Pear

Natural and Dyed Veneers come in bundles. A bundle is made up of leaves and so all sizes are different.

Reconsistuted Veneers however are different. As these are man-made they come in sheets please click here to see the sizes in which they are available.

Below is the technical information surrounding our Pear veneer.

Family: Rosaceae
Commercial Names:
Other Names: Wild pear, choke pear (UK).
Distribution: Europe, including the UK, and Western Asia.
General Description:The heartwood is pinkish-brown in colour with very find rays and pores, straight grained and a very fine and even texture. Weight about 700 kg/m³ (44 1b/ft³); specific gravity .70.
Mechanical Properties: Because pear is only available in fairly small sizes its strength is relatively unimportant for the uses to which it is applied. It is a fairly tough, very stable wood, but not used for steam bending purpose.
Seasoning: The wood dries slowly with a marked tendency to warp and distort. It is best to kiln dry the wood for best results. There is very small movement in service.
Working Properties:It is a hard wood to saw with a moderate blunting effect on cutting edges. It is excellent turnery wood. Nailing and screw holding are good, it glues well, and is particularly good for staining and polishing to a high finish. It is often dyed black to resemble ebony.
Durability: The heartwood is non-durable and liable to insect attack, but the wood is permeable for preservative treatment.
Uses: Widely used for fancy turnery and excellent for carving. Also for brush backs, umbrella handles, measuring instrument such as set squares and T-squares. In Europe it is used for recorders, and when dyed black, for violin and guitar fingerboards and piano keys. Selected logs of suitable diameter and clean bole are sliced for decorative veneering, the quartered surfaces often displaying a large mottled figure.