The first thing I want to show is what I mean when I talk about natural color.
These are some pictures of some flame birch.Yellow birch is sorted by color. All white means it is all light colored. Red birch means it is all red or mostly red. Natural color means it has both red and white in it. With maples, like birdseye, you get heartwood , mineral streak, fleck, worm track and probably some other things. You can have it sorted to get all white with no defect. That gets very expensive. I sell most of my material as natural color. I don't have an issue with using stuff like this. Dyes can hide a lot. Or 1 side can be white. I am finding more and more folks like natural color in pieces with a clear finish. Hope that helps answer some questions. Now on to the wood.
First up is a piece of 6/4 birdseye. It is 7" to 10" wide on the narrow side and 10" to 12" wide on the back. It has 2 natural edges. It is 1 and 3/8" thick.
Cost is 95$. It would make a nice hall table or sofa table top. Great edges. I don't find much 6/4.
Next up is a bookmatched pair of flame birch.
Price is 97$ plus shipping.
Next up is a 2 piece book match of soft curly maple. These have a big heartwood color in them, but the figure is wonderful. They are 11" and 13" wide and 8' long.
Last up is a piece of birdseye. 1" thick, just under 8' long. 1 natural edge. The best part of the board would yield a piece 12" wide and about 5' long. The bottom part of the board is ugly. The best part would make a great sofa or hall table.
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