Our Old Growth Redwood is Architecturally Significant Restoration Quality

Redwood book matched 2-inches to 24-inches available.

We handle salvaged old growth redwood, clear all heart, no boxed hearts, all quarter-sawn, all fully air-dried correctly, never used before.

Our bookmatched sets from both sinker and forest logs are personally selected boards by Arky, to ensure you receive a dazzling display of color!

We arrange custom milling to any specifications you define. We have thousands of board feet in quarter-sawn cants, from 30" x 24" and down, of all sawlog lengths. We have decks of quarter-sawn full dimension timbers from 12" x 12" down.

All our lumber has been air-dried at least 1 year per 1" thickness, years of correct stickering, storage and rotation right here on our property. No splitting or cupping later!

We will gladly interface with owners, luthiers, contractors, architects, builders, and/or designers who seek information and honest answers and are authorized to make or help make decisions. We ship directly to your home/workplace. Our orders are shipped to you with no waste at all, every stick usable for its intended purpose. Compare.

Our exotic colored, quarter-sawn old growth redwood, in full dimensions, in vertical, flat or mixed grains ready to ship to your site!

Take a look at our several categories of Cuts & Grains:

Burl & Curly

Curly & Slabs

Timbers & Slabs

Quarter-Sawn Cants

Paneling, Wainscoting & Flooring

Fireplace Mantels

Tables & Tabletops

Historic Restoration

Luthier Supply

Cats Paw

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Unrivaled Shades of Color

Sinker wood is unique in its colors and grains, from deep rich purples through rich red and rosewood tints, also blond, burgundy and cinnamon brown, as shown in the pictures on this site. The result of more than 135 years in the mineral-rich water of Big River, this redwood is extraordinarily beautiful, with its tight grain and unusual variegated shades. Paneling and wainscoting is a popular use of sinker wood because of its unusual coloring. (The background image in this section is Redwood Burl.)

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Own a Piece of California State History All of our wood is clear all heart salvaged old growth redwood. This salvaged sunken redwood has ax-shaved ends, meaning it was cut before the late-1800s. Originallyharvested between 1850 and 1910, this redwood falls into three distinct time periods: 1) A V-shape or "beaver-cut" meant that a log was felled with an axe between 1850 and 1876, when the labor- and time-saving raker-tooth saw was invented. 2) Logs cut with a saw and dragged to the river by mules or oxen were first shaved or edged around their circumference to prevent snagging. Learn more...	Fine Craftsmen and WoodworkersWe gladly interface with owners, contractors, architects, builders, designers and/or their agents to provide you our beautifully colored salvaged redwood. We know old growth redwood and what it can do. We hand select every piece of wood we sell, and we absolutely guarantee its quality. Redwood Salvage Sales arranges custom milling to any specifications you define in vertical, flat or mixed grains, and ship directly to your home or workplace. We can ship domestic and internationally. Our orders are shipped to you with no waste at all, every stick usable for its intended purpose. Learn more...
Brewery Gulch Inn Fournded and built by Arky Ciancutti with his eco-salvaged redwood, Gourmet Magazine (August, 2002) said, "this stylish new hotel sets a SoHo standard for design..." Wine Enthusiast (March, 2003) said that, partly due to this wood, the inn is "A masterpiece of style and design." Sky Magazine (Delta Airlines) wrote in June, 2003, that ...."wood connoisseur Ciancutti used the wood as lavish trim, a worthy tribute to those ancient trees." Learn more....	Myrtlewood Available All-burl Myrtlewood is available here at Redwood Salvage Sales. We have Myrtlewood slabs 2-1/4" to 3-1/4", all 10' long, up to 44" wide, all book-matched. Air-dried 6 years indoors. One of a kind pieces. Some beautiful furnishings and items have been created by our local craftsmen.
Customer Reviews Another happy customer installing their new redwood paneling says, "They look beautiful!"—Los Angeles Read what other customers have to say at our Customer Reviews.	In The News Magazine articles about Redwood Salvage Sales by Robb Report Luxury Home; BUILDERnews; Sawmill & Woodlot Magazine; and The San Francisco Chronicle Sunday Magazine. Check it out!
The Salvage Story A man's journey from doctor to innkeeper in Mendocino County began with dredging sunken timber out of Big River...the recovery of a lost treasure of Northern California!	Green Benefits and Durability of Redwood Redwood repels termites and its ability to resist rot enables it to last for generations—superb green architect resources for your green dream home! Learn more...