Tamo Ash presents one of nature's most dramatic and mesmerizing figure patterns available in architectural veneer. The surface reveals an extraordinarily complex, three-dimensional landscape of interlocking waves, ripples, and undulating grain formations cascading across the face in warm golden honey and pale champagne tones. The figure — known in the trade as "peanut shell" or "roe" figure — creates a richly tactile visual impression, with highlights and shadows shifting dynamically as viewing
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Uses: Veneer, musical instruments (drum shells and guitars), fine furniture, marquetry, and other small speciality wood items.Veneer, musical instruments (drum shells and guitars), fine furniture, marquetry, and other small speciality wood items.
Sources: Northern Asia (China, Korea, Japan, and Russia)
Category: exotic
Meta Title: Tamo Ash Wood Veneer | Rosebud Veneer
Sheet Size: Call for Available Sizes
Other Names: Tamo Ash, Japanese Ash, Manchurian Ash
Workability: Produces good results with hand or machine tools. Glues, stains, and finishes well.Produces good results with hand or machine tools. Glues, stains, and finishes well.
Availability: Sold almost exclusively as veneer, and nearly always with figured grain of some sort. Reportedly quite rare, and in limited supply; most veneer is exported from Japan. Prices are high for an imported veneer and are linked to the degree of figure in the grain: higher figure means higher prices.Sold almost exclusively as veneer, and nearly always with figured grain of some sort. Reportedly quite rare, and in limited supply; most veneer is exported from Japan. Prices are high for an imported veneer and are linked to the degree of figure in the grain: higher figure means higher prices.
Grain Texture: Grain is generally straight, though portions with wild/figured grain are commonly sold. With a coarse uneven texture.
Characteristics: The heartwood is a light to medium brown color. Sapwood can be very wide, and tends to be a beige or light brown; not always clearly or sharply demarcated from heartwood. Deeply figured grain patterns are possible, sometimes called “peanut” figure, so called because the rotary-sliced veneer has an almost three-dimensional patterning that looks like peanut shells.
Scientific Name: Fraxinus mandshurica
Price Description: Gold with contrasting grain and peanut shell figure
Price Raw Wood Veneer: 8.75