Ash
(Fraxinus americana) Light brown heartwood with almost all white sapwood. Straight grain with coarse texture. Excellent bending properties and shock resistance. USA

Bloodwood
(brosimum paraense) Bloodwood, or "cardinal wood" as it is commonly refered to, is a medium to hard wood with red to crimson color and tight straight interlocking grain. Excellent for turning. South America

Bocote
(Cordia spp.) Spectacular background colors of dark brown to red with multicolored strips that vary from yellow to orange and green to dark brown. Machines well, excellent turning stock. Somewhat hard to find material from Mexico and Central America

Boxwood, South American
(Gossypiospermum praecox) White to lemon colored hardwood with straight grain and fine uniform texture. A great substitute for English boxwood. Exellent turning stock that finishes to a high polish. Brazil

Bubinga, Figured
(Guibourtia spp.) This African species has been specially cut, quartered and rift, to bring out the figure of the grain. Color is maroon to dark red. Turns well and takes a high polish. Machines well with sharp tools. Africa.

Butternut
(Juglans cinerea) A straight grained, coarse textured wood with medium brown to dark brown heartwood, lighter than black walnut, which it generally resembles. Great carving wood when accenting the grain in the carving. Canada and USA

Cherry
(Prunus serotina) Hard straight grained with firm texture. Heartwood is reddish brown to deep red, with brown flecks, and will naturally darken with age. Works well with hand and machine tools, finishes well. Great for turning. USA

Cocobolo
(Dalbergia spp.) Hard and heavy wood with irregular grain with a medium fine texture. Heartwood is a varigated color from purple red to yellow, with black markings. The color turns deep orange red with exposure. West Coast Central America

Ebony, Gaboon
(Diospyros spp.) Jet black color with only the slightest possibility of dark brown streaks. Great for knobs, pulls, inlays and accents in cabinetry. Somewhat difficult to machine, but worth the reward. Excellent turning wood. Africa

Kingwood
(Dalbergia ceaserensis) A member of the rosewood family, the heartwood is a rich violet brown background shading to almost black. Streaks of black, violet black, and brown appear throughout the material. Sapwood is off-white. Brazil

Lacewood
(Roupala Brasilensis) Light pink to silvery sheen with small flaky grain due to the large rays. Attractive pattern when used in small areas. Fairly light in weight, machines very well with both hand and power tools. Central and South America

Maple, Bird's Eye
(Acer saccharum) A natural occurrence found predominately in hard maple causes "eyes" to form that give a striking figure to the wood. Straight grain with intermittent eyes makes this a great accent wood. USA

Maple, Figured
(Acer saccharum) Actually a "catch all" phrase for maple with unbelievable grain and patterns ranging from curly to quilted and flamed to fiddleback. Color ranges from light cream to darker tones of brown and anything in between. Northwest USA and Canada. All stock is air dried

Padauk
(Pterocarpus soyauxii) Medium to hard wood, heartwood is deep orange red that will age to a deeper orange brown. Moderately coarse grain texture with straight to interlocking grain patterns, machines and turns well. West Africa

Purpleheart
(Peltogyne) Medium to hard wood with tight, fairly straight grain with moderate to coarse texture. Bright purple when cut, darkens to brownish purple with exposure. Machines well with sharp tools. Turns and finishes well. Central and South America

Rosewood, Bolivian
(Machaerium acutifolium) Deep dark chocolate brown to purple black in color with occasional strips of even darker tones. Hard, heavy, fine texture with variable grain patterns. Machines well with sharp hand and power tools. Turns well. South America

Rosewood, Honduras
(Dalbergia stevensonii) Hard, heavy and dense, the heartwood is pinkish to purple brown with irregular black markings. Grain is straight with a medium to fine texture. Sapwood is a striking contrast of creamy white. Central America

Tulipwood
(Dalbergia frutescens) Hard dense wood with a pinkish to yellowish heartwood with pronounced stripes of violet, salmon, and rose. Grain is interlocked and irregular with a medium to fine texture and a pleasantly mild fragrance when cut. Brazil

Walnut, Black
(Juglans nigra) Tough wood with even but coarse texture, straight grained with occasional wavy grain patterns. Sapwood is light in color contrasting with the rich dark chocolate brown to purplish black heartwood. Canada and USA

Zebrawood
(Microberlinia brazzavillenis) Medium to heavy hardwood with possible coarse to very coarse grain texture depending on how it is cut. Light tan to golden yellow with streaks of dark brown to black. Africa