Today we talk about the high luxury custom commonly used maple bird eye veneer

 

Today we talk about the high luxury custom commonly used maple bird eye veneer

 

What is maple birds eye veneer?

 

Maple birds eye veneer is a maple with a unique graphic pattern. maple birds eye veneer is named for its special texture that resembles a bird's eye, both in shape and size.

 

 

Bird's eye pattern often appears in several kinds of wood, such as Anigre, beech, etc., but the most popular designer is known and loved and used in the field of decoration or maple birds eye veneer. It is like the smooth texture of the most troublesome rotating tiny eyes, subvert the public impression of wood grain, it make people can not forget.

 

 

 

Origin of maple birds eye veneer:

 

Maple trees are mostly distributed in the Appalachian Mountains, the northern United States, Canada. Although maple is found all over the world, it can be mined in these areas. Finches eyes are also often found in European maples, but because they are too few or uneven, they are often seen as grain defects, reducing the value of the original tree.

 

Why is finch-eye wood expensive?

 

The texture of finch-eye wood is special, and the texture of normal maple is not. The special texture of finch-eye wood is due to the variation it develops as it grows.

As the saying goes: rare things are valuable, the rare bird's eye wood also with its special, attractive texture let their price has been promoted. According to American cutters, only one maple tree in a hundred has a finch's eye, and the bird's eye distribution and tree shape are not always good.

 

The best quality maple birds eye

 

The second grade maple birds eye

 

Regular grade maple birds eye

 

What causes the formation of finches' eyes?

 

Many local foresters believe that finch-eye diagrams are the result of stunted growth of trees, the result of poor growing conditions that cause new shoots to form but fail to grow. Bird's eye patterns are marks left on maple by branches that have failed to grow properly. Of course, these are just guesses, and until now no one has been able to prove what causes bird's eye patterns, which remains a mystery.

 

 

 

 

How to distinguish the best bird eye maple?

 

1. Bird eye density. Highly concentrated eye images are more valuable than scattered eyes. The uniform distribution of the birds' eyes is an important factor to distinguish between high and low rank.

2. Eye size. Big eyes have a higher price than small eyes.

3. White sapwood covering. Pure white sapwood veneer is superior to finches eye veneer with brown heartwood or mineral lines.

4. Face coverings. When the densities in the logs are the same, the eyes can be seen on all sides of the wood, and this veneer will show a nice eye after being sliced. Therefore, wood with finches' eyes on all sides is valuable in itself.

 

 

 

Usages of maple birds eye veneer:

 

We talked earlier about the special texture of maple birds eye veneer, so let's look at its uses. The quality of maple birds eye veneer determines the direction it is used. According to the cost, beauty and other aspects of consideration, the cutting grade of high maple birds eye veneer will be made into wood veneer, and the grade of low maple will be cut into wood lumber, which is the same as our usual treatment of wood.

The rarity of maple birds eye determines that its decorative applications are high-end home decoration, tooling, or advanced crafts.

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