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CSWoods is now offering EcoTeak in marine, FEQ and tight knot grades. Although plantation grown, this teak is very tight grained due to slow growth at altitude and is just as oily as old growth teak. This green material is part of a responsible forest management plan working to preserve the natural teak forests and protect the environment, while helping the local economy and people. From the people harvesting the lumber to the end client, we are all working together to do the right thing. Our teak is a responsible and ethical purchasing decision, while also being the high quality, beautiful product you are looking for. Make the right choice in EcoTeak Non-Burma Origin and work with us in preserving the world's forests. |
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Teak availability - 5/4 to 8/4 Stock
TO ORDER (or for more infomation): Call - 800.746.2413 or Email Us
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5/4 x 2" - 11" x 7'
FEQ and tight knot grades, rough cut
500 bf - $23.07 per bf - Inventory #7087
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6/4 x 2" to 10" x 5' to 7'
FEQ and tight knot grades, rough cut
562 bf - $23.07 per bf - Inventory #7082 |
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8/4 x 2" - 12" x 3' - 10'
FEQ and tight knot grades, rough cut
920 bf - $23.04 per bf - Inventory #7080 |
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9/4 x 2.5" to 8.5" x 5' to 11'
FEQ and tight knot grades, rough cut
406 bf - $23.12 per bf - Inventory #7081 |
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The Teak below is cut for door parts - Jambs, Panels, Styles, and Rails.
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6/4 x 8" to 48" x 11'
Jamb material - FEQ and tight knot grades, rough cut
1349bf - $23.12 per bf - Inventory #7278 |
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8/4 x 8"- 9" x 3' to 8'
Panel material - FEQ and tight knot grades, rough cut
5025 bf - $23.07 per bf - Inventory #7279 |
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8/4 x 8" to 9 " x 3' to 4'
Styles and Rail material - FEQ and tight knot grades, rough cut
780 bf - $23.12 per bf - Inventory #7282 |
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8/4 x 6" x 3' to 9' to 11'
Styles and Rail material - FEQ and tight knot grades, rough cut
577 bf - $23.12 per bf - Inventory #7550 |
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| EcoTeak (non-Burma origin) has a high level of color variation which becomes apparent after machining. This variation will mellow with time and exposure to natural light, becoming the beautiful natural golden color teak is known for. |
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Teak and the idea of forest management and conservation: |
The idea that trees and their respective forests and plantations should be managed, and even preserved, came late in the 1800s. During the British occupation of India, felling of teak forests for lumber products grew to dangerous levels. In 1850 they realized that the unmitigated harvesting was leading to forest devastation, and a committee was formed to study the destruction. Five years later, a man named Dietrich Brandis became the superintendent of eastern Burma’s teak forests. Brandis had been a botanist, but his herbarium and botanical library had been completely lost when the ship carrying it from Calcutta to Rangoon capsized. The loss led him to forestry. After Brandis took stock of the teak situation, he sent up a system by which tribal villagers who were already providing labor for clearing, planting and weeding teak plantations would in return be allowed to plant crops for the first few years between the trees. As the teak trees grew, villagers were moved to new land and the process was repeated, making the plantations more productive and the trees cared for. He was among the earliest in India to formally link forest protection with indigenous peoples.
Brandis worked to determine the rate of teak growth, identify its rate of harvest, and develop forest protection plans against pests and fire. He introduced timber purchase rules, clearing rules and the established managed teak areas called conservancies. After seven years in Burma, Brandis was given the title Inspector General of Forests in India. He kept this position for 20 years during which time he formulated new forest legislations and helped establish research and training institutions.
Brandis's influence reached far and wide, as he became a mentor to people all over the world who were realizing that the planet's forests were facing annihilation. He strongly shaped the forestry movement in the United States by mentoring Gifford Pinchot and Henry Graves, the first and second chiefs of the USDA Forest Service. Through Brandis's legacy, species of lumber are available today that would not be. Although forests are still facing troubling times, there are people following Brandis's example by working to ensure that we protect and conserve the natural resource of our trees. |
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The color of teak |
Milling a tree into useable lumber, exposing that lumber to the environment, and finishing all change the color of the wood. While sometimes this is minimal, many species undergo a dramatic progression. The appearance of newly machined teak is a great example of this change. The streaks, blotches, and variegated colors look nothing like the expected regular familiar golden brown.
Light exposure is almost completely responsible for the color change that teak undergoes. To study this, samples of teak have been half covered with black cards and exposed to daylight. The covered portions remained streaky even after years, but when uncovered, it only took months for the color to even out. This is believed to be caused by a light-sensitive pigment. When teak is sanded back, the original streaky appearance returns, and just a little time and patience is required for it to return to its golden brown color. |
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Chair with the golden brown color of light exposed teak. |
Freshly milled teak grain |
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