The mark and the number.
Nothing leaves this shop anonymous. Each finished piece gets a number, a signature, a date and the right-angle mark burned into the underside — then a printed record of origin goes in the box with it.
What the record of origin carries
The number
No. 014 — where the piece falls in the shop's run. Never reissued.
The woods
Every species in the piece, named: purple heart, wenge, ebony, teak and dozens more.
The hand
Who milled it, who joined it, who finished it — signed and dated.
Bench hours
An honest count of the time the piece took, not a marketing number.
The mark
The burned right angle, matched to the mark printed on the card.
Care
Oil and wax schedule so the piece stays alive in your house.
Old school meets new school — literally.
Carl Tyler
Hand plane, bandsaw, lathe. Learned at his father's bench in East Palo Alto, kept sharp by the Marine Corps.
The eyeVirgil Pennie
Tailor's fit from his father, color and proportion from his mother. Decides how a piece should sit in a room.
New schoolDominic Cole
Laser burn, acrylic, epoxy. 90s hip-hop energy pushed into hardwood without losing the joinery.
One of one, and we can prove it.
Because we buy boards one at a time, no two pieces match. The number on your card is tied to that board — the grain, the figure, the day it was milled. Lose the card and we can still tell you the story from the number burned underneath.