The floor is tongue and groove
tigerwood, a Brazilian hardwood.
Exotic hardwoods such as teak,
tigerwood, ipe, and cumaru, which also tend to be durable, are becoming popular as well.
Years ago when Elmer Keith reported a special 4-inch .44 Magnum stolen from the restroom where he had left it, it was described as having Magna grips made of
Tigerwood. Those grips were made by Dave.
Also known as
tigerwood or zebrawood, goncalo alves is popular for specialty items, turnings and musical instruments, particularly guitars.
Benches were built by Bellingham Bay Builders with sustainably-harvested
tigerwood decking.
The list of available species will initially include: African mahogany, genuine mahogany, Brazilian cherry, Caribbean rosewood, Spanish cedar, ipe, sapele, utile/ sipo, teak,
tigerwood, wenge and zebrawood.
Taylor scored his 500th victory when
Tigerwood won at Fontwell in May 1985, and retired from training at the end of that year.
The first maiden was closer, with six-year-old Albert Woods (Darren Hughes), home-bred by Dilwyn Thomas by his stallion
Tigerwood, holding off The Naughty Vicar by a length.
And Mannington's hardwood Imperial
Tigerwood design won in the alternative wood category.
Jones's wins both came on Dilwyn Thomas's home-breds by his stallion
Tigerwood. They were Moon Tiger (second restricted) and Cefn Woodsman (fourth maiden), while Jukes won the confined with Derring Dove, who hung badly left on the run-in and hit the rails, and the first maiden with Itspantotime.
GONCALO ALVES is sometimes referred to as zebrawood or
tigerwood -- names that underscore the wood's often dramatic, contrasting color scheme.
Here in the United States it is sometimes called
tigerwood and in the United Kingdom it has gone by the name zebrawood.