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The Beauty of Wood
Pictures of some of the spectacular woods we have available for
commisions
The Beauty of wood
Some people love paintings, others great cars. We, on the other hand, are addicted to the beauty of wood.
Here are some examples of woods that we have either collected ourselves and/or have identified at one of our suppliers. For pieces like these, we take care to only use pure shellac and oil finishes that truly bring out and compliment the wood's beauty. We almost never apply stain to pieces like these.
Unique woods like these make truly one of a kind hall tables, sofa tables, end tables, jewelry boxes, cigar humidors, corner tables, coffee tables or just about anything where you want the displayed surface to be a work of nature's art.
If you can envision a piece made from any of these woods, please feel free to contact us.
You can click on any image to see a larger version
Please note .. In several of the pictures you will
see areas of the wood that are dramatically different in color.
These are areas that we simple moistened with mineral spirits so that
you can have an idea how the beauty
of the wood will come out with finishing.
Dimensions are available on request
A Once in a lifetime board.
This board is so unique that we've dedicated and entire page to it here
Blackwood
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Cocobolo
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Cocobolo When freshly planed the wood takes on this reddish hue. Then, gradually after exposure to air it returns to the deep rich brown/red tones it is known for |
This is a piece that has been dampened with mineral spirits to simulate oiling. Actual finish will end up a shade or two lighter. Curly Eucalyptus We grabbed most of this since we thought it would make some spectacular boxes. You can see examples of this wood used in a Jewelry Box and a Cigar Humidor |
Curly Makore We also grabbed some of this for boxes |
Curly Movingue (Satinwood) It's hard to capture the iridescence of this wood on camera. This would make a stunning table top. |
Curly Shedua |
Various Pecan slabs that would make great table tops and bathroom vanity tops |
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Quilted Bubinga |
Quilted Sapele |
These slabs were cut from one, massive redwood burl |
An amazing, single board of Wenge
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Waterfall Sapele |
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Chamfuta One single board that would make an beautiful dining table, conference table or even an altar. Over 8' long, 44" wide and 3" thick. |
Camplor What a tree this must have come from ! This slab is 3" thick and approximately 44" in diameter. It was still in the rough state so we were not able to wet it to see the grain but I'd imagine it will be amazing. |
Panga Panga ( left)
Panga Panga
Wood 2 and 3 More great table / bar potentials |
Another truly "one of a kind" board. Our supplier has had this board in his personal stash for many years. He said he "might" be willing to part with it but only to someone like ourselves who would come up with a design that truly complimented the board. This is piece "very old growth" CURLY heart pine. In all my years of working wood I've never seen a pine board with curl in it. Add to that the fact that this is old growth wood ( heck the single board weighs close to 60 lbs !! ) and you truly have a one of a kind board. |
Another piece from the owners personal stash that he is willing to make available to us. While crotch walnut if fairly common, this piece is also curly and thus making it quite rare What a great table top or even a truly unique bathroom vanity. |
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More great table top and bar potentials Left to right
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