Black-Line Spalted Wood
Nicholas came across some beautiful maple burl years ago that was unfortunately too rotten to be used as a traditional handle material. This sparked his quest to figure out the best way to preserve the beauty of the original wood but make it strong and durable for many applications.
Mischa, Nicholas’s nephew is seen harvesting some maple that has been overrun with many different fungi. Each fungus colony makes the hard black lines at their perimeters’ giving this wood a truly one of kind look.
Over the next few years
Nicholas developed procedures to fully impregnate these beautiful pieces of wood. We have been able to find three different species of tree that promote the growth of fungi necessary for the Black Line phenomena to appear intensely and repeatedly. These species are
Ash - Maple - Beech
We continue to push boundaries as we perfect existing practices and search for new methods to preserve these fragile yet beautiful pieces of nature. Like Nicholas always said
“We don’t make the wood, it grows on a tree. We do our best to pay homage to what mother nature has already created.”
Watch 2 minutes of Mischa ripping into some black-lined spalted sugar maple!
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