Santos Mahogany has very minimal color and grain variation. Santos Mahogany has a medium color range, varying between a light orange/brown with yellowish overtones to a dark reddish/purplish brown. Most pieces of the floor are medium to dark orange/brown mahogany tone. Santos Mahogany is 175% as hard as red oak.

Machining - Can be worked easily with hand or machine tools, if kept very sharp. It is easy to glue, takes nails and screw well, stains and polishes to an excellent finish.

Uses - High class furniture and cabinetmaking, reproduction furniture, interior joinery, panelling, boat interior, pianos, burial caskets, carving, pattern making, moulds and dies.

Jank Hardness Rating - 2200 (Whats This?)