Hardest Wood

Our chart is based on the Janka Hardness Scale which is the industry standard for gauging the ability of various wood species to resist denting and tolerate normal wear.

Hardest wood. The poster Worldwide Woods Ranked by Hardness should be required reading for anyone enrolled in the school of wood nerdery. It turns out to be an Australian timber called waddy wood. Softwoods are not necessarily softer than hardwoods.

The Janka scale is a standardized measure of wood hardness. In both groups there is an enormous variation in actual wood hardness the range of density in hardwoods completely including that of softwoods. When testing wood in lumber form the Janka test is always carried out on wood from the trunk of the tree known as the heartwood and the standard sample according to ASTM D143 is at 12 moisture content and clear of knots.

For Beginners Wood Charts. There is every chance that this answer will be wrong. Whats the hardest wood in the world.

Leadwood 3570 lb f Brown Ebony 3590 lb f Ipe 3510 lbf Mopane 3390 lbf Burmese Blackwood 3350 lbf Kingwood 3340 lbf. This happens to be generally true but there are exceptions such as in the cases of wood from yew trees a softwood that is relatively hard and wood from balsa trees a. It is a very tough wood with a Janka rating of 4800 lbf.

The Common Oak Tree is so dense. Thus wood of the same species will have the same hardness regardless of the manufacturer of the wood floor. The woods are listed from hardest to softest so the higher the number the harder the.

Its name comes from the fact it was used by aborigines for waddies or nulla nullas that is war clubs. Even if that veneer happens to be the hardest wood possible such as Brazilian walnut or ebony that veneer is still not thick enough to make the flooring truly durable. At Wickham Flooring we offer 8 different species of hardwood the hardest being hickory.