The wood in this special is kiln dried, surfaced on two sides and is generally sealed on the ends. Some blanks will have occasional very faint hairline checks in black streaks or a minor end check that should be easy to work with or around. These are usually near or on the sapwood; they are very small and minor. This wood is exceptionally high quality A grade material. Please look at the pictures to see coverage of sapwood on faces. These have superior overall quality with some especially large sizes! This is the same material that we use to cut instrument sets that are sold to larger instrument companies. Cut your own sets and save up to 50%! It is getting much harder to obtain this wood so stock up and take advantage of the wonderful pricing!

Masur Birch is an excellent choice for making knife scales! Most of the wood has nice figuring that is very similar to burl or birdseye Maple though of a different origin. The creamy, golden color with occasional dark brown streaking yields stunning contrast for specialty and decorative items. Workability of this very rare wood is excellent. Our material is kiln dried and ready to use.

Brilliantly colored pink, this marvel of nature is a true Rosewood that has all of the incredible working properties of Rosewoods! It is air dried, surfaced on two sides and ready to use. Generally these pieces are clean but a rough corner edge or check may be present. This is the size of each piece in a two piece bookmatch set.

This beautiful Camatillo has been equilibrium air dried since 2004. There are strong violet colors. It’s an excellent choice for instruments, inlay/intarsia, box parts, knives, jewelry, and more. Ships to USA only due to Cites regulations.