Newsletter – Spring 2016   Spring brings stunning figured woods!   We are awed by our first shipment of Black and White Ebony from Laos. 

Newsletter November  2015 Advance warning – As from December 3 until January 26, we will be in South Africa attending to our operation there.  However,

  Dear Woodlover   After the brutal Maine winter, we were delighted to get to some remote spots in our warehouses and unearth wonderful treasures

  Dear Woodlover “Prepare to meet thy maker?… or hopefully furniture makers!”       Nothing prepared me for a diagnosis of the ” Big C” early

Good showrooms can give people ideas and the stimulus to begin that project they have been dreaming about.  Unfortunately they can also cost a lot!

Life as a timber merchant has often been a steep learning curve. I’m not ashamed to say that many mistakes have been made, some worse

Luthiers are a different breed with very exacting needs – often happy to sort through mountains of wood to select that specific piece with the

Many woodworkers are surprised to find a “full house” exotic wood dealer in Mexico, Maine. 500,000 bd ft of exotic hardwoods 180 species displayed in

A couple of weeks ago my wife and I set off on a mini road trip down to Saratoga Springs, New York, to visit the

Sweden(?)…Germany… Australia… Zimbabwe… South Africa… USA. Where to next??     Your grandchildren’s inheritance? I obtained these 1,000 or so woodcarving and ice carving tools

One of nature’s unusual masterpieces, Purpleheart (Peltogyne) is a true stunner. It comes mainly from Guiana, but also from various other South American countries. Its

About 8 years ago we thought we had hit the jackpot, when we were offered 110 tons of second quality Blackwood logs at the crazy

We have in stock approximately 5000 ft of the most unique mahogany anywhere in the world. This is genuine mahogany (Swietenia Macrophylla) from the Amazonian

Recently we had a fantastic opportunity to participate in one of Lie-Nielsen’s great Open House events.  We are very fortunate in that Lie-Nielsen, the world’s

Nope, not Chelsea Clinton. My son Seamus and his beautiful wife Lucy were married in Surrey, England, this last weekend. It was a magical day

In South Africa where we had cheap wood and cheap and plentiful labor (as a result of a heart-breaking 65% unemployment rate) we built solid

Bad days… We all have them and so often they are caused by our own damn foolishness. With this little mishap I have only myself

Our South African operation runs 23 low temperature dehumidification kilns to dry wood. They work well for most 1 inch wood but get a bit

More than anything else, it is the high precision German four-sided tungsten carbide replaceable cutters in a pineapple head that allow us to achieve smooth

Some people call them hoarders – in Maine we call them traders! Everyone is forever having yard sales, porch sales or garage sales and Craigslist

As I mentioned in an earlier entry, I have a local friend who has hit rough times. With the banks and repo men chasing him

In order to look after larger orders and to neaten up selected stock that comes from third world countries we decided to invest in a

Sometimes I feel like the most fortunate guy in the world. With the new world business order seeing jobs heading to China etc in droves,