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Also called European Basswood, this species grows throughout Europe. It was the favorite wood of the English carver Grinling Gibbons and the German Gothic sculptor Tilman Riemenschneider. Pale in color, it has a straight grain and fine, even texture. It is easy to work and can easily be carved with, against, and cross the grain. It is recognized as one of the classic carving woods. Air-dried.
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One of several rosewood species from Madagascar. It has beautiful color and grain, a sweet smell, and is very easy to work and stable in use. It is a very close match to true Rio or Brazilian Rosewood (Dalbergia nigra) and as such is much in demand for musical instruments, especially guitars.
Due to this item being on the CITES list, we are only shipping this species to addresses in the United States.
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One of several rosewood species from Madagascar. It has beautiful color and grain, a sweet smell, and is very easy to work and stable in use. It is a very close match to true Rio or Brazilian Rosewood (Dalbergia nigra) and as such is much in demand for musical instruments, especially guitars.
Due to this item being on the CITES list, we are only shipping this species to addresses in the United States.
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One of several rosewood species from Madagascar. It has beautiful color and grain, a sweet smell, and is very easy to work and stable in use. It is a very close match to true Rio or Brazilian Rosewood (Dalbergia nigra) and as such is much in demand for musical instruments, especially guitars.
Due to this item being on the CITES list, we are only shipping this species to addresses in the United States.
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One of several rosewood species from Madagascar. It has beautiful color and grain, a sweet smell, and is very easy to work and stable in use. It is a very close match to true Rio or Brazilian Rosewood (Dalbergia nigra) and as such is much in demand for musical instruments, especially guitars.
Due to this item being on the CITES list, we are only shipping this species to addresses in the United States.
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This striped wood develops a beautiful golden patina as it ages.
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This White Ash comes from the southern U.S.A. and is noteworthy for its very light weight, 2.2-3.2 lbs. per board foot. Used mainly in the musical instrument trade for light weight electric guitars, it also has very nice acoustic properties.
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A true rosewood, most of our stock comes from Belize. Smelling like stored apples, it is a lovely wood to turn and takes a fantastic polish. Getting scarce on the world market.
Due to CITES regulations, we can only ship this species to customers in the United States.
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This Ebony is unsurpassed for its beauty and blackness. It is fairly fine-textured and takes a high polish. Finest ebony in the world. Rare.
This species has been newly added to the CITES list and as a consequence, we are limiting sales to the United States only.
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Sometimes called Gabon or Gaboon, this Ebony is sometimes jet black but oftentimes has grayish streaks that mostly disappear when finished or after the made object has been put into service. This Ebony has a marked resistance to checking that is characteristic of some of the Indian and Asian species. It has a wonderful texture and is easily carved, planed, turned, and milled. It is fairly fine-grained and takes a high polish. This Ebony usually originates in either Cameroon or Nigeria and the logs are rough hewn in the forest and oftentimes brought to the nearest road by human porters. With the disappearance of other species of black Ebony this species is fast becoming the Ebony of choice.
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Called by some woodworkers African Rosewood, Bubinga is a deep, lustrous, brownish-red color with a fine, darker striping. The figure makes the wood doubly beautiful. It is very hard and heavy and takes a glassy, smooth finish.
Due to CITES regulations, we can only ship this species to customers in the United States.
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These are from very old stock that we stored away many years ago. This is the best looking Cocobolo with a beautiful orange to reddish-orange color oftentimes with black striping and burly grain. We have milled these and trimmed any defects off the ends. These are as nice as it gets. Fairly rare and probably impossible to replace.
Due to CITES regulations, we can only ship this species to customers in the United States.
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These are from very old stock that we stored away many years ago. This is the best looking Cocobolo with a beautiful orange to reddish-orange color oftentimes with black striping and burly grain. We have milled these and trimmed any defects off the ends. These are as nice as it gets. Fairly rare and probably impossible to replace.
Due to CITES regulations, we can only ship this species to customers in the United States.
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These are from very old stock that we stored away many years ago. This is the best looking Cocobolo with a beautiful orange to reddish-orange color oftentimes with black striping and burly grain. We have milled these and trimmed any defects off the ends. These are as nice as it gets. Fairly rare and probably impossible to replace.
Due to CITES regulations, we can only ship this species to customers in the United States.
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These are from very old stock that we stored away many years ago. This is the best looking Cocobolo with a beautiful orange to reddish-orange color oftentimes with black striping and burly grain. We have milled these and trimmed any defects off the ends. These are as nice as it gets. Fairly rare and probably impossible to replace.
Due to CITES regulations, we can only ship this species to customers in the United States.
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These are from very old stock that we stored away many years ago. This is the best looking Cocobolo with a beautiful orange to reddish-orange color oftentimes with black striping and burly grain. We have milled these and trimmed any defects off the ends. These are as nice as it gets. Fairly rare and probably impossible to replace.
Due to CITES regulations, we can only ship this species to customers in the United States.
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These are from very old stock that we stored away many years ago. This is the best looking Cocobolo with a beautiful orange to reddish-orange color oftentimes with black striping and burly grain. We have milled these and trimmed any defects off the ends. These are as nice as it gets. Fairly rare and probably impossible to replace.
Due to CITES regulations, we can only ship this species to customers in the United States.
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These are from very old stock that we stored away many years ago. This is the best looking Cocobolo with a beautiful orange to reddish-orange color oftentimes with black striping and burly grain. We have milled these and trimmed any defects off the ends. These are as nice as it gets. Fairly rare and probably impossible to replace.
Due to CITES regulations, we can only ship this species to customers in the United States.
C has a defect, see photo. Priced accordingly.
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These are from very old stock that we stored away many years ago. This is the best looking Cocobolo with a beautiful orange to reddish-orange color oftentimes with black striping and burly grain. We have milled these and trimmed any defects off the ends. These are as nice as it gets. Fairly rare and probably impossible to replace.
Due to CITES regulations, we can only ship this species to customers in the United States.
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These are from very old stock that we stored away many years ago. This is the best looking Cocobolo with a beautiful orange to reddish-orange color oftentimes with black striping and burly grain. We have milled these and trimmed any defects off the ends. These are as nice as it gets. Fairly rare and probably impossible to replace.
Due to CITES regulations, we can only ship this species to customers in the United States.