Berkshire Veneer Company - products

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Inventory of Flitch stock

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Oak, Bog: Europe. Color dependent on duration of submersion. These rare examples of 1000-5000 year old, or more, logs that have fallen into peat bogs or gravel pits with all the right criteria for oxygen starvation, thus resulting in old growth flitches that darken to a chocolate/brown, charcoal gray to totally black color. $1.00-2.50.

Oak, Chestnut: USA. In the White Oak family, these logs can produce some very exotic grain patterns. Unique logs, they're something different than just plain old oak. $0.50-1.00.

Oak, English Brown: England. Tan to dark brown with good strong flake figure. Very difficult to secure large logs. Prices are very volatile, so please call.

Oak, Red: North America. Pale red to medium red will be the color band we'll stay in. Plain sliced with narrow heart and tight grain. $0.50-0.75.

Oak, Red, Rift Cut: As above, but sequential straight grained bundles! Yield tends to be low in rift cut, so add a good waste factor. $0.75-1.00.

Oak, Red, Quartered/Flake: Usually single bundles 4-6" wide. Sequence available on request, but can be hard to get in large runs. $0.50-0.75.

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Oak, White: North America, Europe. Straw colored is what we inventory. Plain sliced, smooth and tight. $0.50-1.00.

Oak, White, Rift cut: Comb grained, straw colored and sequenced for large runs of even grained, no flake panels. Only the best logs get selected for rift! However don't be bashful about adding a heavy waste factor because yield tends to be low in rift cut! $0.75-1.50.

Oak, White, Quartered/Flake: Straight grained wide bands of flake superimposed on top. Mission oak furniture and the Arts and Craft movement popularized this look that continues today. $0.75-1.50.

Padauk: Central and West Africa. Golden red is it. Quartered, nice color and dimension. Excellent accent wood or primary veneer. Mellows and darkens with age. $0.75-1.00.

Pearwood:, Swiss Central and Southern Europe. Flesh colored, extremely fine-grained fruit tree. Plain sliced and quarters available, and from non-figured to heavily figured. Understated but striking. $2.50-4.00.

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Pine, Idaho: Light colored, yellow to an orange tinge. Available in multiple grades from knotty to clear as well as plain sliced and quartered. $0.75-1.00.

Poplar: Eastern United States. Very light colored sapwood to greenish brown heartwood. Winter wood growth rings are often light green. An ideal species to cut thick for secondary woods. Quarters can be attractive. $0.50-0.75. Even less for volume!

Purpleheart: Mexico, South America. The name says it all, it really is purple. Plain sliced and quarters available. Tight even grain. Some nice examples of quartered, figured purpleheart also available. $0.75-1.00.

Rosewood, East Indian: India. Dark purple to browns. We have two examples of monster Rosewood flitches. Massive dimensions and volume, these are huge logs. $3.00-5.00.

Rosewood, Santos or Pau Ferro: So. America. Tough call on color here. Each log is a little different. Ranges from brown to orange to dark purple. Under 8 feet: $1.50+, 8 feet and longer: $2.00+.