Koa Wood
by Albert Weight
Koa wood is an indigenous wood to This once rare wood has been endangered from extinction but is now being replanted and maintained by harvesters. Harvesting (Acacia) Koa wood is limited to naturally fallen trees to preserve the existing Koa forest. It takes fifty years to reach maturity for a tree and can grow up to heights of 100 ft. Koa trees thrive in higher altitudes, with a higher acidity in the soil; such as volcanic areas on the Big Island of Hawaii. A height of 1,500 to 6,000 feet is best for this hard wood. At these heights an even more rare wood can be found called Curly Koa. Hawaiian Curly Koa has extremely wavy grains produced by genetics and also from stress on the wood as it grows. This curly grain has a three dimensional appearance after wood is finished. Its luminescent magic will give a hologram effect that gives it its valuable appearance. At lower levels of altitude the Koa tree produces a different type of wood.
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