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Ash: A wonderful wood best know for it's use in baseball bats. An extremely tough wood with a tan to yellow hue and brown colored growth rings.	American Beech: A very tough/hard wood often used on old workbenches as tops. A very tight grained wood grained much like hard maple with a light brown color	European Beech : Very similar to American Beech, but with a much more pinkish hue.	Red Oak: A very popular and common wood in today's homes. Generally a reddish brown color with a very heavy open grain pattern.
White Oak: A tougher cousin of Red oak. It is generally a brown color with the same heavy open grain found in Red Oak. White oak is naturally waterproof. Popular in quartersawn figure.	Hard Maple: The most commonly used wood in butcherblock, generally a light tan to light brown color. Very hard and lightly grained.	Cherry: A beautiful wood and a very popular wood in the United States today. Cherry comes out a rich red color with a light grain truly a striking wood. Cherry sapwood has a white color that can be included as added character for your block.	Walnut: At one time the premier furniture wood in the world. But it's popularity has sagged, the benefit to you is that it has come under some fair amount of cost reduction. Walnut is a chocolate brown color in a face or edge grain format. End grain Walnut will produce a jet black color. Often times you will see slight hues of white sapwood in the Walnut.
Genuine Mahogany: A very popular wood, particularly for all weather applications. A light reddish brown, with a open and active grain pattern. Color and graining can vary with the species.	African Mahogany: A cost effective replacement for genuine mahogany, with wider availability. Very consistent graining and color.	Sapele Mahogany: A browner darker color mahogany. A substitute pieces for Genuine Mahogany	Santos Mahogany: A very dense South American species with a purplish red color. Mahogany like grain with wide color variation. A unique species not often seen. Wide plank construction dependant on current availability.
Brazilian Cherry (Jatoba): A very dense South American species with a yellowish brown color. A very clear wood with light graining.	Burmese Teak : A wood that has a great deal of natural oil impregnated inside. It makes wonderful butcherblocks and wood counter tops. Be sure that you demand only "Burmese" teak, because plantation grade teaks are far inferior in comparison. All of our teak is true Burmese. Burmese Teak is a rich olive reddish brown color, with light graining,.	Zebrawood: An extremely dense wood that is grown in Africa. It has a golden wood with a dark black graining, much like a Zebra, hence the name. This wood has wild grains, and beautiful coloring. For a truly unique look with some beautiful colors, Zebrawood is a great choice.	Hickory: A dense American native wood with a light sapwood and dark heartwood.
Iroko: Also referred to as African teak, it is a close cousin of Burmese Teak, but lacks the strong oil content that Burmese teak has. The color is more golden . We generally recommend Burmese teak as a replacement because it is cost competitive with Iroko in price in the United States, and has a better oil content.	Wenge: A dark dense wood from Africa.	Lyptus: A dense engineered wood grown as a crop by Weyerhaeuser. A light pink color. A nice choice for a environmentally concerned customer.	Bamboo: A totally new all solid product offered exclusively by Grothouse lumber in the US starting September 06, in both edge and end grain construction styles.

 

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Our blocks can be constructed in a great deal of woods and patterns. Many blocks are made in single woods, many are made as patterns. Patterns allow, you the designer even more flexibility. We can produce checkerboards, borders, stripes, and even inset pictures or logos in a different wood.  We offer a large selection of woods in our stock to support your needs as a customer. The standard woods we offer are listed below. If there is a wood you desire that we do not picture here, please do not hesitate to contact us. We can usually acquire the specific wood for your job. All of our woods are the finest available on the market.  For exotics we deal only with the most reputable suppliers in the market. We support renewable harvesting.  All of our woods are suitable for the hard wearing applications that Butcherblocks commonly see. We will provide you samples to help define the colors with your clients, please contact us if you need any help or samples.

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