Every live edge table in our shop keeps the natural line of the tree it came from. Getting from a rough slab to a table you can eat at every day takes five patient steps.
1 — Drying
A slab must reach the right moisture level before a single tool touches it. Rushing this step is why cheap live edge tables crack; waiting is why ours don’t.
2 — Flattening
We flatten each slab in passes, letting the wood settle between them. The goal is a dead-flat surface that still keeps every curve of the natural edge.
3 — Filling and stabilizing
Knots and checks get filled with tinted epoxy, and butterfly keys lock any live cracks in place — function first, but they end up being the details people love most.
4 — Shaping the edge
The bark comes off, but the edge underneath stays exactly as the tree grew it. We hand-sand it until it feels like river stone.
5 — Finishing
Hardwax oil, rubbed in by hand, coat by coat. It protects without plastic-wrapping the wood — you feel timber, not film. Then the table is crated and shipped, insured, to your door.

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