If walnut and mahogany were people, they'd probably be at war. Not because there are major differences inherent in the woods, but because the narcissism of small differences would almost guarantee ...

Santos mahogany (Myroxylon balsamum) is also called balsamo (English) and palo de balsamo (Central America) in the lumber business. Although this wood is not related to Honduran (or true) mahogany or ...

The package arrived as many Dan Wetzel has ordered before, a book-matched set of tonewood he would use to make an acoustic guitar. He removed the plastic film protecting the thin slices of mahogany, ...

This story appears in the April 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. Mahogany is the crown jewel of the Amazon, soaring in magnificent buttressed columns high into the forest canopy. Its rich, ...