MOKUREI COLLECTION / ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHMOKUREI STUDIO / SPECIMEN 041
Pearwood / Birnbaum
Pyrus communis (European pear reference)
Warm dusty pink to pale reddish brown with a very even texture.
- Botanical family
- Rosaceae
- Average dry density
- 690 kg/m³ (≈12% MC)
- Janka hardness
- 1,660 lbf
- Native distribution
- Europe; widely cultivated
- Grain & texture
- Fine and diffuse-porous with subdued figure
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
Compact homogeneous grain lends itself to crisp carving and fine machining.
Notable applications
Fine carving, drawing tools, musical-instrument parts and delicate furniture details.
Of particular interest
Pearwood is also traditionally steamed to obtain a more uniform pink hue.
Workshop note
Pyrus communis is the European pear material reference; ornamental Pyrus species may also be sold as pearwood.
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.