Our Live Edge Olive Wood Slab Inventory

We have live edge Olive slabs in stock online in size that range:

• Up to 3' long
• Up to 53" wide

Olive Wood Origin:

Olive trees are commercially important throughout the natural regions where they grow. There are several subspecies and hundreds of cultivars of Olea europaea; the olives harvested from the trees are made into olive oil. The mechanical data and density readings shown above are an average between Olea europaea and O. capensis.

Olivewood (Olea spp.) is sometimes confused with Russian Olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia), though it bears little relation to true Olive and is in an entirely different family of trees. Technically, Olive is a part of the Oleaceæ family and is more closely related to Ash (Fraxinus spp.) and Lilac (Syringa vulgaris).

Olive Wood Workability:

Somewhat easy to work, though wild or interlocked grain may result in tearout during surfacing operations. Olive has high movement in service and is considered to have poor stability. Turns superbly. Glues and finishes well.

High-end furniture, veneer, turned objects, and small specialty wood items

Heartwood is a cream or yellowish brown, with darker brown or black contrasting streaks. Color tends to deepen with age. Olive is sometimes figured with curly or wavy grain, burl, or wild grain.

2700 (hard)

Conflicting reports range from non-durable/perishable to durable/moderately durable. Olive is susceptible to insect attack.