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The higher the number the harder the wood

Douglas Fir             660
So. Yellow Pine (loblolly & short leaf)  690
So. Yellow Pine (longleaf)     870
Black Cherry                 950
Teak                              1000
Black Walnut                  1010
Heart Pine                        1225
Yellow Birch                     1260
Red Oak (Northern)           1290
American Beech                 1300
Ash                                      1320
White Oak                            1360
Australian Cypress                1375
Hard maple                            1450
Wenge                                     1630
African Pedauk      1725
Hickory/Pecan                            1820
Purpleheart                                 1860
Jarrah                                           1910
Merbau                                         1925
Santos Mahogany                  2200
Mesquite                                           2345
Brazilian Cherry                           2350