Böhlke Wood

Realtec veneer is natural veneer, embossed with figure. The effect produces a flawless resemblance to natural figure, which remains consistent throughout large sequences of veneers.

M. Böhlke Veneer has taken pride for over thirty years to provide the highest quality veneer to the wood working industry, from furniture manufactures to door and panel producers. Since the beginning MBVC has searched the globe for exotic species with unique figurative qualities. Today we inventory over 50,000,000 square feet of exotic veneers from every continent, representing over 130 species. With the experience gained from finding and slicing the worlds most unique logs, we have learned that figure is the most desirable characteristic in wood--and the least common. Now you can have the most highly regarded figure of all, fiddle-backed figure, in continuous supply at consistent pricing.

Botanists still are not sure about what exactly creates figure in wood, but it is known that figure appears when the density and growth orientation within the grain changes to create a 3-dimensional visual image. The 3-dimensional figure created by fiddle-back figure has remained for over a century the most valued figure of all, and it's name was taken from the Fiddle (Violin) which boasts a strong history in elegance and sound purity. Logs which have fiddle-back figure are extremely rare and the most sought after, hence these veneers command the highest prices of all the cross grain figures found in veneer, and until now, could only be used in very high end projects.

Due to this lack of availability in fiddle-back veneers, Hokusan Ltd. of Japan has developed a patented process to emboss natural plain veneers with fiddle-back figure. M. Böhlke Veneer is the exclusive distributor of this product, called Realtec, in the United States and Canada, and we carry in inventory over 2,000,000 square feet for immediate shipment. Lengths are available in 8' to 10'. Log flitches can be easily matched for large jobs or continuous production, since the figure remains consistent throughout all of the veneer. The species available are as pictured, including English sycamore and American Hard Maple, with many new popular species coming.