Hickory is a great wood. Colors generally range from very light brown to very dark brown with subtle changes from one color to another and stark variations and streaking. Historic Hickory Flooring may also have some nail holes and insect tracks to testify of the wood’s previous use.

• Specie: Hickory
  
• Source: Various buildings and barns throughout the Midwest and eastern U.S. and Canada.
  
• M/C: Kiln-dried 8% or less average moisture.
  
• Knots: Unlimited sound knots, occasional surface defects from unsound knots.
  
• Holes: Unlimited nail holes often with ferrous stains, frequent insect holes and cracks.
  
• Checks: Unlimited checking allowed some with weathered patina, cracks allowed as long as the piece is solid.
  
• Face: Limited surface area may have saw marks or weathering.
  
• Grain: Mixed grain patterns.
  
• Color: Unlimited variation.
  
• Milling: Flooring, T&G, back relief, squared ends.
  
• Sizes: 3/4” thick 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10” widths 11/2’ – 12’ lengths.
  Occasionally the thickness, widths and/or lengths must be adjusted slightly to accommodate the raw product.

The unique distinctiveness of a reclaimed wood product is generally what makes it so desirable. Although we may provide a sample, photograph or description of a particular type of wood product as an example to demonstrate the general characteristics of that type of product, such sample, photograph or description may not necessarily be representative of the product actually delivered due to the great variability in color, grain, texture, sign of previous use, etc.