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Ginkgo Wood
Ginkgo Wood
A Korean wood with warm, light yellow colour and gentle grain. Used for cutting boards, letter carving and small boards.
WOODWAY MAGAZINEEven-grained and relatively soft, ginkgo is gentle on knife edges and traditionally used for cutting boards and Go boards.
Clean, pale yellow boards close to ivory, with little figure.
- Scientific name
- Ginkgo biloba
- Origin
- Korea
- Colour
- Light yellow
- Characteristics
- Light yellow tones · Gentle grain · Korean-grown wood
- Suggested uses
- Cutting boards · Letter carving · Small objects · Boards
Colour, figure, knots and cracks vary even within the same species. Check photographs, condition and usable dimensions of the actual piece before ordering.
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