Common WoodsClick on any bobbin to enlarge and move the image | ||
| Birch (Betulacae) | Medium density, creamy white/yellow sapwood to reddy brown heart. USA. |
| Cherry (Prunus Serotina) | Hard straight grained with firm texture. Heartwood is reddish brown to deep red, with brown flecks, and will naturally darken with age. USA. |
| Oak (Quercus rubra) | Straight grained wood with a coarse texture that varies according to growth rate. Color ranges from light cream, pink-ish red to dark tan or golden borown. USA. |
| Walnut (Juglans nigra) | Tough wood with even but coarse texture, straight grained with occassional wavy grain patterns. Sapwood is light in color contrasting with the rich dark chocolate brown to purplish black heartwood. Canada and USA.
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Exotic WoodsClick on any bobbin to enlarge and move the image | ||
| Ash (Frazinus americana) | A bright almost white coloring with occasional creamy white accents. A very strong and durable wood. Straight grain with coarse texture. USA. |
| Blackwood | Ebony-like wood with occassional sections of light tan wood with black flecks and very fine black grain. Africa |
| Bloodwood (Brosimum paraense) | Also known as Cardinal Wood. Medium to hard wood with red to crimson color and tight straight interlocking grain. South America. |
| Bubinga (Guibourtia spp.) | Also known as African Rosewood. Beautiful dense hardwood with a rose colored background and darker purple striping. Africa |
| Cocobolo (Dalbergia spp.) | Hard and heavy wood with irregular grain with a medium fine texture. Heartwood is a variagated color from purple red to yellow, with black markings. The color turns deep orange red with exposure. West Coast Central America. |
| Ebony (Diospyros spp.) | Jet black color with only the slightest possibility of dark brown streaks. Very dense. Gives bobbins a wonderful weight. Africa. |
| Goncalo Alves (Astronium fraxinifolium and A. graveolens) | Sometimes called kingwood or tigerwood, grows from southern Mexico through Central America and into South America. In shades of brown and reddish-brown—frequently with dark, nearly black longitudinal stripes—the heartwood can be stunning |
| Kingwood (Dalbergia cearensis) | Also known as violet wood or violetta. A member of the rosewood family with rich violet brown shading to almost black with streaks of black, violet black, and brown appearing throughout the wood. Striking! South America. |
| Pink Ivory (Rhamnus zeyheri) | A beautiful wood from Mozambique with pale to hot pink coloring and lovely grain . Extremely rare and very difficult to find. Called "the royal wood of the Zulus". South Africa. |
| Purple Heart (Peltogyne) | Medium to hard wood with tight, fairly straight grain with moderate to coarse texture. Bright purple when cut, darkens to brownish purple with exposure. Central and South America. |
| Zebra Wood (Microberlinia brazzavillenis) | Medium to heavy hardwood with possible coarse to very coarse grain texture depending on cut. Light tan to golden yellow with streaks of dark brown to black. Africa |
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