マカバ
マカバ

マカバ

  • Betula maximowicziana
  • カバノキ科カバノキ属
  • 日本

高い品質の高級家具材

赤身の濃い真樺は入手困難な希少樹種。肌目は緻密で上品な風合がある。ピアノのハンマーなどの楽器材や世界大戦期の飛行機のプロペラの材料として用いられ、マカバのプロペラは高性能であった。21世紀、天然林の伐採量の減少から流通量も減少し、風合いも評価されるようになったため高級材として家具材、内装材、建材などに使われる。

High quality luxury furniture material

The lean deep birch is a rare tree species that is difficult to obtain. The eyes are dense and elegant. It was used as a material for musical instruments such as piano hammer and for airplane propeller of World War II, and the Merkaba propeller was high performance. In the 21st century, as the volume of logging declined due to the reduction in the amount of logging of natural forests, texture was also evaluated, so it is used for furniture materials, interior materials, building materials, etc as high grade materials.