MOKUREI COLLECTION / ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHMOKUREI STUDIO / SPECIMEN 048
European Beech
Fagus sylvatica
Pale cream and muted pink-brown with a smooth visual texture.
- Botanical family
- Fagaceae
- Average dry density
- 710 kg/m³ (≈12% MC)
- Janka hardness
- 1,450 lbf
- Native distribution
- Europe
- Grain & texture
- Fine and even, with subtle rays
Original photograph © Mokurei Studio · physical timber held in the studio collection. Identification supplied by the studio; reference properties are not individual sample measurements.
Material character
Homogeneous wood suited to refined turning and bent components.
Notable applications
Furniture, carving, turned objects and tool handles.
Of particular interest
Beech wood is often steamed, causing the colour to shift towards pink.
Workshop note
Changes in moisture demand careful drying and machining.
Wood identification is provided by the Mokurei Studio collection, not independently laboratory-verified. Technical figures are reference averages, not measurements of the photographed piece; they vary with provenance and moisture.