Black Walnut
Ambrosia/Spalted Maple
Birdseye Maple
This is the classic-looking walnut. The color varies from medium to deep brown, with streaks of pale cream and near black. Walnut is light to medium weight and very stable and durable. It is always an excellent choice for musical instruments in general, and it makes a lighter-weight handle for your saw...
Birdseye Maple
Ambrosia/Spalted Maple
Birdseye Maple
Lovely, moonlight hue- with "eyes" throughout! Each little eye is actually the cross-section of a tiny burl! This is a very hard, dense wood is medium weight. It finishes beautifully, and it is one of the best-loved hardwoods! In good supply.
Ambrosia/Spalted Maple
Ambrosia/Spalted Maple
Ambrosia/Spalted Maple
This highly figured maple is the result of an early phase of decay - which is arrested before the wood actually breaks down. Long a favorite wood among artists, every piece is absolutely unique, with all degrees of figuration. Colors range from cream white to deep chocolate - all ij one piece of wood. This is a lighter-weight maple, so you can have a musical saw that is easier to carry and handle - but still plenty strong! Good supply!
Tiger/Curly Maple
Tiger/Curly Maple
Ambrosia/Spalted Maple
Pale golden to rich honey color, unless stained light brown. Contains tight, even curls that shift and glow in different angles of lighting! The classic violin wood! Medium weight and clear of defects.
Sapele Mahogany
Tiger/Curly Maple
Sapele Mahogany
Light to medium-weight. Honey-colored, with glowing golden banding! A favorite hardwood that results in a very lovely musical saw or saw cheat!
Paduak
Zebrawood
Bubinga
Deep red color, with alternating darker bands. Very stunning! Fairly heavy - makes for a solid-feeling saw or cheat! In good supply!
Bubinga
Zebrawood
Bubinga
Overall, the color is similar to black walnut, but the patterns are quite distinctive - "swirly" in fact! This is one of the showiest hardwoods! Medium weight - makes a solid-feeling, durable musical saw. Good supply!
Zebrawood
Zebrawood
Afrormosia
This is a very distinctive hardwood, with bold, alternating stripes of cream and light-to-dark brown. Heavy weight and quite durable!
Afrormosia
Purpleheart
Afrormosia
This wood has a distinct, deep yellow color that is quite unique among hardwoods. The grain pattern is tight and even, with alternating, slightly wavy stripes. Heavy and hard - quite durable!
Cherry
Purpleheart
Purpleheart
Very lightweight - makes for a very easy to handle saw! Cherry is an all-time favorite hardwood, favored by furniture-makers and craftsman because it is quite easy to work! Color is a soft, pale orange. Can contain very pleasing waves that shift nicely in the light!
Purpleheart
Purpleheart
Purpleheart
Another wonder of nature! Contains a true purple dye! Clear, fairly straight-grained, with alternating but subtle dark and light streaks. Very heavy and dense - makes for a very substantial, solid-feeling musical saw! If you don't mind the extra weight, this wood makes for a real showpiece!
Redheart
Wenge Ebony
Wenge Ebony
This wood starts out as a very vivid red, then as it ages it develops into rich browns with wine-red highlights. Beautiful grain patterns! Medium weight and hardness, with good durability.
Wenge Ebony
Wenge Ebony
Wenge Ebony
While not a true ebony, wenge is certainly black enough to be a more affordable alternative. It actually looks very interesting because of the rich brown grain patterns nested in the black! Like ebony, this is a hard, exceptionally dense wood. Rather heavy and very durable! Limited supply!
Katalox
Wenge Ebony
Lacewood
This wood tends to be very dark - some pieces are almost black, like ebony! It varies from a rich chocolate hue to deep brown, and the grain patterns are different in every piece. Heavy, hard and very durable. Limited supply...
Lacewood
Lacewood
Lacewood
This wood is characterized by fantastic, shimmering large flecks all throughout it. The flecks form a fairly regular lace pattern - hence the name. This is a very popular and showy wood. It is medium-weight and quite hard and durable - makes a real showpiece!
Chechen
Goncalo Alves
Goncalo Alves
A very showy wood that has many characteristics of true rosewoods. The colors in a single board can rage from cream to a deep reddish-brown, and there are often highly dramatic, swirling patterns. Medium weight and hardness, durable.
Goncalo Alves
Goncalo Alves
Goncalo Alves
Goncalo Alves is reddish-brown in color, richly mottled and with dark brown streaks and spots similar to Rosewood. Extremely showy and popular, with medium weight and hardness. Durable!