Versatile North American Hardwood in Reno, NV

Ash is normally straight-grained and coarse, with an even texture, lustrous. The narrow heartwood is almost white, and lustrous. 

Basswood is a light and soft wood. It can take stain and polish without difficulty and has great carving properties.

Cherry's heartwood can vary in color from reddish brown to either deep red or a lighter red brown. Cherry has a fine, straight, close grain, a smooth texture and a rich satiny luster.

Hard Maples heartwood is a uniformly pale or light tan. Typically straight and close soft grain, it can be wavy or curly. 

Soft Maples heartwood is light to dark reddish brown. Grain is normally straight and closed, but can be wavy or curly and pith flecks are often present.

White Oaks heartwood can vary in color from light tan to a dark or pale brown. It usually has a straight, open grain, and is medium to, or pale brown.

Milling perpendicular to the log’s growth rings produces a linear grain pattern with no flecking.

Displays a dramatic medullar figure called a flake or fleck.

Beech has a reddish tinge or light to reddish brown. It has a straight grain, which is sometimes interlocked, and a fine, even texture.

Poplar's heartwood is a pale olive green to brown or light yellow to tan or greenish brown, often with streaks of blue, purple, dark green and black. Usually straight-grained with a fine and even texture.

Alder is a fairly straight-grained wood of uniform texture, the heartwood being pale yellow to reddish-brown.

The grain is usually straight but frequently wavy or irregular and is close, compact, and smooth. The wood has a medium and firm texture, conspicuous medullary rays, and a medium luster. It displays interesting and attractive figures.

Birch's sapwood is whitish, pale yellow or light reddish brown, whereas the heartwood is reddish brown. Mostly straight grain, but it can be wavy or curly with a soft texture.

Walnut's hardwood in Reno, NV can be light greyish brown, dark chocolate or purplish black. Slightly open grain is typically straight but can be curly or wavy. The texture is usually coarse but develops a lustrous patina in time.

Hickory's sapwood is pale, and heartwood is brown to reddish-brown. Usually straight-grained, it can be wavy or irregular and with coarse texture.

PC Maple is pale pinkish brown to almost white, normally with no clear distinction between heartwood and sapwood. It has a close, fine grain with uniform color.

Red Oaks heartwood has a biscuit to pinkish or reddish-brown color. The grain is usually straight and open but can vary. It generally has a coarse texture.