Domestic and Exotic and Hardwoods

This is sample of the woods I use. All are hardwoods and many are exotic hardwoods. The finish used depends on the wood and are often blended. They may include: French polish, Danish oil, shellac, boiled linseed oil, tung oil, lacquer and varnish. All finishes are hand rubbed and given a final coat of hard finishing paste and/or orange oil and bees wax.

Brazilian Lacewood Australian Lacewood Louro Faia Roupala brasiliensis Cardwellia sublimia	Zebrawood Zebrano, Zingana Microberlinia brazzavillensis Cameroon, Congo, & Gabon

Cocobolo Granadillo, Nambar Dalbergia retusa Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, and Mexico	Wenge Dikela, Pallissandre du Congo Millettia laurentii Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, & Zaire

Birdseye Maple Acer saccharinum USA	Curly Maple Tiger Maple, Fiddleback Maple Acer saccharinum USA

Purpleheart Amaranth, Nazareno, Violetwood Peltogyne spp Amazon basin, Colombia, Guyana, Surinam, & Vanezuela	Hard Maple Rock Maple, Sugar Maple Acer saccharinum USA

Bloodwood Cardinal Wood, Satine Brosimum paraense South America	Yellowheart Pau Amarillo, Brazilian Satinwood Euxylophora paraensis Brazil

African Mahogany Acajou Khaya ivorensis	American Walnut Black Walnut Juglans nigra


American Cherry Black Cherry Prunus serotina Eastern USA	African Gabon Ebony Madagascar Black Ebony Diospyrus Central Africa

Figured Makore Figured African Cherry Mimusops Heckelii Western Central Africa	Figured Bubinga African Rosewood Guibourtia demeusei, G pellegriniana West Africa

Samples shown are representative of each species.
Actual woods may vary widely.