Wardrobe, bed, table, chair, etc. They are all familiar wooden furniture, and these wooden furniture are all made of wood. The more expensive the wood, the more expensive the furniture, and the higher the value. Bian Xiao ranks the world's precious wood for everyone. We can see which kind of wood is more famous. When choosing wood, we should also look at the skills of wood selection.

First, the world's precious timber rankings

Huang Huali 1

Also known as Dalbergia odorifera, the color ranges from light yellow to purplish red. Hainan Island's unique tropical monsoon island climate provides a suitable growth environment for Huanghua pear. Judging from the cross section of Huanghua pear, the width of annual rings is different, and the wood color is different, which is the inevitable result of its unique climate affecting the growth of Huanghua pear. In the hot and rainy growing season, its material part is wider and the color is slightly lighter. During the dry, cool and rainy period, the growth of Huanghua plum stopped, and the color of its wood was slightly dark or dark. From the longitudinal section, the texture of Huang Huali is like a jumping stream, flowing sand dunes and gentle slopes. The tangent part is covered with colorful patterns such as raccoon spots, faces and umbrella patterns. Huang Huali wood can be divided into golden yellow, light yellow, orange, reddish brown, reddish purple, dark brown and so on. Different colors also reflect different specific gravity, oiliness and smell of wood. Dark color is stronger than oil, and light color is lighter than light oil. The closer the material of the same tree is to the root, the darker the color, the greater the specific gravity and oiliness, the smaller the brown eyes and the denser the wood.

2. Redwood

Produced in Philippines, India, Guangdong, Malay Peninsula and Thailand. It is a deciduous tree belonging to the family Xiaoqiao, sometimes evergreen. Its bark is gray-green, its trunk is curved, and there are few materials. It is difficult to get long trees with large diameters. The sapwood is narrow, dense and hard, and sinks when entering the water. The heartwood is bright red or orange, and becomes purple-brown stripes after long-term exposure to the air. The texture is delicate and floating, with endless changes, and the fragrance is fragrant. At the same time, it is also a precious medicinal material. Chairs and sofas made of it also have therapeutic effects. Nala in the Philippines, Bedak in andaman islands, Bloodwood in Africa, Dracaena in Latin America, and rosewood in China and India all belong to rosewood.

3.Gorgeous/Li Xinhua

China produces its own products, Fujian, Guangdong and Yunnan, and also imports a lot from Myanmar and Thailand. The color of yellow rosewood is thicker than that of huanghuali, and the lines are straight, slightly worse than that of huanghuali, and there is no pleasant fragrance. Sawdust soaked in water is green, and it is easy to get infected when hands are wet. It has certain toxicity.

4, chicken wing wood

Also known as Qizimu, Railway Wood and Wen Ding Wood, it is produced in Southeast Asian countries such as Myanmar, India, Thailand and Viet Nam. Also divided into old and new. Old chicken wing wood has dense texture, purple and brown stripes, especially the slightly inclined longitudinal section, which gives people the feeling of gorgeous feathers, just like chicken wings. Compared with rosewood and rosewood, Taiwan Province rosewood has less output, and wood grain is unique, which is cherished by the world for its rare existence and beautiful charm. The wood of the new Pteris cristata is rough and purple-black, and the texture is often unclear, hard and has no tendency to rotate. Sometimes the wood is easy to crack and stubble. Wood is bright yellow when cut and turns brown or dark brown when exposed to air. Porous materials and small tubular pores contain black colloid, sediment or permeate. Although the wooden structure is thick, the cross-sectional pattern is beautiful. The three colors of black, white and purple in the pattern constitute Lu Hua's rooster feather. Wood is hard and difficult to process, and the price is higher than that of ordinary mahogany furniture. After the mid-Qing dynasty, few old chicken wings were used for furniture, but new chicken wings are still used in modern times.

5. Tielimu

Also known as iron pear wood, stone salt, iron ridge and iron chestnut wood. It is the highest and most valuable of several hardwoods. Tall evergreen tree with upright trunk, up to ten feet high and up to Zhang Xu in diameter, native to India. Li Tie is very much like the color of chicken wing wood. In fact, the texture of iron wood is thick, the mane eye is obvious, and it is easy to separate the chicken wing wood.

6.ebony

Also known as ebony, black horn and ebony, it is produced in India, Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar and other countries. The heartwood is black (pure black or slightly emerald green) and irregular black, the growth rings are not obvious, the hollow tube is very small, the wood is shiny, there is no special smell and taste, the structure is fine and uniform, the material is hard and heavy, oily, soaked in water, the color is black and brittle, and it is fine like rosewood.

7.ebony

Originated in Indonesia, Shanghainese call it Lvmu, which is similar to ebony in characteristics and material properties, delicate in texture and hard in weight, and usually sinks in water.

8.sequoia

One of the most common hardwoods now, but it was widely used after the mid-Qing Dynasty, and was imported in large quantities when Huang Huali and old maple became scarce. There is also the name of purple elm, which is called acid branch in Guangdong, while mahogany is a popular name in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and North China. Produced in India, Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and other Southeast Asian countries, it is one of the precious tree species of Dalbergia, with reddish brown, heartwood orange, purplish red, reddish brown, purplish brown to dark brown, uneven wood color, obvious dark stripes, hard and wear-resistant, and submerged. Redwood is also divided into old and new. Old redwood is similar to rosewood, but it is darker in luster, lighter in color, denser and lighter in texture, and has fragrance, but not as fragrant as huanghuali. This new kind of mahogany is reddish in color and patterned, sometimes resembling Huang Huali, and now it is imported in large quantities.

Second, wood purchase skills

(1) manual dynamic balance method. Lightly weigh several pieces of wood, the wood with small moisture content will be lighter, and the wood with large moisture content will be lighter.

(2) Touch by hand. Put your palm flat on the surface of the wood and see how wet it is.

(3) Knocking nails. Tap into the wood with long nails. Well-done wood is often easy to nail in, while wet wood is more troublesome to nail in.

When choosing wood, be sure to take a ruler and calculator with you. Some unscrupulous merchants are likely to cheat on these two things, so you can compare them with one set with you to avoid being fooled. When calculating the volume of wood, you should pay attention to accuracy. Some merchants will give you less length and more width and thickness. On the surface, you think it's even, but in practice, you'll find that you've lost. Therefore, it is best to be accurate when calculating, so as to avoid trouble.

The world's precious timber ranks as above, and the market price of these expensive timber is relatively high, which makes it difficult for consumers to buy. There are many skills in choosing wood. If there is a need to choose wood, you can choose the corresponding grade of wood according to your own economic ability to ensure better use of wood.