Our Mission Statement

"To supply woodturners, luthiers, wood carvers and custom furniture builders with beautiful figured specialty wood in sizes, shapes and species that cannot normally be purchased at the local lumber store."

About Our Wood

Our specialty is selling wood native to coastal British Columbia, Canada.

• 90% of our inventory is Figured Western Maple (Acer macrophylum).
• All blocks and blanks are sealed with a safe water-based wax sealer.
• We have the thicker 3" and 4" stock sought by wood turners.
• Instrument wood is air dried with fans and dehumidifiers.
• Digital imaging is available.

Grading

Grade A - figure or spalting present in subtle amount.

Grade AA - highly spalted or figured over part of the block, or good figure over all of the block. Some colour change may be present.

Grade AAA - highly spalted or figured over most of the block. Strong colour changes may be present.

Bow River Specialty Wood's Buying Policy

Buying wood through the mail requires a level of trust on both parts.
If you're not happy with the wood then we're not happy.
We will either work something out until you're satisfied or we will refund your money.

Satisfaction Guaranteed! Compare our prices with other competitors; You will find us VERY competitive.

We also grade our figured and spalted wood so you can order the level of figure you want.

Shapes And Sizes

• Bowl blanks are sold in circular form by the board foot (bf) e.g. a 2" X 12" blank would be sold as 2 bf.
• Bowl blank sizes range from 2" to 7" thick and 6" to 24" in diameter.
• Turning squares for hollow forms and spindle sizes range from 2" X 2" to 8" X 8" at various lengths.
• Burl stock is cut in rounds and squares, some with natural edge tops; and slabs from 2" to 6" thick.
• Figured maple is also available in lumber stock for furniture.
• Guitar blanks are 5/4 to 10/4 thick by 6" to 10" wide and 19" to 24" long (premium white wood).

Tip: Our wood is approx. 3.5 lb./BF dry or 4.7 lb./BF green. Most large pieces are somewhere in between.