Figured European Pearwood

Almost all Pearwood imported into the U.S.A. has been steamed to bring out a more pinkish-red color and to prevent drying stresses. Formerly the wood was used for carving, turning, drawing instruments, wood engravings, textile printing blocks, and tool handles. Stained black it is an excellent substitute for Ebony. Contemporary uses include woodwinds such as recorders, furniture, kitchen accessories, jewelry and other boxes, and architectural uses such as paneling and doors.

These pieces are quartersawn. These would make nice instrument parts.

Item Number: W43230

Burly English Brown Oak

This Oak grew on the grounds of Woburn Abbey in England. The tree was 6-7 feet in diameter and its age was estimated at 600 years plus. The log yielded almost 4,000 board feet of lumber. I had the Oak quartersawn so as to exhibit the beautiful rays or 'silver grain' inherent to this species. It also has a dark pigment tiger-striping that makes this Oak doubly gorgeous. We have boards 1", 1 1/2", 2", and 3" thick and up to 30" wide. We have just stickered this wood to air dry. These pieces are still green.

B has some punky sap on the live edge.

Item Number: W43228

Figured Hard Maple

The heartwood is white or cream to light brown or reddish brown. Because of the generally small size of available logs, most sawmills produce flatsawn boards which will show a broken curl on the surface and a fiddleback curl on the quartersawn edge. Hard and heavy, 45 lbs/cu ft. Easy to work and takes a smooth polish. U.S.A.

Item Number: W43227

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: W43226

Macassar Ebony

A classically striped Ebony from Asia. Quartersawn.

Item Number: W43225

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: W43224

West African Ebony 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: W43223

$30.50

E 1 3/8 x 1 3/8 x 18 9/16"

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: W43222

$33.85

H 1 7/16 x 2 x 13 9/16"

Macassar Ebony

A classically striped Ebony from Asia. Quartersawn.

Item Number: W43220

German Lime

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.

Item Number: W43219

Castello Boxwood

Castello Boxwood, though not a true Buxus species, still has a very fine texture and a lovely light canary yellow color. This is truly a dream wood to mill.It is an excellent turnery wood, capable of very fine detail. Also very popular for making scale timbers and other parts for model ships. Air-dried.

Item Number: W43218

Pau Rosa Bowl Blanks

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

Item Number: W43217

English Brown Oak Bowl Blanks

These billets/squares are from a log that was completely burled through and through. Typical voids and defects. These have been air-dried in our warehouse for 15 years. On the quartersawn surface it exhibits the beautiful rays or 'silver grain' inherent to this species. This wood takes a beautiful polish and develops a rich, warm patina. Rare and one-of-a-kind.

Item Number: W43216

$47.15

B 2 13/16 x 6 5/8 x 6 5/8"

Zebrawood Turning Squares

This striped wood develops a beautiful golden patina as it ages.

Item Number: W43214

$11.10

B 1 13/16 x 1 13/16 x 16 3/16"

$16.90

C 2 7/16 x 2 7/16 x 13 5/8"

Figured Black Mesquite Knife Handle Stock

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: W43213

Bird's-eye Maple

The heartwood is white or cream to light brown or reddish brown. Figured somewhat like that of burl with many small eyes separate from each other. Hard and heavy, 45 lbs/cu ft. Easy to work and takes a smooth polish. U.S.A.

Item Number: W43212

$38.15

D 7/8 x 5 13/16 x 36"

Black Limba Cane Blanks

Beautifully variegated and colored, Black Limba is easy to work and finish. This wood is found in the equatorial forests of West Africa. Black Limba has wonderful tonal properties and is suitable for both solid-body guitars and acoustic guitars. Easy to work and takes a nice polish.

These have a very unique coloring for this species.

Item Number: W43210

Figured European Pearwood

Almost all Pearwood imported into the U.S.A. has been steamed to bring out a more pinkish-red color and to prevent drying stresses. Formerly the wood was used for carving, turning, drawing instruments, wood engravings, textile printing blocks, and tool handles. Stained black it is an excellent substitute for Ebony. Contemporary uses include woodwinds such as recorders, furniture, kitchen accessories, jewelry and other boxes, and architectural uses such as paneling and doors.

Item Number: W43209

$59.00

A 7/8 x 6 x 40 7/16"

$78.35

C 15/16 x 7 11/16 x 39 1/8"

Panama Redwood

This is not a true Rosewood (Dalbergia sp.) but is closely related. It is fine grained, hard, heavy, dimensionally stable, and takes a very fine polish. Seldom seen on the American market.

Item Number: W43208

Black Mesquite

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: W43206

Figured Black Mesquite

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.

These pieces have figure on all four faces. These would make wonderful knife handles.

Item Number: W43205

Black Mesquite

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: W43204

Amboyna Burl

One of the world's most rare and beautiful burls. A light to deep reddish-orange, sometimes with darker lines, and with a lovely, spicy scent, there is hardly an area not highly figured with bird's-eyes. Hard & heavy and capable of taking a fine polish.

This is a wood-as-art piece. It has a spectacular face of teats, but also some cracks common to burls. 27 lbs.

Item Number: W43202

Pau Rosa Bowl Blanks

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

Item Number: W43201

$66.75

B 4 1/16 x 7 1/4 x 7 1/4"

Pau Rosa Turning Squares

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

A has a small crack on one end that we noticed as we were meassuring it. It is about 1 1/4" long so we tallied that part off. The actual length is 25 1/4".

Item Number: W43200

$18.35

A 1 9/16 x 1 9/16 x 24"

$24.45

B 1 3/4 x 1 3/4 x 25 1/2"

Pau Rosa

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

Item Number: W43199

$21.50

F 1 5/8 x 2 3/4 x 15 3/8"

Pau Rosa

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

Item Number: W43198

$32.60

D 1 3/4 x 2 5/16 x 25 3/4"

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: W43197

$67.30

B 7/8 x 5 7/8 x 29"

$71.65

C 15/16 x 7 1/8 x 23 3/4"

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: W43196

$35.75

E 15/16 x 3 x 28 1/8"

$40.25

G 7/8 x 3 5/16 x 30 3/4"

$42.00

H 15/16 x 3 3/16 x 31 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: W43195

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: W43194

$43.25

D 15/16 x 6 9/16 x 15 9/16"

Chakte-viga Turning Squares

Found in the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico and related to Pernambuco (Guilandina echinata). It is sought after for house posts in Mexico as it is said to be impervious to termites and other insect pests. It is a lovely light to dark orange color, is fairly hard and heavy, and is capable of taking a very high polish. Rare.

Item Number: W43193

$27.15

C 2 11/16 x 2 11/16 x 10 13/16"

Bird's-eye Maple Turning Squares/Pool Cue Blanks

The heartwood is white or cream to light brown or reddish brown. Figured somewhat like that of burl with many small eyes separate from each other. Hard and heavy, 45 lbs/cu ft. Easy to work and takes a smooth polish. U.S.A.

Item Number: W43192

Figured 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: W43189

London Planetree

This European tree is related to American Sycamore which it closely resembles. The heartwood is light brown and the radial surface has a "showy" medullary ray fleck.

Item Number: W43187

$66.85

A 1 11/16 x 7-10 1/2 x 35 3/16"

Mexican Bocote

Bocote is an oily wood with a yellowish to dark brown color accented with irregular black stripes and streaks. It has a spicy smell and is hard, heavy and strong. It is easy to work and takes a very nice polish. This beautiful wood is seldom seen in woodworker's shops.

Item Number: W43186

Figured Genuine Mahogany

Also called Acajou, Tropical American Mahogany, and Honduras Mahogany. This medium to large tree occurs throughout Central and South America. Related to Cuban Mahogany (Swietenia mahogani) and Pacific Coast Mahogany (Swietenia humilis). It produces one of the classic furniture and cabinetmaking woods. The heartwood varies from a light reddish-brown to a rich, dark red. Generally straight grained and exceptionally stable, it is easy to machine, hand plane, sand and finish. Occasional logs produce several figures, curly, quilted, and the rare plum pudding figure which looks like large drips running down the board. Used in fine furniture and joinery, boat building, and in the guitar industry for acoustic sets and necks.

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

Item Number: W43185

$134.50

A 1 3/8 x 8 1/4 x 37 15/16"

West African Ebony Cane Blank

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: W43184

Panama Redwood

This is not a true Rosewood (Dalbergia sp.) but is closely related. It is fine grained, hard, heavy, dimensionally stable, and takes a very fine polish. Seldom seen on the American market.

Item Number: W43182

$8.95

A 1 1/2 x 2 1/4 x 10 7/8"

$43.45

C 1 1/2 x 5 x 23 13/16"

Figured 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: W43181

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: W43180

London Planetree

This European tree is related to American Sycamore which it closely resembles. The heartwood is light brown and the radial surface has a "showy" medullary ray fleck.

Item Number: W43179

$57.40

C 1 3/4 x 9 5/8 x 20 7/16"

$77.00

D 1 3/4 x 9-11 1/2 x 28 13/16"

Honduras Rosewood Bowl Blanks

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: W43178

Zebrawood Turning Squares

This striped wood develops a beautiful golden patina as it ages.

Item Number: W43176

$54.70

D 5 x 5 x 10 1/2"

Shihuahuaco Turning Squares

Item Number: W43175

$52.20

C 4 7/8 x 4 7/8 x 14 3/8"

Shihuahuaco Turning Squares

Item Number: W43174

$21.80

A 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 10 1/8"

Shihuahuaco Turning Squares

Item Number: W43173

$15.90

A 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 x 5 3/4"

$26.00

C 4 3/8 x 4 3/8 x 8 7/8"

Shiwauwauco Bowl Blanks

Item Number: W43172

Zebrawood

This striped wood develops a beautiful golden patina as it ages.

Item Number: W43171

Zebrawood

This striped wood develops a beautiful golden patina as it ages.

Item Number: W43170