Holly Lumber For Sale

Holly lumber angela raimato 2019 03 25t155015 0400.

Holly lumber for sale. Seldom available for commercial sale holly is an expensive domestic lumber and is usually only available in small quantities and sizes. It shows very little grain. The grain is fine textured with an ivory white color. Holly trees grow with so many branches that it is hard to get long clear cuttings.

Working properties the irregular grain pattern of holly lumber makes it extremely difficult when sawing or planing the wood. Holly has a very close irregular grain with little or no discernible figure. Holly ranges in color from white to ivory. Must be cut in winter to avoid blue stain or graying of the wood.

Holly lumber is a tough heavy wood and is noted to be hard in all categories. Holly american holly grows in the mississippi valley of the united states and along the east coast. Very rare due to the slow rate of growth and small size of the trees that are harvested. Holly is one of the whitest of all woods.

Very popular for inlay work. This species is hard and strong which is excellent to machine and finish. This wood species is not listed in the cites appendices or on the iucn red list of threatened species. The veneer flitches are usually narrow due the small size of the holly tree.

Holly is a domestic wood that is excellent turning carving and inlay.