Allen Cedar

Red Cedar is a species of juniper native to eastern North America from southeastern Canada to the Gulf of Mexico and east of the Great Plains. The fragrant, finely grained, soft, brittle, very light, pinkish to brownish-red wood is popular and has many uses.

All of Salt Shaker Woodworks stock of this beautiful wood was purchased from a Mr. Allen after whom we named it. Mr. Allen was a woodworker himself until health issues forced him to stop. Like me, Mr. Allen spent years gathering wood for use in his shop but needed to get rid of it. I bought all the stock he had, much of which was reclaimed such as this Red Cedar. I was very fortunate to find Mr. Allen when I did. He had been trying to sell his stock for a while with no takers and was on the verge of dumping or burning it all.