| The true beauty of a baton comes from the type of wood used to
create the handle. We carefully select a wide variety of beautiful woods from
around the world in order to produce the most beautiful and unique batons
available. The pictures below show some examples of these woods, however
every piece of wood is different and your baton may vary slightly from the
picture shown. If you have a favorite wood that is not listed here, let us
know and we will check on the availability of that wood. |
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Osage Orange
is a bright yellow-orange wood that has a beautiful golden depth to it, especially when viewed in the sunlight. It is a rather heavy, durable wood and finishes very smooth.
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An exceptionally beautiful wood from South America,
Kingwood is veriegated with stripes
of black and rich violet brown. It is dense and finishes very smooth.
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There are many varieties of
Rosewood and they vary in coloration.
Rosewood tends to be rich brown with a reddish hue. It is commonly used in
the construction of fine guitars and marimba bars.
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Cocobolo is a striking
wood from South America. It has beautiful veriegated stripes of vibrant
orange, deep red, yellow and black. It finishes smooth and is a medium
weight wood.
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Toasted Osage starts out bright yellow, but carefully toasted, changes to a rich caramel brown. The grain lines darken up quicker creating a variegated pattern of rich browns overlaying the shimmering golden yellow. |
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Tulipwood is an exotic
hardwood from South America. It is a light creamy pink color with bright
pink or red stripes. The wood finishes smooth and makes a very beautiful
baton. |
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Another South American hardwood,
Bloodwood is deep red with tight,
straight grain. This wood is very durable and a bit on the heavy side.
It finishes very smooth and does not really need lacquer. |
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Sometimes called Grenadillo wood,
African Blackwood is used to make
professional clarinets, oboes and piccolos. It is very dense
and heavy and buffs smooth without any lacquer. |
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Marblewood is mostly
pale brown with wandering streaks of darker purplish brown. The wood is a
medium weight and has a fairly course grain. |
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Found on the west coast of North America,
Redwood is a very light, soft wood
that finishes smooth and has a wavy grain pattern that is very attractive. Due to the light weight of this wood, it is best matched with a light graphite or wood shaft. A fiberglass shaft can only be balanced properly if the total length of the baton is about 13" or less. |
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If you like contrast, this might be the wood for you. This
creamy wood is highly veriegated with almost-black stripes throughout the wood.
Zebrawood is a meduim weight, finishes
smooth and makes a baton that turns heads. |
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If you are looking for something fun, consider this wood I like to call ,
“Casual Friday”. The striped pattern of this wood is achieved by gluing together thin layers of dyed birch veneers. This process creates a colorful, lighter weight wood that finishes very smooth when lacquered. |
