Fancy Plywood - Makore

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Description

Makore is an African black cherry that displays a warm reddish brown color. A grain more similar to a true mahogany. Very hard, and lustrous with a high silica content to give a great lustrous shine. Pommele is blister type of figure, almost 3-dimensional which shows great depth to the wood.

MAKORE	TIEGHEMELLA AFRICANA , A .K .A. DOUKA FRISE
COLOR	LIGHT RED TO REDDISH BROWN.
GRAIN/ TEXTURE	CLOSED GRAIN PORE. VARIEGATED GRAIN , STRAIGHT GRAIN WHEN QUARTER SAWN.
FIGURE	MAKORE IS VERY OFTEN FIGURED AND FREQUENTLY STRIPED, WAVY, MOIRE, FLAMED MOTTLED, FIDDLEBACK AND OR POMELLE.
USES	THESE LARGE TIMBERS ARE GOOD FOR PROJECTS WERE LARGE TIMBERS AND LARGE SEQUENCES ARE NEEDED. ONE OF THE LARGEST ARICAN REDWOODS

 

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