~ Of Particular Note ~
Afzelia
Burl and Amboyna
Burl are the two nicest burls
we have ever seen. Both are hard and tight grained with lots of
swirls and eyes. Finish like marble. Afzelia is peach colored
while Amboyna has more red. Primo.
Black
Palm
(Astrocarynum spp): has a highly
unusual pin-dot figure. Boards are 1.5" x 3" x 40" and
cost $35.
Brazilian
Rosewood boards are one face clear, though
we have two-face clear available for $59.00 per board foot. We have
some 8" wide stock that some folks use as guitar backs for $100 per
board foot. Nice brick red color.
Camphor
boards are wide and aromatic. Cream
color.
Curunai-new in stock is peach colored and tight
grained with intermittent cluster burls. Great stuff!
Gabon
Ebony is the black Ebony from Africa.
Most all Gabon has some subtle white streaking in it, and some can have as
much contrast as its sister wood, Macassar
Ebony.
Macassar
Ebony is from SE
Asia, and is very colorful with contrasting browns and blacks. Some
of the Macassar can be as dark (or darker) than the Gabon. One board
can vary quite a bit from another. Finishes well.
Note on
Ebony: We have included a sample of the lighter Gabon and
a sample of the darker Macassar in the #3 Assorted sample set.
Madagascar
Rosewood just
arrived in 1" boards. Has rich ox-blood color when freshly cut
with black streaks. Wood alcohol will keep it from darkening up.
Leopardwood
has the unique
"lace-like" figure of Lacewood
but is harder and darker brown in
color.
Lignum
Vitae is green, heavy
& oily. Sinks in water.
Curly
Maple & Quilted
Maple:
We've received some new quality shipments on both of these.
Pink
Ivory has a
beautiful deep pink color and is hard. We may
have the only certifiably legal Pink Ivory.
Redwood
Burl: new
shipment with nice birdseye.
Rhengas: New in
stock. Soft red with yellow hue subtle red streaking.
Hard. Good cabinet wood.
Snakewood
is as figured as
wood gets - looks like Snakeskin. As with all of the woods we ship,
the pieces will be clean and free of checks. Figure is normally more
prominent on one face than it is on the other. Brittle.
Snakewood,
stripey comes from
the same logs as Snakewood, only it is more striped and linear than the
"Classic" Snakewood. It is as pretty - just
different. The price is marked down only because it is not as well
known. Stripey Snakewood is a sleeper!
Spanish
Cedar: 1/4" stock is great for humidors.
Verawood
is as green and dense
as Lignum, but without the alternating hard and soft layers that Lignum has. It isn't as oily either. Color deepens with time.
Woods whose colors deepen
(improve) with age are Purpleheart,
Lignum
Vitae (green), and Verawood
(green). Bloodwood
(red) and Brazilian Satinwood (yellow) are
excellent at maintaining their color. |
