Types of wood
We would like to give you an insight into the types of wood that we use. In our workshops we process by hand 35 different types of wood to high-quality articles. We feel constrained to the nature because it is the nature that gives us the opportunity to work with the material wood.
Maple
country of origin: North America
landing weight: 900 kgs/cbm
wood characterisitc: whitely, hardwood; dwindling, good to process
Amazakoué
country of origin: Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Gabon
landing weight: 1050 kgs/cbm
wood characteristic: grey brown up to light olive, streaky, shiny, decorative, weather-resistant
Amaranth
country of origin: North Bazil, French-Guiana
landing weight: 1100 kgs/cbm
wood characterisitic: white sapwood, red brown up to purple, good to process, very decorative, very fine pored
Antolia/Koto
country of origin: tropical West & Central Africa (Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Liberia)
landing weight: 800 kgs/cbm
wood characteristic: good to process, in terms of colour similar to hornbeam, lighter structure
Birch
country of origin: Finland, Sweden
landing weight: 1000 kgs/cbm
wood characteristic: light yellow, softwood, wavily fibre course, moiré markings
Bubinga
country of origin: Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea
landing weight: 1100 kgs/cbm
wood characteristic: reddish brown, decorative because of unsteady fibre course, good to process
Oak
country of origin: North America
landing weight: 1100 kgs/cbm
wood characteristic: heartwood: light rose, light structure
Alder
country of origin: Europe
landing weight: 800 kgs/cbm
wood characteristic: medium-heavy softwood, a bit elastic, good to process, stainable
Ash
country of origin: North America, France
landing weight: 850 kgs/cbm
wood characteristic: white sapwood, light heartwood with a bit grey in it, tough and elastic
Spruce
country of origin: Europe (Middle, East, North)
landing weight: 800 kgs/cbm
wood characteristic: decorative wood, wavily fibre course, good to process, because of effect of light the wood subject to yellowing
Iroko/Kambala
country of origin: African West Coast
landing weight: 1000 kgs/cbm
wood characteristic: light olive up to olive brown, in colour similar to teakwood, dwindling, resistant against fungal decay
Cherrywood
country of origin: United States of America
landing weight: 850 kgs/cbm
wood characteristic: heartwood: yellowisch-brown up to reddish-brown, matt, fine pored, good to process, gum nerves, clearly defined sapwood
Basswood
country of origin: Europe, U.S.A.
landing weight: 700 kgs/cbm
wood characteristic: white, good to process, clean surfaces, odourless and savourless
Walnut
country of origin: United States of America
landing weight: 850 kgs/cbm
wood characteristic: yellowish sapwood, heartwood: grey brown, stripped or dappled, good to process, decorative
Padouk
landing weight: 1000 kgs/cbm
Elm
country of origin: Canada, North U.S.A.
landing weight: 900 kgs/cbm
wood characteristic: sapwood: not clearly defined, reddish heartwood, similar to european elm wood, decorative
Beech
country of origin: Central- & West Europe
landing weight: 850 kgs/cbm
wood characteristic: tough and a bit elastic, hardwood, good to process, good to mill, shape and carve
Sipo
country of origin: West Africa
landing weight: 850 kgs/cbm
wood characteristic: sapwood: light reddish, heartwood: reddish brown, sapwood and heartwood turn dark, lightly nerved, fine fibred, good to process, weather-resistant
Steamed beech
country of origin: Central Europe
landing weight: 850 kgs/cbm
wood characteristic: reddish colour, hardwood, good to process, good to mill, shape and carve
Hornbeam
country of origin: Central Europe
landing weight: 1000 kgs/cbm
wood characteristic: round timber or block timber, nearly white, hard and tough but good to process
Zebrano
country of origin: Gabon, Cameroon
landing weight: 1000 kgs/cbm
wood characteristic: imported as round timber, heartwood: greyish yellow, contains decorative, dark stripes