Aspect: Fine closed grain with smooth finish. Thin and delicate lines between each yearly growth bands.
Color: Creamy white at first. Tendency to turn slightly more yellow with UV exposure.
Density: Medium.
Smell: 1 / 5.
Gallery:
European Ash(Fraxinus excelsior)
Aspect: Open grain yet with smooth finish. Good contrast between early and late wood bands.
Color: Starts off-white with reddish brown lines, and will darken over time towards something more like sand color with darker brown lines.
Density: Medium.
Smell: 1 / 5.
Gallery:
European Beech(Fagus sylvatica)
Aspect: Straight, medium fine grain with a consistent texture and characteristic small dashes pattern.
Color: Pinkish-brown hue, almost salmon at times, which can be a deeper red when steamed. Gets somewhat darker with age but otherwise quite stable.
Density: Medium.
Smell: 1 / 5.
Gallery:
Wild Cherry(Prunus avium)
Aspect: Fine closed grain with quite good chatoyance, especially on quarter-sawn surfaces.
Color: Starts almost golden with reddish undertones, but turns a much darker and richer red brown color over time.
Density: Medium.
Smell: 1 / 5.
Gallery:
European Sycamore(Platanus x acerifolia)
Aspect: Medium fine closed grain with smooth finish. Highly remarkable surface dashes motif.
Color: Grayish or brown orange to deeper red hues with sometimes non-uniform zones.
Density: Medium.
Smell: 1 / 5.
Gallery:
European Walnut(Juglans regia)
Aspect: Open grain with smooth finish. Can have nice figures.
Color: Lots of color variation between individuals, but overall a dark wood, with brown, black or chocolate hues, but also to a golden yellow brown at times.
Density: Medium.
Smell: 2 / 5.
Gallery:
Classic Six Variants
Red Heart Beech(Fagus sylvatica)
Aspect: Like regular Beech but with irregular red veins.
Color: Contrast between the regular wood and red veins.
Density: Medium.
Smell: 1 / 5.
Gallery:
Spalted European Beech(Fagus sylvatica)
Aspect: Wild spalting lines and color changes, all pieces are truly unique.
Color: Darker than regular healthy Beech.
Density: Medium light.
Smell: 1 / 5.
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Classic Extras
Uncommon
Europe
Spalted Horse Chestnut(Aesculus hippocastanum)
Note: Due to toxicity concerns, this species is no longer an option for Ubik bodies.
Aspect: Super fine grain with ultra smooth polish.
Color: Mostly creamy white to yellow with darker zones, and unique blue streaks due to the spalting.
Density: Light.
Smell: 4 / 5 (when heated, otherwise 2).
Gallery:
Whitebeam(Aria edulis, ex-Sorbus aria)
Aspect: Very dense wood with ultra-fine closed grain and superb surface finish.
Color: Rich deep brown with a lot of red.
Density: High.
Smell: 1 / 5.
Gallery:
European Red Elm(Ulmus spp.)
Aspect: Open grain with interesting wavy patterns and good color changing effects on plain sawn surfaces and lovely mottling / checkering on quarter sawn ones.
Color: Deep brown with red hues, can be quite dark.
Density: Medium.
Smell: 2 / 5.
Gallery:
America
Sucupira Amarela(Robrichia schomburgkii)
Aspect: Rather irregular open grain, highly color changing and with strong chatoyance.
Color: Goes from pure gold yellow to deep orange depending on light incidence.
Density: High.
Smell: 1 / 5.
Gallery:
Angelim Pedra(Hymenolobium spp.)
Aspect: Interlocked open grain, with some color change.
Color: Red, orange, brown, yellow, depending on light incidence.
Density: High.
Smell: 3 / 5.
Gallery:
Freijo / Salmwood(Cordia alliodora)
Aspect: Interlocked grain, complex texture.
Color: Dark tobacco brown with black and dark red hues.
Density: Medium.
Smell: 3 / 5.
Gallery:
Choco Hard Maple (THT)(Acer saccharum)
Note: Due to unbearable smell this species is no longer an option for Ubik bodies or bottom plates.
Aspect: Smooth closed grain taking a very nice polish.
Color: Intensively thermo-treated giving a chocolate color.
Density: Medium.
Smell: 5 / 5.
Gallery:
American Tuliptree(Liriodendron tulipifera)
Aspect: Rather smooth grain with some unexpected chatoyance especially on quarter-sawn surfaces.
Color: Light yellow with hints of green hues.
Density: Light.
Smell: 1.5 / 5.
Gallery:
Tzalam / Wild Tamarind(Lysiloma latisiliquum)
Aspect: Open grain with vague similitude to walnut. Interesting banding effect.
Color: Dramatic color changing effect with light incidence, going from ginger to a much darker red brown.
Density: Medium.
Smell: 1 / 5.
Gallery:
Africa
African White Limba / Korina(Terminalia superba)
Aspect: Medium open grain, lightly uneven.
Color: Creamy ivory off-white.
Density: Medium light.
Smell: 2 / 5.
Gallery:
Asia
Oceania
High End
Europe
Ancient Figured Walnut(Juglans regia)
Aspect: Surprisingly fine grain for a walnut. Some wave figure. Non uniform pigmentation. A hint of spalting.
Color: Creamy yellow with grayish dark brown veins.
Density: Medium light.
Smell: 1 / 5.
Gallery:
Olive Tree(Olea europaea)
Aspect: Super fine grain, very irregular, ultra smooth.
Color: Yellow and cream base with darker red veins.
Density: High.
Smell: 3 / 5.
Gallery:
America
Louro Preto / Piquana Negra(Cordia glabrata)
Aspect: Medium grain with irregular darker veins.
Color: Deep coffee brown with black veins.
Density: Medium.
Smell: 3 / 5.
Gallery:
Africa
Asia
Rain Tree / Monkeypod / Saman(Samanea saman)
Aspect: Very irregular open grain with a lot of chatoyance and darker veins.
Color: Light yellow base with golden and darker veins.
