Mahogany Wood Slabs
In the 1600s, Mahogany was the “Wood of Kings”, revered for its elegant look, easy workability, and phenomenal stability. Two of the perfect applications for mahogany are shipbuilding and furniture. As its reputation grew, the supply of wood shrank. By 1629, the Spanish had begun moving their shipyards to Mexico due to a shortage of accessible trees. In the 1800s, the Spaniards established a grove of Mahogany on a western pacific Island chain called Palau. Later, after World War II, British soldiers planted groves of Mahogany on the Fijian Islands. Mahogany is the wood that planked the ships of the Spanish Armada. Due to a lack of proper forest management, by the late 1800s, the specie had been logged into genetic impoverishment and commercial extinction. The only thing that saved the species from complete extinction was an area preserved on several island chains in the Western Pacific Ocean. Mahogany will always be an elegant wood for any application. It is no longer available on the commercial market, however, small amounts are sometimes salvageable from storm-damaged trees in Florida. The wood of these fallen trees offers one the opportunity of a lifetime.
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Indigenous To:
American Mahogany, Genuine Mahogany, Big-Leaf Mahogany, Brazilian Mahogany
Swietenia macrophylla
North and South America