Leopardwood

Leopardwood is a medium to dark reddish-brown with grey or light brown rays, which resemble the spots on a leopard.

Osage Orange

This Argentinean species is deep golden orange in color. The heartwood is accentuated by bands of darker and lighter grain. The wood is heavy, hard, dense and stable.

Padauk

African padauk is from central and tropical West Africa. A medium to hard wood, its color can vary, ranging from a pale pinkish orange to a deep brownish red. Most pieces tend to start reddish orange when freshly cut, darkening substantially over time to a reddish/purplish brown.

Black Mesquite

Black mesquite heartwood tends to be a medium to chocolate brown, somewhat reminiscent of Black Walnut. Color tends to darken with age.

Bubinga

This is an African species, also known as African rosewood. It's a beautiful dense hardwood with a rose-colored background and darker purple striping.

Purpleheart

A very strong, medium to hard wood from Central and South America. Medium to hard with tight, Bright purple when cut, darkens to brownish purple with exposure.

Red Oak

Arguably the most popular hardwood in the United States, red oak is a light to medium brown, commonly with a reddish cast.

Pin Oak

Pin Oak is a hard, strong wood that falls into the Red Oak group and shares many of the same traits as Red Oak.

Pecan

Among the hardest and strongest of woods native to the United States. The wood is commonly used where strength or shock-resistance is important.

Birdseye Maple

Called birdseye maple because the tiny knots in the grain resemble small bird’s eyes. The figure is reportedly caused by unfavorable growing conditions for the tree. The tree attempts to start numerous new buds to get more sunlight, but with poor growing conditions the new shoots are aborted, and afterward a number of tiny knots remain.

Brazilian Cherry

Brazilian cherry, also known as jatoba, is exceptionally stiff, strong, and hard—among the very toughest of all timbers worldwide. It can vary in color, from a lighter orange-brown, to a darker reddish brown, which tends to become darker with age.

Maple

Both as a tree and in wood form, maple is appreciated worldwide. The wood is used for everything from baseball bats and bowling pins to musical instruments and hardwood floors.

Zebrawood

Zebrawood has a light golden yellow heartwood with streaks of dark brown to black. The stripes can be chaotic and wavy, or somewhat uniform. Zebrawood is used in cabinetry, furniture, inlay, marquetry, paneling, wood sculpture, carving, and for turning specialty items like pens, tool handles and wine stoppers.

African Olivewood

African olivewood has heartwood that is often pale to medium brown with irregular streaks that vary from brown to dark-brown and dark grey. The wood has excellent strength properties. Olivewood is used for sculpture and carving work, veneer, decorative turnings, inlay, and high end custom furniture.

Macacauba

Macacauba heartwood color ranges from bright red to a darker reddish- or purplish-brown color, commonly with darker strips. This wood has the ability to take on a high natural polish. Common uses include furniture, cabinetry, veneer, musical instruments, turned objects, and small specialty wood items.

Pau Rosa

Pau Rosa, also called snake bean, is native to Tanzania. The heartwood is beautiful and tends to vary in color from a pink or yellow to a darker reddish-brown with a subtle to pronounced striped figure with darker brown tones. Colors will tend to darken with age.

Chakte Viga

Chakte Viga is a moderately hard wood with a nice orange color that darkens with time and often is strongly iridescent. It's fine, even texture with a good natural luster makes Chakte Viga an excellent stock for pool cues and furniture spindles. Additional uses may include: inlays, furniture, flooring, and other small specialty wood turning projects.

Wenge

Very dark brown in color with very close, straight grain and fine black veins. Wenge is a dense wood, but it works well with hand and machine tools. Wenge has excellent strength and hardness properties, and is commonly used for flooring, tool handles, paneling, and furniture.

Bloodwood

Bloodwood or "cardinal wood" as it is commonly referred to, is a medium to hard wood with red to crimson color. The bright, vivid red color can darken to a darker brownish red over time with exposure to light and air. It is used for both trim and accents, as well as larger structural elements in furniture. Additional uses may include: case goods, carvings, inlays, guitars, knife handles, and turned objects.