Mexican Cocobolo Turning Squares

The wood is very oily which makes it difficult to glue but on the plus side the oiliness makes it easy to produce a fantastic polish on finished pieces. Wear a respirator mask when working Cocobolo as the dust can produce asthma-like reactions. Cocobolo is a small to medium sized tree and is found mainly in Mexico, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama.

Due to CITES regulations, we can only ship this species to customers in the United States.

These are exhibition quality squares.

Item Number: W41186

$40.00

E 1 7/8 x 1 7/8 x 12"

Mexican Cocobolo Turning Squares

The wood is very oily which makes it difficult to glue but on the plus side the oiliness makes it easy to produce a fantastic polish on finished pieces. Wear a respirator mask when working Cocobolo as the dust can produce asthma-like reactions. Cocobolo is a small to medium sized tree and is found mainly in Mexico, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama.

Due to CITES regulations, we can only ship this species to customers in the United States.

D has a 4 inch crack, half an inch deep, extending from one end, but we left it in because of the nice figure on the square.

Item Number: W41185

$25.00

G 1 7/8 x 1 7/8 x 12"

$25.00

H 1 7/8 x 1 7/8 x 12"

Mexican Cocobolo Turning Squares

The wood is very oily which makes it difficult to glue but on the plus side the oiliness makes it easy to produce a fantastic polish on finished pieces. Wear a respirator mask when working Cocobolo as the dust can produce asthma-like reactions. Cocobolo is a small to medium sized tree and is found mainly in Mexico, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama.

Due to CITES regulations, we can only ship this species to customers in the United States.

Item Number: W41184

$25.00

C 1 7/8 x 1 7/8 x 12"

$25.00

D 1 7/8 x 1 7/8 x 12"

$25.00

E 1 13/16 x 1 13/16 x 12"

$25.00

F 1 15/16 x 1 15/16 x 12 1/8"

Mexican Cocobolo Turning Squares

The wood is very oily which makes it difficult to glue but on the plus side the oiliness makes it easy to produce a fantastic polish on finished pieces. Wear a respirator mask when working Cocobolo as the dust can produce asthma-like reactions. Cocobolo is a small to medium sized tree and is found mainly in Mexico, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama.

Due to CITES regulations, we can only ship this species to customers in the United States.

Item Number: W41183

$25.00

A 1 15/16 x 1 15/16 x 12"

$25.00

B 1 7/8 x 1 7/8 x 12"

$25.00

C 1 7/8 x 1 7/8 x 12"

$25.00

E 2 x 2 x 12"

$25.00

F 1 15/16 x 1 15/16 x 12 1/8"

American Holly

Holly is the whitest wood commercially available. Our stock was cut during the winter and quickly dried in a vacuum kiln to prevent discoloration. The result is very white wood without gray or bluish staining. The wood is fine-grained and is excellent for turnery, inlays, musical instrument edge bandings, etc. The grade is common and better which means that there can be some defects, mainly knots.

Item Number: W41169

Ziricote

Ziricote is another timber we get from the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. It is a lovely wood with a very pronounced ray fleck on radial surfaces sometimes producing a "landscape" effect much like picture jasper.

Item Number: W41168

$20.25

C 15/16 x 2 1/4 x 16 1/4"

$25.00

E 1 x 2 5/16 x 18 5/16"

Ziricote

Ziricote is another timber we get from the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. It is a lovely wood with a very pronounced ray fleck on radial surfaces sometimes producing a "landscape" effect much like picture jasper.

Item Number: W41167

Ziricote

Ziricote is another timber we get from the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. It is a lovely wood with a very pronounced ray fleck on radial surfaces sometimes producing a "landscape" effect much like picture jasper.

Item Number: W41166

$12.70

A 13/16 x 2 1/8 x 12 7/16"

$19.55

B 1 1/16 x 2 1/2 x 12 7/16"

$18.95

C 1 1/16 x 2 7/16 x 12 3/8"

Ziricote

Ziricote is another timber we get from the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. It is a lovely wood with a very pronounced ray fleck on radial surfaces sometimes producing a "landscape" effect much like picture jasper.

Item Number: W41165

$25.95

C 1 11/16 x 1 7/8 x 13 7/8"

Ziricote Turning Squares

Ziricote is another timber we get from the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. It is a lovely wood with a very pronounced ray fleck on radial surfaces sometimes producing a "landscape" effect much like picture jasper.

Item Number: W41164

$18.75

C 1 5/8 x 1 5/8 x 12"

Snakewood

Also called Letterwood and Leopardwood. Color: dark red to reddish brown with irregular black speckles or stripes. Fine textured and highly lustrous. Very hard and heavy, 75-84 lbs/cu ft. Takes a beautiful finish. Very rare and very expensive. Guyana and Surinam.

Item Number: W41163

Snakewood

Also called Letterwood and Leopardwood. Color: dark red to reddish brown with irregular black speckles or stripes. Fine textured and highly lustrous. Very hard and heavy, 75-84 lbs/cu ft. Takes a beautiful finish. Very rare and very expensive. Guyana and Surinam.

Item Number: W41162

Snakewood

Also called Letterwood and Leopardwood. Color: dark red to reddish brown with irregular black speckles or stripes. Fine textured and highly lustrous. Very hard and heavy, 75-84 lbs/cu ft. Takes a beautiful finish. Very rare and very expensive. Guyana and Surinam.

C has a 4" section of wane on one corner.

Item Number: W41161

Snakewood

Also called Letterwood and Leopardwood. Color: dark red to reddish brown with irregular black speckles or stripes. Fine textured and highly lustrous. Very hard and heavy, 75-84 lbs/cu ft. Takes a beautiful finish. Very rare and very expensive. Guyana and Surinam.

Item Number: W41160

Snakewood Turning Squares

Also called Letterwood and Leopardwood. Color: dark red to reddish brown with irregular black speckles or stripes. Fine textured and highly lustrous. Very hard and heavy, 75-84 lbs/cu ft. Takes a beautiful finish. Very rare and very expensive. Guyana and Surinam.

Item Number: W41159

Snakewood Turning Squares

Also called Letterwood and Leopardwood. Color: dark red to reddish brown with irregular black speckles or stripes. Fine textured and highly lustrous. Very hard and heavy, 75-84 lbs/cu ft. Takes a beautiful finish. Very rare and very expensive. Guyana and Surinam.

Item Number: W41158

Snakewood Half Log Section

Also called Letterwood and Leopardwood. Color: dark red to reddish brown with irregular black speckles or stripes. Fine textured and highly lustrous. Very hard and heavy, 75-84 lbs/cu ft. Takes a beautiful finish. Very rare and very expensive. Guyana and Surinam.

This piece has some defects common to the species such as heart checks, but still has a lot of usable material.

Item Number: W41157

Ziricote Cane Blanks

Ziricote is another timber we get from the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. It is a lovely wood with a very pronounced ray fleck on radial surfaces sometimes producing a "landscape" effect much like picture jasper.

Item Number: W41151

Katalox Turning Squares

This is a large tree 2-4' diameter, by up to 120' tall from Mexico & Central America. The wood is very dense and fairly fine-grained. Because of its hardness it can be difficult to work but it takes a fine polish. Its dark color leads some to call it Mexican Ebano and very dark pieces can be used as a substitute for true black Ebony, especially in laminations and inlays. Straight-grained wood can be used for musical instrument fingerboards and bridge blanks.

Item Number: W41150

Figured Chechem Turning Squares

Another of our woods from the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. The heartwood is reddish-brown with very pronounced chatoyance or luster. A beautiful wood for furniture, cabinetry, turnery & treen, etc.

Item Number: W41149

$26.10

D 2 13/16 x 2 13/16 x 11 7/8"

Briar Burl Slices

There are defects but the burls will yield material for tobacco pipes, inlays, jewelry pieces, turnery, etc. These were harvested in the last couple of years, were boiled in water to bring out more color and to help stabilize the burls and were then slowly air-dried. Since these come from a temperate region and have remnants of bark many countries will not allow their importation without an expensive pytosanitary or fumigation certificate. Check with us or your customs or agriculture department representative.

Briar burl grows partially or completely underneath the ground and they often have dirt, pebbles and rocks buried in crevices or overgrown by the wood itself. We do the best we can to clean the burls before we ship them but beware that there may be hidden debris.

Item Number: W41148

American Holly

Holly is the whitest wood commercially available. Our stock was cut during the winter and quickly dried in a vacuum kiln to prevent discoloration. The result is very white wood without gray or bluish staining. The wood is fine-grained and is excellent for turnery, inlays, musical instrument edge bandings, etc. The grade is common and better which means that there can be some defects, mainly knots.

Item Number: W41146

$49.80

B 7/8 x 3 1/2 x 36"

Curly European Sycamore

This European Maple is native to central Europe and west Asia. It is a tough, white or cream colored, fine-grained timber. It reminds me of vanilla ice cream because it is so even-colored. It works well in any grain direction. It is used for musical instruments, furniture, cabinetry, and because it is non-staining it is used for kitchen utensils, wooden spoons, rolling pins, and cutting boards. The figure is fiddleback on the quartersawn surface and more of a broken curl on the flatsawn surface. Select, quartersawn material is used for violin backs and sides and necks. Dry.

Item Number: W41145

$107.25

B 1 7/8 x 6 x 36 1/8"

Mexican Cocobolo Thins

The wood is very oily which makes it difficult to glue but on the plus side the oiliness makes it easy to produce a fantastic polish on finished pieces. Wear a respirator mask when working Cocobolo as the dust can produce asthma-like reactions. Cocobolo is a small to medium sized tree and is found mainly in Mexico, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama.

Due to CITES regulations, we can only ship this species to customers in the United States.

These, unlike the packs of thins we sell, have been surfaced and any boards with defects culled out. They are quite nice, being ;straight and with vertical grain.

Item Number: W41142

$25.00 $16.25

F 1/4 x 3 1/4-3 5/16 x 27 5/16-27 3/8"

Mexican Cocobolo Thins

The wood is very oily which makes it difficult to glue but on the plus side the oiliness makes it easy to produce a fantastic polish on finished pieces. Wear a respirator mask when working Cocobolo as the dust can produce asthma-like reactions. Cocobolo is a small to medium sized tree and is found mainly in Mexico, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama.

Due to CITES regulations, we can only ship this species to customers in the United States.

These, unlike the packs of thins we sell, have been surfaced and any boards with defects culled out. They are quite nice, being ;straight and with vertical grain.

Item Number: W41141

American Holly

Holly is the whitest wood commercially available. Our stock was cut during the winter and quickly dried in a vacuum kiln to prevent discoloration. The result is very white wood without gray or bluish staining. The wood is fine-grained and is excellent for turnery, inlays, musical instrument edge bandings, etc. The grade is common and better which means that there can be some defects, mainly knots.

Item Number: W41140

$32.50

G 7/8 x 3 3/16 x 25 13/16"

Ziricote Turning Squares

Ziricote is another timber we get from the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. It is a lovely wood with a very pronounced ray fleck on radial surfaces sometimes producing a "landscape" effect much like picture jasper.

Item Number: W41139

Honduras Rosewood

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.

Item Number: W41138

$20.60

A 1 1/2 x 2 3/16 x 15 1/16"

$136.70

C 1 9/16 x 6 5/8 x 29 1/4"

$241.30

D 2 3/4 x 6 11/16 x 29 1/16"

Honduras Rosewood

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.

Item Number: W41137

$63.15

A 2 13/16 x 2 15/16 x 20"

$96.20

C 3 7/16 x 3 7/16 x 21 5/16"

Pau Rosa Knife Handle Blank Sets

Hard & heavy & capable of a beautiful polish. Rare on the American market. Partially air dried.

Item Number: W41136

Honduras Rosewood Turning Squares

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.

Item Number: W41135

$15.50

A 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 15 1/4"

West African Ebony Block & Turning Squares

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.

Item Number: W41133

$36.90

D 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 18 7/8"

West African Ebony

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.

Item Number: W41132

Mopane Turning Squares

Also called Rhodesian Ironwood, this small to moderate sized tree is found mostly in hot savannah lands in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia, and Angola. It is an important fodder source for animals (especially elephants), the leaves and seed pods having a high protein content. Large grey-green caterpillars, 2-3 inches long and as fat as a finger feed on the Mopane and are used as food by the natives. David Livingstone mentions in his journals that the natives believed that the Mopane is more often struck by lightning than any other tree and that they would warn travellers never to seek shelter near a Mopane when a thunderstorm was brewing. "Lightning hates it" they would say.
The sapwood is yellow and is a sharp contrast from the dark red heartwood which is very hard and heavy. In Africa the wood is highly prized for firewood but is also utilized for furniture and toy making. It is a nice wood for turnery, taking detail well and finishing to a very smooth, glassy polish.

Item Number: W41130

$38.00

A 3 3/16 x 3 3/16 x 12 5/16"

$38.00

B 3 1/8 x 3 1/8 x 12 5/16"

$38.00

C 3 1/8 x 3 1/8 x 12 5/16"

Mopane Turning Squares

Also called Rhodesian Ironwood, this small to moderate sized tree is found mostly in hot savannah lands in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia, and Angola. It is an important fodder source for animals (especially elephants), the leaves and seed pods having a high protein content. Large grey-green caterpillars, 2-3 inches long and as fat as a finger feed on the Mopane and are used as food by the natives. David Livingstone mentions in his journals that the natives believed that the Mopane is more often struck by lightning than any other tree and that they would warn travellers never to seek shelter near a Mopane when a thunderstorm was brewing. "Lightning hates it" they would say.
The sapwood is yellow and is a sharp contrast from the dark red heartwood which is very hard and heavy. In Africa the wood is highly prized for firewood but is also utilized for furniture and toy making. It is a nice wood for turnery, taking detail well and finishing to a very smooth, glassy polish.

Item Number: W41129

$38.00

A 3 1/8 x 3 1/8 x 12 5/16"

$38.00

B 3 1/16 x 3 1/16 x 12 5/16"

$38.00

C 3 1/8 x 3 1/8 x 12 5/16"

Mediterranean Olivewood Turning Squares/Pool Cue Blanks

A wood of biblical importance, no wood is more closely associated with history and the development of civilization than Olivewood. A beautifully variegated timber. Partially air-dried.

Item Number: W41128

Mediterranean Olivewood Turning Squares

A wood of biblical importance, no wood is more closely associated with history and the development of civilization than Olivewood. A beautifully variegated timber. Partially air-dried.

Item Number: W41127

$40.00

C 3 1/16 x 3 1/16 x 12 5/8"

$40.00

D 3 1/16 x 3 1/16 x 12 1/2"

Mediterranean Olivewood Turning Squares

A wood of biblical importance, no wood is more closely associated with history and the development of civilization than Olivewood. A beautifully variegated timber. Partially air-dried.

B has a small spot on one end where a knot delaminated and created a shelled out area.

Item Number: W41126

$40.00

A 3 1/16 x 3 1/16 x 12 9/16"

$40.00

D 3 1/16 x 3 1/16 x 12 9/16"

African Blackwood Turning Squares

The heartwood is purplish to brownish-black with dark gray streaks giving an overall impression of being black. Lustrous with an attractive inner chatoyance. Very hard, heavy, close-grained, and virtually free from pores. Its stability and lovely tonal qualities make it an excellent instrument wood.

Due to CITES regulations, we can only ship this species to customers in the United States.

Item Number: W41120

African Blackwood Turning Square

The heartwood is purplish to brownish-black with dark gray streaks giving an overall impression of being black. Lustrous with an attractive inner chatoyance. Very hard, heavy, close-grained, and virtually free from pores. Its stability and lovely tonal qualities make it an excellent instrument wood.

Due to CITES regulations, we can only ship this species to customers in the United States.

Item Number: W41119

Mediterranean Olivewood Turning Squares

A wood of biblical importance, no wood is more closely associated with history and the development of civilization than Olivewood. A beautifully variegated timber. Partially air-dried.

Item Number: W41116

$28.00

A 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 12 1/2"

Thuya Burl

This comes from the Atlas mountains in Morocco and has a beautiful golden chatoyance. Its color varies from a rich, lustrous golden brown to nearly black. Thuya burl is hard and dense with a high oil content, but tends to be brittle. The eyes, perfectly round, are scattered about in some burls like the figure in bird's-eye maple; in others they are grouped as islands. Due to it's desert occurrence, the wood sometimes contains small defects or inclusions but most can be repaired with cyanoacrylate (super) glues. A rare species, this exquisite wood is used for inlays, small boxes, turnery, and precious objects.

Item Number: W41113

Thuya Burl

This comes from the Atlas mountains in Morocco and has a beautiful golden chatoyance. Its color varies from a rich, lustrous golden brown to nearly black. Thuya burl is hard and dense with a high oil content, but tends to be brittle. The eyes, perfectly round, are scattered about in some burls like the figure in bird's-eye maple; in others they are grouped as islands. Due to it's desert occurrence, the wood sometimes contains small defects or inclusions but most can be repaired with cyanoacrylate (super) glues. A rare species, this exquisite wood is used for inlays, small boxes, turnery, and precious objects.

Item Number: W41112

$57.75

A 1 3/4 x up to 5 1/8 x up to 7 1/2"

Malagasy Ebony

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.

A is flatsawn.
B is flatsawn.
C is flatsawn.
D is riftsawn.
E is riftsawn to quartersawn.

Item Number: W41111

$103.45

A 15/16 x 2 7/8 x 27 5/8"

$103.45

B 15/16 x 2 7/8 x 27 5/8"

$110.70

C 15/16 x 3 1/16 x 27 3/4"

$168.20

E 1 1/2 x 2 5/8 x 30 3/4"

Thuya Burl Turning Squares/Pool Cue Blanks

This comes from the Atlas mountains in Morocco and has a beautiful golden chatoyance. Its color varies from a rich, lustrous golden brown to nearly black. Thuya burl is hard and dense with a high oil content, but tends to be brittle. The eyes, perfectly round, are scattered about in some burls like the figure in bird's-eye maple; in others they are grouped as islands. Due to it's desert occurrence, the wood sometimes contains small defects or inclusions but most can be repaired with cyanoacrylate (super) glues. A rare species, this exquisite wood is used for inlays, small boxes, turnery, and precious objects.

Item Number: W41109

$51.70

B 1 7/16 x 1 7/16 x 18"

Thuya Burl Turning Squares/Pool Cue Blanks

This comes from the Atlas mountains in Morocco and has a beautiful golden chatoyance. Its color varies from a rich, lustrous golden brown to nearly black. Thuya burl is hard and dense with a high oil content, but tends to be brittle. The eyes, perfectly round, are scattered about in some burls like the figure in bird's-eye maple; in others they are grouped as islands. Due to it's desert occurrence, the wood sometimes contains small defects or inclusions but most can be repaired with cyanoacrylate (super) glues. A rare species, this exquisite wood is used for inlays, small boxes, turnery, and precious objects.

Item Number: W41108

Black Mesquite Cane Blanks

A very few pieces of Mesquite are figured with what we call frog's-hair curl, a small, tight curl with as many as 12-15 curls per inch. A very stable wood. Air-dried.

Item Number: W41105

$22.00

A 1 5/16 x 1 5/16 x 39 3/8"

Black Mesquite

A very stable wood. Air-dried.

A is figured.

Item Number: W41104

Black Mesquite - Good with the Bad

A very stable wood. Air-dried.

The "Good with the Bad" boards mean we haven't trimmed off any of the natural defects and we have priced them accordingly. There will still be a lot of usable material but we can sell them cheaper because the time we have saved in not making them perfect.

Item Number: W41103

Black Mesquite Turning Squares

A very stable wood. Air-dried.

D is figured.

Item Number: W41102

$73.00

A 2 7/8 x 3 1/8 x 39"

$72.70

B 3 x 3 x 38 3/4"

$68.35

C 2 13/16 x 3 x 38 7/8"