Generally we offer a wide variety of these hand mirrors, please contact us if you need something specific.

Oregon Myrtlewood is a broadleaf evergreen native to Southwestern Oregon and Northwestern California. Common names include Oregon Myrtlewood, Pepperwood, and Bay Laurel. The Latin name is Umbellularia californica. The family is Lauraceae (Laurel).

Myrtlewood trees typically must reach 100 to 150 years of age before they become commercially useful. It is estimated that the Myrtlewood tree can live up to 500 years old and can reach a height of 80 feet. The coloring of the wood ranges from tan to red, brown, gray and black. The fragrant Myrtlewood leaves are a common herb called “Bay Leaf” which is used for cooking.

Myrtlewood trees will regrow as shoots from their stump and are also grown from their seeds. They have a strong root system which helps regenerate the species in the wild. New sprouts flourish from cut stumps, windfalls, and nurse logs. Wild trees are difficult to transplant due to their deep tap root system. It grows prolifically in this coastal region but has been heavily harvested for a century.

For a lot more information about this amazing wood, check out "Myrtlewood Memoirs" a book by Terry Woodall that offers a wonderful look at the history of this Oregon wood.

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Come in and see many other wall mirrors not shown online in a nice range of dimensions and wood selections. Or, have a custom one created for you, in any dimension!

We recommend local pickup of wall mirrors purchased online but we are happy to ship.

For shipped orders, the mirror glass is removed before boxing. We cannot ship the mirror glass. Please contact a local glass shop to have a mirror cut to fit locally. We will provide the exact mirror glass dimensions needed. Mounting the new glass is easy. Thank you for your understanding.

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Come in and see many other wall mirrors not shown online in a nice range of dimensions and wood selections. Or, have a custom one created for you, in any dimension!

We recommend local pickup of wall mirrors purchased online but we are happy to ship.

For shipped orders, the mirror glass is removed before boxing. We cannot ship the mirror glass. Please contact a local glass shop to have a mirror cut to fit locally. We will provide the exact mirror glass dimensions needed. Mounting the new glass is easy. Thank you for your understanding.

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Quilt is a pattern that almost looks like bubbling on the surface of the wood. Most often found in big leaf maple, quilted figure is another highly sought-after quality by guitar makers and luthiers; a quilted-top guitar can often double or triple the price of one without.

Quilt figuring is seen on the tangential plane (flat-sawn.) The highest quality quilted figure is found in the Western Big Leaf species of maple. It is a distortion of the grain pattern itself. Prized for its beauty, it is used frequently in the manufacturing of musical instruments, especially guitars.

The bigleaf maple (Acer macrophyllum) is native to western North America, from southern Alaska to southern California and into the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada.

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Common names for this uniquely Pacific Northwest tree include Oregon Myrtlewood, Pepperwood, and Bay Laurel. The Latin name is Umbellularia californica. The family is Lauraceae (Laurel).

Myrtlewood trees typically must reach 100 to 150 years of age before they become commercially useful. It is estimated that the Myrtlewood tree can live up to 500 years old and can reach a height of 80 feet. The coloring of the wood ranges from tan to red, brown, gray and black. The fragrant Myrtlewood leaves are a common herb called "Bay Leaf" which is used for cooking.

Myrtlewood trees will regrow as shoots from their stump and are also grown from their seeds. They have a strong root system which helps regenerate the species in the wild. New sprouts flourish from cut stumps, windfalls, and nurse logs. Wild trees are difficult to transplant due to their deep tap root system.

Oregon Myrtlewood is a broadleaf evergreen native to Southwestern Oregon and Northwestern California. It grows prolifically in this coastal region but has been heavily harvested for a century.

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Common names for this uniquely Pacific Northwest tree include Oregon Myrtlewood, Pepperwood, and Bay Laurel. The Latin name is Umbellularia californica. The family is Lauraceae (Laurel).

Myrtlewood trees typically must reach 100 to 150 years of age before they become commercially useful. It is estimated that the Myrtlewood tree can live up to 500 years old and can reach a height of 80 feet. The coloring of the wood ranges from tan to red, brown, gray and black. The fragrant Myrtlewood leaves are a common herb called "Bay Leaf" which is used for cooking.

Myrtlewood trees will regrow as shoots from their stump and are also grown from their seeds. They have a strong root system which helps regenerate the species in the wild. New sprouts flourish from cut stumps, windfalls, and nurse logs. Wild trees are difficult to transplant due to their deep tap root system.

Oregon Myrtlewood is a broadleaf evergreen native to Southwestern Oregon and Northwestern California. It grows prolifically in this coastal region but has been heavily harvested for a century.

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