If you do not see what you are looking for or are looking for a specific size, please give our customer service department a call at (828) 322-9663.Exotic Wood Species Acacia African Blackwood African Mahogany Afrormosia Afzelia Burl Amazon Rosewood Amboyna Burl Ambrosia Maple Angelim Pedra Anigre Aspen Bark Pocket Maple Basswood Birch Birdseye Maple Black & White Ebony Black Palm Bloodwood Bocote Bolivian Rosewood Brazilian Ebony Brown Ebony Brown Mallee Burl Bubinga Buckeye Burl Butternut Camatillo Canarywood Chakte Viga Chechen Cherry Cherry Burl Cocobolo Cumaru Curly Cherry Curly Hard Maple Curly Narra Curly Oak Curly Pyinma Curly Soft Maple Curly Western Maple Curly White Ash E. ![]() Each slab species has a minimum quantity of the smallest BDFT piece we have available. All of our live edge slabs are sold by the board foot and are measured from the middle of the board. ![]() You can see all the species we carry in Live Edge Slabs listed on the left side of this page. In smaller slabs we have a very wide range of species available. Some of the more popular species in large slabs are Guanacaste, African Mahogany, Sapele, and Monkey Pod. We have massive conference table sizes up to 16' long and widths up to 60" wide. We carry domestic slabs in a variety of species, including thick walnut mantle slabs. Rocky has been sourcing slabs from all over the world. That article can be seen on this webpage: Here is the web page where you can read that article : Īnother article was written in Woodcraft Magazine in the June/July 2018 issue about Rocky's travels to Brazil to source a long dead, but still standing Pequia log. They decided to write a feature article in the March/April 2008 issue of Woodworker's Journal to promote the species and explain the process from sawing to sale of the slabs through Rockler. Rocky bought an amazing Waterfall Bubinga log in Cameroon, which he sold to Rockler Corporation. Waterfall Bubinga was the most popular and beautiful of all the slabs. The logs had to be taken to Europe where the sawmills had equipment large enough to handle the sawing process of logs that can reach 7' in diameter. Initially, slabs were coming mainly from Africa. ![]() ![]() We started importing slabs in 2003, before the trend really ramped up. Craftmen, hobby woodworkers and DIYers all have easy access to materials in order to make tables, bar tops, fine custom furniture, and a wide range of other projects using Live Edge material. The Live Edge Slab market keeps getting stronger and stronger.
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