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AMBOYNA BURL (Latin name)
It comes from Cambodia and Burma. Very rare.
A dense burly pattern with eyes and swirls..
Weighs (xx) lbs per cubic foot.
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ANGICO (Pitpadenia Rigida)
It is found in India, Burma, Ceylon(Sri Lanka) and the Andaman Islands and
it is
also known as Mesua, Indian Rose Chestnut, and
Ironwood in India.
The wood is very hard and heavy with a very distinct pattern, regardless of
which way it is cut. Close stripe to open wavy pattern.
Color ranges from tan to brown when freshly cut and turns to a reddish brown
with time.
It works easily with sharp tools and finishes well.
Weighs 65 lbs per cubic foot.
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AFRICAN BLACKWOOD (Dalbergia Melanoxynol)
It is mistakenly called Granadillo
Other Names: Congowood, Mozambique ebony, Senegal ebony, Cape Damson ebony.
This tree is widely spread over the African continent. From Sudan southward to Mozambique, Angola, Nigeria and Senegal.
Color is dark purplish brown with black streaks, giving a nearly black
effect. It is exceptionally dense, very hard and heavy wood, slightly oily
with fine texture.
Finishes exceptionally well but really it does not require any finish.
This wood has exceptionally good working qualities. It cuts very smooth and evenly, taking an excellent finish directly form the tool of the drill or lathe. It can be tapped for screw threads almost like metal. It is considered to be the best wood available for ornamental turnery.
Has strong odour when work get heated and readily clogs up sanding belts if at all dull.
Main use is for music instruments such as clarinets, flutes, bag pipes, etc...
It is superior to Ebony for this purpose because of its oily nature and resistance to weather and temperature changes.
The wood is also used for knife handles, pen blanks, chessmen and pool cues.
Weighs 82 lbs per cubic foot.
As listed by: InterAccess - South Africa
Afric Eye - South Africa
NOTE on true Granadillo
Species - LEGUMINOSAE - Platymiscium pleiostachium
Granadillo is also called Cristobal or Quira
Macawood
is listed in CITES appendix II of Endangered Species - logs, sawn
wood, veneer sheets.
AMAZON BLOODWOOD / SATINE (Brosimum Paraense)
Found in Brazil.
Hard and heavy, free from warpage and shrinkage. Takes a high lustrous
finish
Color varies from Rich strawberry red, sometimes with golden yellow
stripes, to rich deep red with undertones of purple, but very little
figure.
Weighs 60 lbs per cubic foot.
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BEEFWOOD (Manilcara Bibentata)
Beefwood name comes from this woods resemblance to a slice of fatty
beef.
Comes from Guyana, it is also called Bulletwood by some suppliers. It
is different from Australian Beef Oak, also called Beefwood
Hard and heavy, takes a fine polish.
Color is reddish brown to plum red.
Weighs 60 lbs per cubic foot.
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The Lumberlady - Hardwoods of Yuma
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Texas Knifemaker's Supply
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BOCOTE (Cordia Eleanenoides)
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BOIS D'ARC (Maclura pomifera)
Bois D'arc - French for the "wood of the bow"
It grows along the rivers from East Texas, to Lousiana, Arcansas and
Oklahoma.
Other common names: BOIS DE ARC,
HEDGE and OSAGE ORANGE.
Native Indians, exlusively Cadda, used it for making tomahawks, bows and for
the trade.
This wood is incredibly hard
and almost indestructible. It lasts a very long time in the ground and has
been used for generations as both fence
posts and as pilings for stilt houses built in the swamps. It is so hard that
it can make sparks fly from your
chainsaw! When freshly worked it finishes to an incredible deep yellow color,
which mellows over time to a rich
orange-brown. It is the source of those big, round, knubby green "horseapples"
you used to throw as a kid.
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BRIAR (Erica Arborea)
Grows in Algeria, Greece and Turkey.
Warm brown, burly figure with many bird eyes and tight swirls.
Medium hard and heavy, polishes easily with high luster. Very rare.
Weighs 45- 55 lbs per cubic foot.
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BUBINGA (Guibotia tessmannii)
Found in Africa, this wood is light tan with a pink cast, machines well and
takes a nice finish.
Weighs 55 lbs per cubic foot.
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BULLETWOOD (Balata, Family: Sapotaceae)
Other Common Names:
Beefwood (Guyana)
Macaranduba (Brazil)
Chicozapote (Mexico)
Ausubo (Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic)
Nispero (Panama)
Bolletri (Surinam)
Balata rouge (French Guiana)
Grows throughout the West Indies, Central America, and northern South
America.
Color:
Lght to dark reddish brown heartwood, the whitish or pale brown sapwood.
Texture:
texture is fine and uniform with straight to occasionally slightly wavy or
interlocked grain.
No distinctive odor or taste. Finishes to medium luster
Weighs 65 lbs per cubic foot.
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CAMEL THORN (Acasia erioloba)
Other Common Names: Giraffe Thorn, Kameeldoring, Mimosa, and Transvaal camelthorn
It is one of the dominant tree in the Southern Africa savannah. Plentifull is Botswana and, like everywhere else in the country, very common in Moremi, and the Okavango Delta, Namibia, Kalahari Desert.
Dark brown, heavy dense wood, polishes well.
COCOBOLO (Dalbergia Retusa)
It is imported from Panama, Costa Rica and Nicaragua.
One of the most colorful woods available, varies from red to black, dark
brown to gold and yellow. It is very dense, finishes beautifully and is very
durable. Works well with machine tools, avoid overheating when working.
Dust is very irritating and hazardous to those with respiratory
problems.
A good mask should be worn while working with it.
Weighs 60-77 lbs per cubic foot.
As listed by:
LUMBERLADY - Hardwoods Of Yuma
Elen Hunting & Importing Inc.
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EBONY - BLACK, GABOON, MACASSAR (Diospyros Ebenum,
Discolor)
Found in East Indies and Africa.
Hard and heavy, fine texture with metallic luster, finishes smoothly and
takes a high glossy polish.
Black Ebony - Generally jet black but sometimes with lighter
streaks.
Macassar Ebony - Black with yellowish or reddish brown streaks, or
gray
tan.
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TEXAS EBONY (Pithocellobium
flexicaule)
The Texas Ebony is called this because it is dark and hard and heavy BUT it is
NOT a True ebony ie is not a Diospyros species.
Other common names: - Ebony blackbead, Apes
earring, Ebony Ebano and Paloferro.
It grows in south Texas and Mexico. The heartwood is
described as dark reddish-brown tinged with purple. It is close grained,
strong, is oily or waxy and very heavy.
It is noted for its strength and finishes naturally to a high natural lustre.
It machines and turns very well.
Weighs 63 lbs per cubic foot.
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GONCALO ALVES (Astronium Fraxinifolium)
Found in tropics, Southern Mexico to South America, primary source Eastern
Brazil.
Also called Tigerwood, light golden brown to reddish brown with
blackish brown streaks, exhibiting vertical bands or stripes of black.
Sometimes has a mottled figure.
Hard and heavy, fine texture and takes a glass-like polish.
Weighs 53 lbs per cubic foot.
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ARIZONA or DESERT IRONWOOD (Olneya Tesota)
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Ironwood from Don
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SOUTH AMERICAN IRONWOOD (Swartsia
Tomentosa)
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KOA (Acacia koa)
Grows on Hawaiian Islands. Also called KOA-KA or Hawaiian
Mahogany.
Color is light to dark brown with distinct golden luster, sometimes with
irregular dark streaks. Often curly figure and fine texture.
Moderately hard and heavy, takes a high lustrous finish.
Weighs 50 lbs per cubic foot.
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LACEWOOD (Cadrwellia Sublimis)
Grows in Queensland, Australia.
Light pink to light reddish brown with a silvery sheen, flaky, texture
fairly coarse.
Moderately hard and heavy, works easily and takes a lustrous finish.
Fairly scarce.
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LEADWOOD (Combretum imberbe)
Common name(s): Hardekool, Bastard yellow wood, Elephant trunk, Ivory tree, leadwood
The Lead Wood is protected specie of tree in Southern Africa.
This African wood grows in the Okavango Delta and in the Moremi Game Reserve, it is abundant and readily availiable from Tanzania to Kwazulu-Natal.
The wood is exeptionally hard and very difficult to work but suitable for ornamental workd as well as furniture
Dark brown with close grain, Takes a lustrous finish
Weigh up to 1,200kg per cubic meter when air-dried.
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LIGNUM VITAE - AUSTRALIAN
LIGNUM-VITAE (Guaiacum Officinale)
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