Products

Ash, Southern WhiteReturn to Top

Character: Widely accepted for industrial uses requiring hardness and strength. A strong grain pattern makes it expecially popular for use in kitchen cabinets.

Color: White sapwood, cream colored to tan heartwood.

Birch, Northern YellowReturn to Top

Character: A very attractive hardwood, widely used in architectural woodwork. Readily available in lumber and veneer.

Color: Light brown with tinge of red with growth rings marked with dark reddish-brown lines. Sapwood is nearly white or light yellow.

Cherry, American BlackReturn to Top

Character: One of our most beautiful hardwoods, readily available in both lumber and veneers.

Color: Sapwood is a creamy-pink color, clearly distinguishable from the reddish-brown heartwood. Occasional gum spots and streaks are allowed.

CypressReturn to Top

Character: One of our most beautiful hardwoods, readily available in both lumber and veneers.

Color: Sapwood is a creamy-pink color, clearly distinguishable from the reddish-brown heartwood. Occasional gum spots and streaks are allowed.

HickoryReturn to Top

Character:A very dense wood, known for its high toughness. Hickory also has high bending strength, great stiffness, and exceptional resistance to shock. Usually straight-grained, Hickory is often used for handles in striking tools such as hammers and axes.

Mahogany, GenuineReturn to Top

Character: Genuine Mahogany originates from Central America and the upper regions of the Amazon River. It is one of the most well known woods and its use in cabinetry and furniture dates back to the 16th century.

Color: The heartwood varies from a pale red to dark reddish-brown in heavier timber, while the sapwood is yellowish-white.

MakoréReturn to Top

Character:This African hardwood from the Congo Basin has been marketed as "African Cherry." The wood resembles close-grained Mahogany and is usually straight grained. When cut or sliced on the quarter, it provides an unusual mottled or chequered, "watered silk" appearance.

Color: The heartwood is pale blood red to reddish-brown, with the sapwood slightly lighter in color

Maple, Northern HardReturn to Top

Character: A hard, dense wood with a fine grain, attractive luster, and excellent strength and working qualities. Used in the manufacturing of furniture, flooring, and cutting boards.

Color: White with reddish hue. Occasionally, the heartwood will have dark brown color.

Maple, Northern SoftReturn to Top

Character: Similar in most respects to Hard Maple, with the exception that it is lighter in weight and not quite as strong.

Color: The sapwood and heartwood are indistinguishable from one another as both are white to light reddish-brown. Soft Maple has straight grain patterns and indistinct growth rings.

PecanReturn to Top

Character: A popular furniture wood. Is often stained to match American Black Walnut.

Color: White to pale red to reddish-brown sapwood with dark stripes or streaks.

PoplarReturn to Top

Character: A very stable wood used extensively in architectural woodwork, which is to be painted or enameled. Modest figure and even texture permit staining to simulate more expensive woods such as Walnut.

Color: Yellowish to creamy white, to a pale straw colored heartwood, often with greenish cast or dark mineral streaks.

Oak, RedReturn to Top

Character: Red Oak is the major hardwood species produced in the U.S. It is excellent for cabinetry, architectural woodwork, and the manufacturing of furniture. More commonly available in rift-, plain-, and quarter-sawn. A strong, available wood with attractive color and grain.

Color: Light tan sapwood to pinkish, reddish-brown heartwood.

Oak, WhiteReturn to Top

Character: A premier hardwood, both in the U.S. and abroad. Widely used in architectural woodworking and furniture manufacture. Highly figured, even more textured than Red Oak and somewhat easier to work. Often, rift-sawn for a straight or "comb" grain effect, or quarter-sawn for a straight grain with highly prominent "flake.".

Color: Heartwood varies from a light tan to a darker, yellowish-brown while the less prevalent sapwood is much lighter.