Basswoodman.com Website Review

Our mission is to provide carvers and artisans with the best possible northern bas*wood. Our products are available in many local Woods and what you’re looking for, don’t hesitate to ask. Our products fall into four general categories: These blocks are cut from logs harvested locally and in accordance with good Forestry Practices. The lumber is then air-dried in our yard to preserve the soft cell structure that lends itself so well to carving. The blocks are then cut from the outer layers of the logs.  Some of these blocks will show a bit of wane at a long edge.  If you see wane at the edge you know that it was cut from a jacket or outer board.  You can see one of these boards near the bottom left of the picture above.  Some carvers prefer the wood from the outer layers of the logs  because the grain is straiter and more uniform. After we’ve cut the blocks from lumber we inspect for blemishes. Only blocks that are free of knots, coloration or other blemishes will be included in this category. Finally, each block is planed, sanded and measured before packing. long  and 12 inch long. We also custom cut barksides to meet the needs of your special project.  These plaques often include some natural structure such as knots — we call these features.  Many barkside artists arrange their project to include the features into We pack Grab Boxes in several sizes that are sold through a number of retail outlets. These grab boxes contain bas*wood pieces that are either small, odd-shaped, or have some minor imperfections that disqualify them for the Graded Blocks program. But, they are still high quality bas*wood pieces and you get a lot of ba*g for your buck! We slice custom ovals from hand processed bas*wood bolts that are winter cut.  A bolt is a reasonably straight, reasonably round, 6″ to 11″ log.  We use hand processed logs because the big machines that cut trees down and cut them to length tend to tear up and loosen We cut several stock sizes.  These are listed by the length of the major diameter.  (That is the long way on the oval.)