Birdseye Maple

Birdseye maple is a phenomenon that occurs within several kinds of maple for unknown reasons. It has a distinctive pattern that resembles tiny, swirling eyes disrupting the smooth lines of grain.

Trees that grow in the Great Lakes region yield the greatest supply, along with the Rocky Mountains.

Black Walnut

Black walnut is one of America's most valuable tree species. It has been prized since colonial times for furniture, interior finish, and gunstocks.

It is straight grained, strong, hard, heavy, stiff, easily worked with tools, and stays in place after seasoning.

Bocote

Bocote is a particularly fine, beautiful wood from Central America, with colors varying from light to golden brown and variegated irregular markings.

It is a strong, lustrous wood, with medium and uniform texture and straight or shallowly interlocked grain.

Bubinga

A beautiful, dense hardwood from Central Africa with a lustrous appearance, Bubinga has a rose-colored background with darker purple striping. This wood is usually very uniform in graining and color, and the texture is fine and even.

Bubinga is sometimes called African Rosewood.

Cocobolo

A very beautiful wood from Central America, known to change color after being cut. It is typically orange or reddish in color, often with a figuring of darker irregular traces weaving through the wood.

Cocobolo is very hard and heavy with high strength, stiffness, shock resistance, and stability in use.

Curly Maple

A very rare wood, Curly Maple only occurs in about .5% of hardwood Maple trees.

It has a creamy color with a slightly yellow hue. Contrary to popular belief, this wood can be a joy to work with.

Hardrock Maple

Also called Sugar Maple, this wood is from the same tree that produces maple syrup.

This wood is very strong and durable, with a fine, even texture and a natural luster.

Somewhat difficult to work due to its high surface hardness.

Osage Orange

This bright orange-yellow wood has many great characteristics beyond its color.

It is strong, heavy, hard, flexible, and takes a great finish.

Since most examples are knotty, only a small amount is straight grained and suitable for bow-making.

Pau Ferro

This attractive wood comes from South America and has many names - Morado, Palo Santos, Bolivian Rosewood, etc.

This wood has a strong grain ranging from pinkish purple to chocolate brown in color.

Very popular for musical instruments and other fine woodworking.

Purple Heart

From Central and South America, this beautiful wood turns violet purple when exposed to air and sunlight.

This finely textured hard wood has straight grain with potentially curly accents. It takes a finish very well.

Red Elm

This hardwood from the U.S. East and Midwest ranges in color from reddish brown to dark brown.

The grain is generally straight but interlocking, which can make it difficult to split.

It is fairly heavy, hard, and stiff with excellent bending and shock resistance.

Shedua

This exotic wood comes parts of Africa such as Gabon, Ghana, and Nigeria.

The color can vary from yellow-brown to dark-brown, all the way to chocolate-brown. It has a moderately course interlocking grain that can result in striped or even curly figuring. This heavy and hard wood takes a great finish.

Zebrawood

This is a wood which cannot be confused with any other - the grain looks very much like Zebra stripes.

Zebrawood comes from West Africa - Gabon, Cameroon, and Congo.

Yellowheart

This wood is from South America, specifically Brazil. Internationally called Pau Amerello, but in the U.S. it is commonly called Yellowheart.

Fine, uniform, straight grain with medium texture. The color is very consistent across the wood.

Redheart

This wood from Central America comes in a range of reds - from deep red to pink - which can fade over time when exposed to long periods UV rays.

The grain is straight and irregular, with a fine and uniform texture.

Action-Boo

Strips of cane bamboo laminated into strong, stable, high-performance limb core material.

Super-Action Coreflex
Green Mountain Camo

Made from .062" laminations of yellow Birch.

Provides superior strength, stability, and durability.

The many laminations can create some striking effects depending how the wood is cut and shaped.

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Brown

Made from .062" laminations of yellow Birch.

Provides superior strength, stability, and durability.

The many laminations can create some striking effects depending how the wood is cut and shaped.

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Grey

Made from .062" laminations of yellow Birch.

Provides superior strength, stability, and durability.

The many laminations can create some striking effects depending how the wood is cut and shaped.

Super-Action Coreflex
Natural

Made from .062" laminations of yellow Birch.

Provides superior strength, stability, and durability.

The many laminations can create some striking effects depending how the wood is cut and shaped.

Cane Bamboo

Asian bamboo limb core laminations. Natural in color with visible nodes (the classic "joints" between bamboo segments).

Clear

Clear fiberglass has all the usual characteristics - strength, stiffness, etc. - with the advantage that any material underneath the glass will be visible.

Use clear fiberglass when you want the beauty of the underlying wood to show through.

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Yew Wood

This attractive, golden-tan colored, intricately-grained softwood is quite hard and easily worked.

Small trees mean large sizes of lumber are not available. It is fine textured but rarely uniform, being more often interspersed with "pips" and streaks and flaws.

The famous Medieval longbow was made from this unique wood.