dalbergia Stevensonii)

Status: Vulnerable (Threatened)and available.

Other Common Names: 

Found in Central America, these members of the Fabaceae family (Dalbergia) can grow to 50-100 feet in height and 3 feet in diameter. .

Color can vary between  light brown to deep brownish purple with pale sapwood.

Finetexture, machines well and turns well.  Specific Gravity: .82-1.03. Avg. Dry Weight:  64 pounds per cubic foot.


Used to make: Fine Furniture, Musical Instruments, Carving.

Honduran Rosewood Burl

Honduran Mahogany (Swietenia Macrophylla)

Status: Vulnerable (Threatened)and available.

Other Common Names: 

Found in Southern Mexico to South America, these members of the Meliaceae family (Swietenia) can grow to 150 feet in height and 6 feet in diameter. .

Color can vary between  pinkish brown to reddish brown.

Medium texture, machines well and turns well.  Specific Gravity: .54-.66. Avg. Dry Weight:  41 pounds per cubic foot.


Used to make: Furniture, Cabinetry, Musical Instruments, Carving.

Honduran Mahogany

Hauli (Dalbergia Odorifera)

Status: Vulnerable (Threatened) and available.

Other Common Names: Haunghauli, Xinhauli,  Flowering Yellow Pear

Found in Southern China and Northern parts of Vietnam and Thailand, these members of the Fabaceae family (Dalbergia) can grow to 30-45 feet in height and ??? feet in diameter. .

Color can vary between species from Reddish Browns and Yellows. unlike many Dalbergia that darken with age, this species tends to form a yellow patina.

Fine texture, machines well and turns well.  Specific Gravity: ????. Avg. Dry Weight:  ??? pounds per cubic foot.


Used to make: Ming and Qing Dynasty furnature (exceptionally rare as they were made solely for the the elite in Chinese society. One of the most expensive woods in the world if sources from dynastic furniture.

Hauli

Grey Box (Eucalyptus Sp.)

Status: Secure and available.

Other Common Names: 

Found in Australia, these members of the Myrtaceae family (Eucalyptus) can grow to 180 feet in height and 4.5 feet in diameter. .

Color can vary between species from Browns and Yellows.

Fine texture, machines well and turns well.  Specific Gravity: ????. Avg. Dry Weight:  ??? pounds per cubic foot.


Used to make: Bowls, turnings, etc.

Grey Box Burl

Greenheart (Chlorocardium Rodiei)

Status: Vulnerable (Threatened) and available.

Other Common Names:

Found in NorthEastern South america, these members of the Lauraceae family (Chlorocardium) can grow to 75-100 feet in height and 1.5-2 feet in diameter.

Color is Pale Olive Green with darker streaks. Sapwood is paler yellowish green.

Fine texture, machines well and turns well but will dull tools quickly.  Specific Gravity: .85-1.06. Avg. Dry Weight:  66 pounds per cubic foot.

Used to make: Boats, Desking, Posts, fishing rods and pool cues.

Greenheart

Gaboon Ebony (Diospyros Crassiflora)

Status: Endangered (Threatened) and available.

Other Common Names: Gabon Ebony

Found in Western Africa, these members of the Ebenaceae family (Diospyros) can grow to 50-60 feet in height and 2 feet in diameter.

Color is nearly jet black but can appear more dark brown.  Sapwood is pale.

Fine texture, machines well and turns well but prone to splitting.  Specific Gravity: .78-1.03. Avg. Dry Weight:  65 pounds per cubic foot.

Used to make: Pool Cues, Furniture, Musical Instruments and turnings.

Gaboon Ebony

English Yew (Taxus Baccata)

Status: Least Concern (Low Risk) and available.

Other Common Names: European Yew, Royal Yew

Found in Europe, Northern Africa and into Western Asia, these members of the Taxaceae family (Taxus) can grow to 30-65 feet in height and 3-5 feet in diameter.

Color is Orangish Brown with occasional dark streaks. Sapwood is pale.

Fine texture, machines well and turns well.  Specific Gravity: .55-.67. Avg. Dry Weight:  42 pounds per cubic foot.

Used to make: Bows (Archery), Furniture, Musical Instruments and turnings.

English Yew

Irish Bog Oak and Irish Bog Yew (approx. 5000 years old)

English Walnut (Juglans Regia)

Status: Near Threatened and available.

Other Common Names: Circassian Walnut, French Walnut, Turkish Walnut

Found in Europe and Western Asia, these members of the Juglandaceae family (Juglans) can grow to 80-115 feet in height and 5-6 feet in diameter. .

Color is pale to medium brown with darker stripes.

Medium texture, machines well and turns well.  Specific Gravity: .51-.66. Avg. Dry Weight:  41 pounds per cubic foot.

Used to make: Furniture, Flooring, gunstocks and turnings.

English Walnut

Curly Turkish Walnut

East Indian Rosewood (Dalbergia Latifolia)

Status: Vulnerable (Threatened) and available.

Other Common Names: 

Found in India, these members of the Fabaceae family (Dalbergia) can grow to 100 feet in height and 2-4 feet in diameter. .

Color is golden to purplish brown.

Fine texture, machines well and turns well.  Specific Gravity: .75-.92. Avg. Dry Weight:  57 pounds per cubic foot.

Used to make: Fine Furniture, Musical Instruments and turnings.

East Indian Rosewood

Burmese Padauk [Amboyna Burl] (Pterocarpus Macrocarpus)

Status: Secure and available.

Other Common Names: Dragon's Blood Amboyna Burl

Found in SE Asia, these members of the Fabaceae family (Pterocarpus) can grow to 60-80 feet in height and 2-3 feet in diameter. .

Color is Orange to deep reds.

Course texture, machines well and turns well.  Specific Gravity: .75-.87. Avg. Dry Weight:  54 pounds per cubic foot.

Used to make: Musical Instruments, Flooring and turnings.

Dragon's Blood Amboyna Burl

Desert Ironwood (Olneya Tesota)

Status: Secure and available.

Other Common Names: 

Found in desert SW US and Mexico, these members of the
Faboideae family (Olneya) can grow to 30 feet in height and 1-2 feet in diameter. .

Color is orangish yellow to reds and darker browns with violet to black streaks. Sapwood is pale. Wood displays a chatoyance that allows for great depths and coppery flashes.

Fine texture, machines well and turns well but will dull tools quickly. take a wonderful luster with polish.  Specific Gravity: .97-1.21. Avg. Dry Weight:  75 pounds per cubic foot.

Used to make: knife handles, carvings and turnings.

Desert Ironwood Burl

Desert Ironwood

Okoume (Aucoumea Klaineana)

Status: Vulnerable (Threatened) and available.

Other Common Names: Okume

Found in Gaboon Africa, these members of the Burseraceae family (Aucoumea) can grow to 90-120 feet in height and 3-7 feet in diameter. .

Color is pale brown.

Medium texture, machines well and turns well.  Specific Gravity: .???. Avg. Dry Weight:  ??? pounds per cubic foot.

Used to make: plywood and musical instruments

Curly Okoume

Koa (Acacia Koa)

Status: Secure and available.

Other Common Names: 

Found in Hawaii, these members of the Fabaceae family (Acacia) can grow to 65-100 feet in height and 3-5 feet in diameter. .

Color is medium golden brown to reddish brown.

Medium to Course texture, machines well and turns well.  Specific Gravity: .53-.67. Avg. Dry Weight:  42 pounds per cubic foot.

Used to make: Furniture, musical instruments, gunstocks and turnings.

Curly Koa (Exhibition grade)

White Oak (Quercus Alba)

Status: Secure and available.

Other Common Names: 

Found in Eastern US, these members of the Fagaceae family (Quercus) can grow to 65-85 feet in height and 3-4 feet in diameter. .

Color is light to medium brown.

Course texture with medium to large pores, machines well and turns well.  Specific Gravity: .60-.81. Avg. Dry Weight:  50 pounds per cubic foot.

Used to make: Furniture, Flooring and turnings.

White Oak salvaged from Timber Crib Dam (submerged approx. 200 years)

White Oak excavated from ancient WV lake bed (approx. 10k years old)

Red Oak (Quercus Rubra)

Status: Secure and available.

Other Common Names: 

Found in Eastern US, these members of the Fagaceae family (Quercus) can grow to 80-115 feet in height and 3-6 feet in diameter. .

Color is light to medium reddish.

Course texture with medium to large pores, machines well and turns well.  Specific Gravity: .56-.73. Avg. Dry Weight:  45 pounds per cubic foot.

Used to make: Furniture, Flooring and turnings.

Red Oak

Red Oak salvaged from Timber Crib Dam (submerged approx. 200 years)

American Poplar (Liriodendron Tulipifera)

Status: Secure and available.

Other Common Names: Tulip Poplar

Found in Eastern US, these members of the Magniliaceae family (Liriodendron) can grow to 130-160 feet in height and 6-8 feet in diameter. .

Color is pale brown but can have mineral stains.

Medium texture, machines well and turns well.  Specific Gravity: .40-.51. Avg. Dry Weight:  32 pounds per cubic foot.

Used to make: Utility Furniture, Flooring and turnings.

Poplar salvaged from Timber Crib dam (submerged for 200 years)

Poplar

American Chestnut (Catanea Dentata)

Status: Secure and available.

Other Common Names: 

Found in Eastern US, these members of the Fagaceae family (Castanea) can grow to 100-120 feet in height and 5-7 feet in diameter. .

Color light to medium brown.

Course texture, machines well and turns well but tends to split easily.  Specific Gravity: .40-.48. Avg. Dry Weight:  30 pounds per cubic foot.


Used to make: Fine Furniture, Flooring and turnings.

American Chestnut salavaged from Timber Crib dam (submerged for approx. 200 years)

American Beech (Fagus Grandifolia)

Status: Secure and available.

Other Common Names: 

Found in Eastern US, these members of the Fagceae family (Fagus) can grow to 100-130 feet in height and 3-5 feet in diameter. .

Color Medium to light brown.

Medium texture, machines well and turns well.  Specific Gravity: .54-.73. Avg. Dry Weight:  46 pounds per cubic foot.


Used to make: Furniture, Flooring and turnings.

American Beech from a Timber Crib Dam (Submerge for at least 200 years)

Coolibah (Eucalyptus Coolabah)

Status: Secure and available.

Other Common Names: Coolabah

Found in Australia, these members of the Myrtaceae family (Eucalyptus) can grow to ??? feet in height and ??? feet in diameter. .

Color bright Reddish and Orange brown with pale sapwood.

Medium Fine texture, machines well and turns well.  Specific Gravity: .???. Avg. Dry Weight:  ??? pounds per cubic foot.


Used to make: Fine Furniture, Flooring and turnings.

Coolibah Burl

Coffee Tree (Coffea Arabica)

Status: Secure and available.

Other Common Names: 

Found in Ethiopia but transplanted throughout the world (specific pieces come from Bali Indonesia Plantations), these members of the Rubiaceae family (Coffea) can grow to 25-35 feet in height and ??? feet in diameter. .

Coloris a medium brown.

Fine to medium texture, machines well and turns well.  Specific Gravity: .?????. Avg. Dry Weight:  ???? pounds per cubic foot.

Used to make: turnings.

Coffee Burl

Cochinchin Rosewood (Dalbergia Cochinchinensis)

Status: Vulnerable (Threatened) and available.

Other Common Names: Siamese Rosewood

Found in SE Asia, these members of the Fabaceae family (Dalbergia) can grow to ???? feet in height and ??? feet in diameter. .

Color dark Orange to Orangish brown with pale sapwood.

Fine texture, machines well and turns well.  Specific Gravity: .???. Avg. Dry Weight:  ??? pounds per cubic foot.


Used to make: turnings.

Cochinchin Rosewood

Claro Walnut (Juglans Hindsii)

Status: Vulnerable (threatened) and available.

Other Common Names: Bastogne Walnut

Found in California, these members of the Juglandaceae family (Juglans) can grow to 30-60 feet in height and 3-5 feet in diameter. .

Color is dark brown with light sapwood (steaming will turn the sapwood dark to match the heartwood.

Medium texture, machines well and turns well.  Specific Gravity: .51-.64. Avg. Dry Weight:  40 pounds per cubic foot.


Used to make: Gun stocks, Fine Furniture, Flooring and turnings.

Claro Walnut

Cinnamon (Cinnamomum Spp.)

Status: Secure and available.

Other Common Names:

Found in China, India and SE Asia, these members of the Lauraceae family (Cinnamomum) can grow to ??? feet in height and ??? feet in diameter. .

Color bright Orange to Reddish to golden brown.

Medium texture, machines well and turns well.  Specific Gravity: ????. Avg. Dry Weight:  ??? pounds per cubic foot.


Used to make: ????

Cinnamon Burl

Chinese Chestnut (Castanea Mollissima)

Status: Secure and available.

Other Common Names: 

Found in China and Korea, these members of the Fagaceae family (Castanea) can grow to 60 feet in height and ??? feet in diameter. .

Color is golden brown.

Medium texture, machines well and turns well.  Specific Gravity: .????. Avg. Dry Weight:  ??? pounds per cubic foot.

Used to make: ???

Chinese Chestnut

Chakte Viga (Caesalpinia Platyloba)

Status: Secure and available.

Other Common Names: Paela

Found in Mexico and Central American tropics, these members of the Fabaceae family (Caesalpinia) can grow to 20-30 feet in height and 1-2 feet in diameter. .

Color bright Orange to golden brown with pale sapwood.

Fine texture, machines well and turns well.  Specific Gravity: .82-1.03. Avg. Dry Weight:  65 pounds per cubic foot.


Used to make: Fine Furniture, Flooring and turnings.

Chakte Viga

Canarywood (Centrolobium Spp.)

Status: Secure and available.

Other Common Names: 

Found in South America, these members of the Fabaceae family (Centrolobium) can grow to 100 feet in height and 2-3 feet in diameter. .

Color varies from pale yellow to orangish and darker reddish brown, usually with streak of each throughout.

Medium texture, machines well and turns well. Some tearout can occur.  Specific Gravity: .65-.79. Avg. Dry Weight:  50 pounds per cubic foot.


Used to make: Fine Furniture, cabinetry, construction.

Canarywood

Burmese Rosewood (Dalbergia Oliveri)

Status: Endangered (Threatened) and available.

Other Common Names: 

Found in Myanmar and other SE Asian nations, these members of the Fabaceae family (Dalbergia) can grow to 50-100 feet in height and 1-3 feet in diameter. .

Color can vary between Medium Orange to Reddish brown.

Very fine texture, machines well and turns well.  Specific Gravity: .78-.94. Avg. Dry Weight:  59 pounds per cubic foot.


Used to make: Fine Furniture, cabinetry, Musical Instruments

Burmese Rosewood

Burmese Blackwood (Dalbergia Lanceolata)

Status: Endangered (Threatened) and available.

Other Common Names: 

Found in SE Asia, these members of the Fabaceae family (Dalbergia) can grow to ??? feet in height and ??? feet in diameter. .

Coloring is hard to put into words. Containing Blacks, browns, greys and even some blues. Darkens with age and exposure.

Very fine texture, machines well and turns well.  Specific Gravity: .???. Avg. Dry Weight:  ??? pounds per cubic foot.


Used to make: Musical Instruments, turnings

Burmese Blackwood

Bubinga (Guibourtia Spp)

Status: Secure and available.

Other Common Names: 

Found in Equatorial Africa, these members of the Fabaceae family (Guibourtia) can grow to 130-150 feet in height and 3-6 feet in diameter. .

Color can vary between pinkish to reddish brown.

Very fine texture, machines well and turns well.  Specific Gravity: .72-.93. Avg. Dry Weight:  58 pounds per cubic foot.


Used to make: Fine Furniture, cabinetry.

Bubinga

Mallee (Eucalyptus Sp.)

Status: Secure and available.

Other Common Names: Brown Mallee, Red Mallee, Rib Fruit Mallee, New Mallee, etc.

Found in Australia, these members of the Myrtaceae family (Eucalyptus) can grow to 8-25 feet in height and ??? feet in diameter. .

Color can vary between species from bright Red, to Browns and Yellows.

Fine texture, machines well and turns well.  Specific Gravity: ????. Avg. Dry Weight:  ??? pounds per cubic foot.


Used to make: Bowls, turnings, etc.

Red Mallee Burl

New Mallee Burl

Brown Mallee Burl

Briar (Erica Arborea)

Status: Secure and available.

Other Common Names: Briar Burl, Briar Burr, Briar Root

Found in the Mediterranean Basin into Portugal and the Canary Islands, these members of the Ericaceae family (Erica) can grow to 3-12 feet in height and ??? feet in diameter. .

Pale to Medium heartwod. 

Fine texture, machines well and turns well.  Specific Gravity: .????. Avg. Dry Weight:  ??? pounds per cubic foot.

Used to make: Pipes and veneers.

Briar Burl

Borneo Lacquer (Melanorrhoea Usitata)

Status: Threatened

Other Common Names: Borneo Rosewood

Found in Burma, these members of the Anacardiaceae family (Melanorrhoea) can grow to ??? feet in height and ??? feet in diameter. .

Orange to red heartwod or can be nearly black.

Fien texture, machines well and turns well.  Specific Gravity: .???? Avg. Dry Weight:  ??? pounds per cubic foot.

Used to make: Furniture, inlay work

Borneo Rosewood

American Hickory (Carya Ovata)

Status: Secure and available.

Other Common Names: Shagbark Hickory

Found in Eastern United States, these members of the Juglandaceae family (Carya) can grow to 60-100 feet in height and 1-2 feet in diameter. .

Light to Medium brown heartwod and pale yellow colored sapwood. 

Medium texture, can be difficult to machine and turn. Tearout is common.  Specific Gravity: .64-.80. Avg. Dry Weight:  50 pounds per cubic foot.

Used to make: Flooring, Tool Handles.

WV Bog Hickory (approx. 10,000 years old)

Hickory salvaged from a River Crib Dam (submerged for approx. 200 years)

Pau Ferro (Caesalpinia Ferrea)

Status: Secure and available.

Other Common Names: Bolivian Rosewood 

Found Brazil and Bolivia, these members of the Fabaceae family (Caesalpinia) can grow to 60-100 feet in height and 3-5 feet in diameter. .

Redish Orange to Violet Brown heartwod with dark stripes.

Fine texture, machines well and turns well.  Specific Gravity: .70-.87. Avg. Dry Weight:  54 pounds per cubic foot.

Used to make: Flooring, Cabinetry, musical instruments

Bolivian Rosewood

Pau Ferro

Bois De Rose (Dalbergia Maritima)

Status: Endangered (Threatened) but still available

Other Common Names: 

Found on Madagascar, these members of the Fabaceae family (Dalbergia) can grow to 40-65 feet in height and 1-2 feet in diameter. .

Magenta or reddish purple heartwod and pale yellow colored sapwood. Often with black streaks. Will darken with age and exposure.

Very Fine texture, machines well and turns well and polishes to a nice natural luster.  Specific Gravity: .74-.93. Avg. Dry Weight:  58 pounds per cubic foot.

Used to make: Fine Furniture, musical instruments

Bois De Rose