SALVAGED LIVE EDGE SLABS
With the opening of our new Richmond lumber yard and showroom in late 2021 (and now finally with some space to spread our wings and expand our product offerings), The Lumber Baron will be stocking a number of different salvaged live edge slabs. Few know this, but before my father started The Lumber Baron in 1978, he was The Earl of Burl and traveled cross country in a VW bus, selling redwood burl tables and M.C. Escher prints. It was on this business endeavor that he met my Mother in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1975.
From curly grain Redwood, to Monkey Pod, Walnut, Maple, Elm, Acacia, Sycamore, Cottonwood and more, we’re excited to be coming full circle as a company to offer some amazing salvaged live edge slabs. We will be dedicated to salvaging only the very best grain composition, figure, and curl, keeping as much of this awesome material out of shredding machines and chippers as possible.
HOW TO PURCHASE
Once dry and available for sale, each live edge slab will be numbered and listed under the “Slab” section of our website. Click on the numbered slab you are interested in for close up Youtube video. You can call in to receive pricing over the phone. Our slabs can weigh in excess of 500 pounds and are obviously not easy to move, therefore they are not available for viewing without a deposit. We spend a lot of time cleaning, measuring, and making the videos of our slabs. Please take advantage of them.
We do have samples of each of the various slabs as well as premade tables in our Richmond showroom. Slab flattening and surfacing services will also be available December 2024.
Redwood Live Edge Slabs
Known for it's strength, beauty, and longevity redwood has long been prized by woodworkers, especially in exterior applications. The Lumber Baron has a number of incredible, Redwood Live Edge Slabs, many of which highly figured with curly grain (aka lace or wavy grain). Most measuring 2 1/2"+ with widths up to 54" and lengths up [...]
Monkey Pod Rain Tree Live Edge Slabs
With light to dark, rich brown swirls, orange under tones and a creamy, often spalting, sapwood live edge, Monkey Pod slabs (also know as Rain Tree) is an incredibly desirable hardwood species. Known for its intricate grain patterns and ease of workability, Monkey Pod (Rain tree) makes breath taking slab tables, fine furniture, veneer etc. [...]
Live Edge Walnut Slabs
Live Edge Walnut Slabs Check out these incredible, urban salvage, curly, wide, live edge walnut slabs. Walnut is well known and highly sought after in the wood working world. This material is rare, especially in these lengths, widths and grain pattern! Air dried to perfection we now have 9 of these slabs available, all from [...]
Black Acacia Live Edge Slabs
Dry, clean and ready for use, The Lumber Baron now has a large selection of Black Acacia live edge slabs available. Black Acacia is known for it's density, stability, and beauty. With orange, golden and reddish hues, it's a popular material for boat building, cutting boards and makes incredible tables. All of our slabs are [...]
Live Edge Elm Slabs
We have for sale a number of HUGE live edge elm slabs available. All of our slabs are sustainable. We work closely with local arborists to salvage as much of this beautiful material as possible. Once dry and ready for use we post videos of each slab to help make your selection process easy. Scroll [...]
Curly Maple Slabs
Highly figured and cream to white in color, our curly maple slabs will sure draw attention. All of our slabs are sustainable. We work closely with local arborists to salvage as much of this beautiful material as possible. Once dry and ready for use we post videos of each slab to help make your selection [...]
Bay Laurel Slabs
Bay Laurel slabs are a very underrated local species. With a rich creamy heartwood and dark sapwood the contrasting colors make for a very appeasing look. All of our slabs are sustainable. We work closely with local arborists to salvage as much of this beautiful material as possible. Once dry and ready for use we [...]
Cypress Live Edge Slabs
Cypress Live Edge Slabs are a light, pale yellow-brown wood known for its durability, toughness and character. Its versatility and workability lend it to a variety of diverse applications. It is typically straight-grained, although knots are commonly present. Other than the knots, the wood poses no difficult challenges for working, glue and finishing. All of [...]
Cottonwood Live Edge Slabs
As about as under-appreciated a species as you will find, cottonwood has largely been discarded and mulched. However, a number of logs often have interesting figure and led us to acquire some of this (what we thing of as) incredible material. With hues of yellow and orange our cottonwood live edge slabs would make beautiful [...]