There are many types of wood currently on the market.
1. Rosewood: Among various hardwoods, rosewood has the most dense texture, the heaviest weight of the wood, and the wood grain is not obvious. When the flowers of rosewood are placed in white wine, the flowers will immediately decompose into pink and form a sticky gel with the wine, which can form a line when poured. This is an effective way to identify rosewood.
2. Huanghuali: The color of this material is neither quiet nor noisy, but just right. The texture is either hidden or visible, vivid and changeable. The color of rosewood ranges from light yellow to purple red. The wood is solid and the pattern is exquisite. It is in the shape of a figure. It is fragrant when sawed. The rosewood produced in Hainan, China is the best. Its distinctive feature is that there are grimaces on the pattern surface, that is, the knots are the most important. The ones with thicker flowers and lighter colors are considered better. Another characteristic is that the heartwood and sapwood are very different. The heartwood is reddish brown to dark reddish brown or purple reddish brown, with uneven depth, often with dark brown stripes.
3. Wenge wood: The new wenge wood is rough, purple and black, the texture is turbid, stiff and has no tendency to rotate, and the wood fibers are sometimes easy to crack and stubble. The texture of old chicken wing wood is fine and dense, with alternating shades of purple and brown.
4. Ironwood: It is the tallest among several hardwoods and its value is relatively low. Ironwood sometimes has patterns that resemble wenge but are thicker. In the past, furniture dealers used it to pass it off as wenge and sell it. Ironwood is a larger evergreen tree with an upright trunk, more than ten feet high and more than ten feet in diameter. Native to East India. It is distributed in both Guangdong and Guangxi: the wood is hard and durable, the heartwood is dark red, the color and texture are slightly like chicken wing wood, the texture is rough, the grain is thick, and the brown eyes are obvious. It is mostly used in construction in the tropics and in Guangdong to make furniture. It is extremely durable.
5. Mahogany: Mahogany is the most used and most valuable high-quality hardwood after huanghuali and rosewood. There are dozens of varieties and names: such as rosewood, mahogany, old mahogany, new mahogany, Fragrant mahogany, red bean wood, rosewood, new rosewood, old rosewood, etc. In recent years, there are also: Brazilian rosewood, Thai rosewood, Burmese rosewood, Laos rosewood, Vietnamese rosewood, etc.
6. Beech: The wood is hard, beautiful in color, extremely versatile, and quite valuable. The old wood is reddish, hence the name "blood beech". Also called red beech. It is stronger than ordinary wood, but is not considered a hardwood.
7. Elm: Elm is also called "white elm". It is a widespread tree species and is produced in the plain areas of my country. It has straight texture, larger patterns, slightly thicker structure, prominent brown eyes, and thicker texture. Soft, classified as firewood or cork. Easy to machine and engrave.
9. Fir: white or light yellow in color, straight wood grain, delicate structure, decay-resistant, and easy to process.