Wood

PINE

Origin: New Zealand

Scientific Name: Pinus radiata
Moisture Content: 8 ~ 13 %
Appearance: Heartwood is light brown,  sapwood is wide with a paler yellowish white color; straight grained with a medium, even texture.
Most used for our (TA series) Handles/ Knobs, (TE series) Feet & Legs,  and (TD series) Hook Rail & other accessories

WHITE OAK

Origin: North America

Scientific Name: Quercus alba
Moisture Content: 8 ~ 13 %
Appearance: Heartwood is light to medium brown; sapwood is nearly white to light brown. White oak has a bit of a smoother look, more mineral streaks and the rays are a bit longer compared with red oak.
Most used for our (TA series) Handles/ Knobs,  (TB series) Carved Decoration, (TC series) Moulding, (TE series) Feet & Legs, (TR series) Plugs & Pegs, (TT series) Corbels, and (TD series) Other accessories

SPRUCE

Origin: Europe

Scientific Name: Picea abies
Moisture Content: 8 ~ 13 %
Appearance: Typically creamy white, even texture, with a fine and consistently straight grain. 
Most used for our (TA series) Handles/ Knobs , (TD series) Hook Rail & other accessories

RED OAK

Origin: North America

Scientific Name: Quercus rubra
Moisture Content: 8 ~ 13 %
Appearance: Heartwood is light to medium brown, normally with a reddish cast; sapwood is nearly white to light brown. Red oak tends to have stronger graining compared with white oak.
Most used for our (TA series) Handles/ Knobs,  (TB series) Carved Decoration, (TC series) Moulding, (TE series) Feet & Legs,  (TR series) Plugs & Pegs, (TT series) Corbels, and (TD series) Other Accessories

ASPEN

Origin: North America

Scientific Name: Populus grandidentata
Moisture Content: 8 ~ 13 %
Appearance: Heartwood tends to be light brown; sapwood is pale yellow to nearly white. Generally grain is straight with medium texture.
Most used for our (TA series) Handles/ Knobs, (TB series) Carved Decoration, (TC series) Moulding,  (TD series) other accessories

CHERRY

Origin: North America

Scientific Name: Prunus serotina
Moisture Content: 8 ~ 13 %
Appearance: The heartwood is light pinkish brown and darkens to  medium reddish brown with age. Usually straight grain with curly patterns.
Most used for our (TA series) Handles/ Knobs,  (TB series) Carved Decoration, (TC series) Moulding,  (TR series) Plugs & Pegs, (TT series) Corbels, (TK series) Kitchenware, and (TD series) Other Accessories

RUBBER WOOD

Origin: Malaysia

Scientific Name: Hevea brasiliensis
Moisture Content: 8 ~ 13 %
Appearance: Heartwood is naturally light blonde to medium brown, and color tends to darken with age. There is no distinct between heartwood and sapwood. The grain is straight, with a coarse, open texture.
Most used for our (TA series) Handles/ Knobs,  (TB series) Carved Decoration, (TE series) Feet & Legs, (TR series) Plugs & Pegs, (TT series) Corbels, and (TD series) other accessories

BEECH

Origin: EUROPE

Scientific Name: Fagus sylvatica
Moisture Content: 8 ~ 13 %
Appearance: Beech is typically pale cream, sometimes with a pink or brown color. The wood has more golden tone after steamed. The grain is straight, and tight.
Most used for our (TA series) Handles/ Knobs,  (TB series) Carved Decoration, (TC series) Moulding, (TE series) Feet & Legs, (TR series) Plugs & Pegs, (TT series) Corbels, and (TD series) Other Accessories

WALNUT

Origin: North America

Scientific Name: Juglans spp.
Moisture Content: 8 ~ 13 %
Appearance: Heartwood tends to be dark with deep chocolate or reddish brown color, sometimes with a purplish hue and may also contain streaks of lighter-colored wood mixed throughout the heartwood. The grain is usually straight, but can be irregular.
Most used for our (TA series) Handles/ Knobs,  (TR series) Plugs & Pegs, and (TD series) Other accessories 

HARD MAPLE

Origin: North America

Scientific Name: Acer saccharum
Moisture Content: 8 ~ 13 %
Appearance: The sapwood is creamy white with slight reddish brown and the heartwood varies from light to dark reddish brown. Grain is generally straight, but may be wavy. It has a close fine, uniform texture.
Most used for our (TA series) Handles/ Knobs,  (TB series) Carved Decoration, (TC series) Moulding, (TE series) Feet & Legs, (TR series) Plugs & Pegs, (TT series) Corbels, (TK series) Kitchenware and (TD series)  Caster Wheel & other accessories

ASH

Origin: North America

Scientific Name: Fraxinus americana
Moisture Content: 8 ~ 13 %
Appearance: The heartwood is a light to to medium brown color and sapwood can be very wide, and tends to be light brown. The grain is almost straight and regular, but sometimes curly. It has a medium to coarse texture.
Most used for our (TA series) Handles/ Knobs,  (TB series) Carved Decoration, (TC series) Moulding and (TD series) Other accessories

MAHOGANY

Origin: Africa

Scientific Name: SWIETENIA SPP.
Moisture Content: 8 ~ 13 %
Appearance: Heartwood color is ranging from pale pink to deeper reddish brown, sometimes with streaks of medium to dark reddish brown. Colors will darken with age. Grain can be straight but is typically interlocking, with fairly coarse and uneven texture.
Most used for our (TA series) Handles/ Knobs,  (TB series) Carved Decoration, and (TD series) Other accessories 

 

BIRCH

Origin: Europe

Scientific Name: Betula pendula
Moisture Content: 8 ~ 13 %
Appearance: Heartwood is light reddish brown and sapwood is nearly white. General grain is straight or slighty wavy, with a fine, even texture.
Most used for our (TA series) Handles/ Knobs,  (TB series) Carved Decoration, (TE series) Feet & Legs, (TR series) Plugs & Pegs, and (TD series) Caster Wheel & Other accessories

TEAK

Origin: Myanmar

Scientific Name: Tectona grandis
Moisture Content: 8 ~ 13 %
Appearance: Heartwood is a brownish red color, and will darken with age. The wood contains natural oil on surface.  With straight grain, but can be wavy or interlocked.
Most used for our (TA series) Handles/ Knobs, (TB series) Carved Decoration, (TK series) Kitchenware, (TT series) Corbels, and (TD series) Other Accessories.

ALDER

Origin: North America

Scientific Name: Alnus rubra 
Moisture Content: 8 ~ 13 %
Appearance: There is no visible distinct between heartwood and sapwood and color tends to be light brown to reddish brown. Generally grain is straight, with a moderately fine, uniform texture which is similar to Birch, but redder.
Most used for our (TA series) Handles/ Knobs, (TE series) Feet & Legs, (TT series) Corbels, (TK series) Kitchenware, (TR series) Plugs and Pegs, and (TD series) Other accessories

BAMBOO

Origin: China

Scientific Name: Phyllostachys edulis
Appearance: Color is pale yellow to almost white. Bamboo does not have any sapwood or heartwood or growth rings. It is renewable; bamboo trees can have many bamboo shoots ever year, so the quantity of bamboo trees is multiplied year by year.
Most used for our (TA series) Handles/ Knobs,  (TK series) Kitchenware, and (TD series) Other accessories