Driftless Handmade Wood Landing Net "Mill Creek" #221 Tiger Maple

26 1/2"" long  with a 9"x16" Basket.

Handle: Tiger Maple

Hoop: Cherry, Maple , Wenge

 
Tiger Maple is exactly the same as curly maple.  The difference is that it is treated with a solution called Iron Nitrate.  For lack of a better word, it is stained.  The solution leaves a rusty, reddish, brownish, maybe sometimes even orangish color to it while accentuating the curls with a darker color.  Some people do call Curly Maple a Tiger Maple because of its curly stripes, but I distinguish the difference by adding the iron nitrate giving the color it leaves more like a tiger.  The process takes longer but, in the end, the results are well worth it!