Hickory Wood

Hickory is one of the hardest and toughest North American hardwoods, known for its exceptional strength, shock resistance, and bold, contrasting grain. With colors ranging from light cream to deep reddish-brown, it’s commonly used for tool handles, flooring, furniture, and any application where durability is a priority.
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Hickory (Carya ovata)

Pricing

Affordable

Hardness

1880

Janka

Distribution

Eastern United States

Availability

Readily Available

Appearance

The heartwood is light to medium brown featuring a reddish hue and the sapwood is a pale yellow-brown. The grain is generally straight with occasional wave.

Workability

Hickory is extremely hard and notoriously difficult to work. It is prone to tearout with machines if the cutters are at all dull and it tends to blunt cutting edges. Despite all of this, it glues and finishes well.

Uses

Tool handles, wheel spokes and flooring. The wood is commonly used where strength or shock-resistance is important.

Additional Comments

Hickory is among the hardest and strongest of woods native to North America. On average, Hickory is denser, stiffer, and harder than either White Oak or Hard Maple.

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Why choose Hickory Wood?

Hickory is the toughest hardwood in North America and it has the track record to prove it. It has a pale white to light brown color with a bold grain that often features strong color variation between the heartwood and sapwood giving it a rustic look. It is hard, stiff, and shock resistant which is why it has been the wood of choice for tool handles, axe handles, and baseball bats for as long as those things have existed because nothing absorbs impact better. That same toughness makes it a popular choice for flooring and cabinetry where you need a wood that can take daily punishment without showing it. Hickory can be a challenge to work with because of how dense it is, but the result is something built to last a very long time.

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