Wood Pics & Descriptions

Wood species I commonly use: As availability allows.

Please note that colors and grain are approximate.

Walnut

Dark brown with lighter streaks

Mayan Walnut

Light to medium brown

Bark Pocket Maple

Uniform pale

Birdseye Maple

Pale, with distinct red-brown latewood lines

Curly Hard Maple

Pale, with distinct red-brown latewood lines

Curly Soft Maple

Pale brown, beige cream

Hard Maple

Uniform pale

Spalted Maple

Pale, with dark veins

Canarywood

Clear yellow to tan, pale-olive

Cherry

Medium red-brown

Red Oak

Pinkish to reddish-brown

White Oak

White to light brown

Marblewood

Golden brown with thin, dark lines

Yellowheart

Yellow

Wenge

Dark-brown with near black veins

Jatoba

Salmon-red to orange-brown

Olivewood

Tan with black, gray, brown streaks

Mahogany

Reddish brown

Zebrawood

Dark brown/black lines mixed with light brown bands

Sapele

Medium red-brown

Bubinga

Brownish red, possible purple streaks


Purpleheart

Purple


Redheart

Moderately bright red


Padauk

Red, darkening to purple-brown


Osage Orange-Argentine

Light, orange-brown

Butternut

Medium brown