Triangle Billiards: Darafeev Wood Finishes | |||
Northern Red Oak Finishes | |||
![]() Honey Oak |
![]() Tudor Oak |
![]() Mission Cherry Oak |
![]() Honey Oak Distress |
![]() Old English Oak |
![]() Tobacco Oak |
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Pacific Coast Maple Finishes | |||
![]() Antique Lace Maple |
![]() Antique Slate Maple |
![]() Antique Java Maple |
![]() Dover Maple |
![]() Traditional Mahogany |
![]() Sorrel Maple |
![]() Cocobolo Maple |
![]() Mocha Maple |
![]() Traditional Cherry |
![]() Deercreek Cherry |
![]() Cinnamon Cherry |
![]() Antique Cherry |
![]() Timberlake Cherry Distress |
![]() Cinnamon Cherry Distress |
![]() Seasoned Cherry |
![]() Cinnabar Cherry |
Wood Descriptions:
Genuine Northern Red Oak
Northern Red Oak takes its name from the glowing crimson color of its leaves in autumn. The tree grows to a majestic ninety feet in height and two to four feet in diameter, with a straight true trunk.
Northern Red Oak is found in the dense forest regions of eastern North America, along with a variety of other hardwood species, ranging from east of Lake Superior to as far north as Nova Scotia.
Northern Red Oak is legendary for its strength and durability, and the beauty of its grain texture. It is hard, heavy and solid. Unlike its closest cousin, the White Oak, the Northern Red Oak's heartwood is reddish-brown with a rosy hue and a handsome undulating grain to the wood -- it should not be confused with the more common and less expensive white oak.
Genuine Pacific Coast Maple
Pacific Coast Maple, also known as Bigleaf Maple and Western maple, ranges from Southern California to British Columbia and is the Northwest's second most abundant species of hardwoods. Pacific Coast Maple's dense stands produce lumber with straighter grain and fewer knots.
While similar in appearance to Hard Rock Maple, this hardwood is excellent in resisting denting and splitting. It also is more likely to produce smaller crowns and a less gnarled stem which results in curly or "bird's-eye" figures called burls, which have a high commercial value for furniture.
Before finishing, Pacific Coast Maple is pale pinkish-brown to almost white, characterized by a close, fine grain. It's uniform color lends itself to the manufacture of fine wood furniture and cabinets.
After furniture made of Pacific Coast Maple wood is professionally finished by Mikhail Darafeev, it takes a one-of-a-kind luster or sheen that few furniture makers can equal. Over the years, the color will deepen rather than fade, as is the case when less expensive or imitation "select hardwoods", such as poplar and tulipwood, are used.