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.

Item Number: W44044

Movingui

Also called African Satinwood. Generally golden-yellow in color with a very lustrous appearance. Movingui has nice tonal characteristics-bright and "pingy".

Item Number: W44042

$30.95

B 1 5/8 x 4 7/8 x 22 1/2"

$31.25

C 1 5/8 x 5 1/2 x 20 1/8"

$38.00

D 1 5/8 x 6 x 22 7/16"

$43.25

E 1 5/8 x 6 3/16 x 24 3/4"

Brazilian Satinwood

Also called Pau Amarello and Yellowheart, the heartwood is a bright yellow color deepening slightly with age. Fairly hard and heavy, easy to work, and capable of taking a high polish.

Item Number: W44040

$12.65

C 15/16 x 4 5/8 x 12"

Cocuswood Turning Squares

This extremely rare species is found in Cuba, Jamaica, and the Dominican Republic. Also called Green, Brown, or West Indian Ebony. The heartwood is brownish-yellow to dark brown often with a greenish tinge. It is usually beautifully veined with darker streaks. The wood is hard and heavy weighing 68 to 80 lbs/cubic foot. This high density contributes to its wonderful acoustic properties-it fairly rings when struck. It is well known for its use in woodwinds such as flutes, piccolos, and bagpipes because of its fine and uniform grain, its beautiful coloring and its resonance.

Item Number: W44039

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.

A has a few natural defects. Priced accordingly.
C has light figure.

Item Number: W44038

Black Mesquite Turning Squares

A classically striped Ebony from Asia. Increasingly hard to find on the world market. Quartersawn.

A has curly and crotch figure.
B has some tiny, old bug holes that will turn off. Light curly figure.
D has light figure.

Item Number: W44037

Black Mesquite Turning Squares

A classically striped Ebony from Asia. Increasingly hard to find on the world market. Quartersawn.

E is figured.

Item Number: W44036

Bimble Box Burl

Item Number: W44027

Desert Ironwood Burl

Desert Ironwood is found only in southwestern Arizona, southern California, and northwestern Mexico. This desert tree attains a height of 25 feet with a diameter seldom over 18 inches. It is one of the heaviest woods found in North America. The dense heartwood varies in color from a light tan to golden brown to chocolate brown often with darker striping. The best colored material comes from dead trees/logs that may have lain on the desert floor for decades. The wood generally contains many defects but most can be repaired with cyanoacrylate (super) glues. The wood is difficult to work because of its hardness, but takes a beautiful, glassy-smooth polish.

This block has quite a few defects, but still has a lot of usable material for smaller items like jewelry or some knife handle blanks. See close up photos for a better idea of the defects.

Item Number: W44026

Lebanese Cedar

Also called Cigar Box Cedar because of its aromatic scent and its wide use in tobacco humidors. It resembles the wood of South American Mahogany to which it is related. Heartwood color varies from a light pinkish brown to reddish brown. It is fairly light in weight.

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

Item Number: W44025

Ziricote Guitar Finger Boards

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: IW37400

Ziricote Guitar Peghead Veneers

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: IW37399

West African Ebony Guitar Peghead Veneers

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: IW37398

West African Ebony Guitar Bridge Blanks

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: IW37397

West African Ebony Guitar Bridge Blanks

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: IW37396

Brown Ebony Bass Guitar Finger Boards

Item Number: IW37395

Claro Walnut Solid Body Guitar Blank

A tree found in Southern Oregon and Northern California with the best material coming from the San Joaquin Valley. Lighter in color than Eastern Black Walnut (Juglans regia) it is often found with curly and quilted figure. Burly stumps are also a valuable source of wood for veneers, gunstocks, and wood turning blanks.

Item Number: IW37394

Ceylon Satinwood

This wood is primarily from Sri Lanka and has been a valuable wood of commerce for several centuries. The wood has a look that begs it to be touched. When finely polished and finished Satinwood has a smooth, silky feel with a lustrous depth.

Item Number: W44041

$

A sold x x

$42.55

D 1 x 5 3/8 x 25 5/16"

African Blackwood Billets

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.

A is flatsawn.
B is probably riftsawn with fairly straight grain.

Item Number: W44017

$781.80

A 3 x 4 3/4 x 39 1/2"

Figured 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.

A has a swirly grain with cluster burls.
B has burl clusters.
C has bird's-eyes and burl clusters.
D has small burl clusters and swirly grain.
E has a small defect on one face. Bird's-eyes, swirls, and burls.
F has burl clusters.
G has burl clusters.
H has swirls, crinkly grain, bird's-eyes. Exhibition quality.

Item Number: W44015

$25.00

A 1 3/8 x 1 3/8 x 11 1/2"

$40.00

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

$50.00

H 1 7/16 x 1 7/16 x 12 3/8"

Lightly Figured Narra

Also called New Guinea Rosewood. It is a beautiful, highly lustrous golden yellow color sometimes with reddish streaks. A nice turning wood it is also used in furniture, jewelry boxes, handles, etc. It is easy to work and glue and takes a nice polish.

Item Number: W44014

Santos Rosewood Thins Bundle

This wood has gained in popularity since the early 1990's when Brazilian Rosewood was designated an endangered species. Furniture manufacturers used it as a Brazilian Rosewood substitute but it stands on its own as an instrument tone wood.

24 pieces.

Item Number: W44013

Figured Claro Walnut

A tree found in Southern Oregon and Northern California with the best material coming from the San Joaquin Valley. Lighter in color than Eastern Black Walnut (Juglans regia) it is often found with curly and quilted figure. Burly stumps are also a valuable source of wood for veneers, gunstocks, and wood turning blanks.

Item Number: W44012

$31.25

A 2 x 5 x 15"

$57.90

C 1 7/8 x 7 7/8 x 18 13/16"

Mexican Cocobolo Knife Handle Scales

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.

Set A has a little defect at the center of the burl. Priced accordingly.

Item Number: W44011

$20.00

E ea. pc. 3/8 x 1 5/16 x 12"

Mexican Cocobolo Knife Handle Scales

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: W44010

$18.00

C ea. pc. 3/8 x 1 3/16 x 12"

$20.00

D ea. pc. 3/8 x 1 1/4 x 12"

Mexican Cocobolo Knife Handle Scales

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: W44009

$20.00

A ea. pc. 3/8 x 1 1/8 x 12"

Palisander Turning Squares/Pool Cue Blanks

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.

These were purchased in the 1990's and are no longer available on the market today. Once they are gone, they are gone for good.

Item Number: W44008

$40.00

D 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 20 1/8"

$40.00

I 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 20 3/16"

Palisander Guitar Bridge Blanks

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.

Item Number: IW37393

Palisander Guitar Bridge Blanks

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.

Item Number: IW37392

$12.00

F 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 8"

Palisander Guitar Bridge Blanks

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.

Item Number: IW37391

$12.00

D 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 8"

$12.00

E 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 8"

Palisander Guitar Bridge Blanks

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.

Item Number: IW37390

Palisander Guitar Bridge Blanks

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.

Item Number: IW37389

$12.00

H 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 8"

Palisander Guitar Bridge Blanks

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.

Item Number: IW37388

$12.00

G 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 8"

$12.00

H 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 8"

Palisander Guitar Bridge Blanks

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.

Item Number: IW37387

$12.00

F 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 8"

$12.00

G 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 8"

$12.00

H 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 8"

Palisander Guitar Bridge Blanks

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.

Item Number: IW37386

$12.00

E 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 8"

$12.00

F 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 8"

$12.00

G 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 8"

$12.00

H 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 8"

Honduras Rosewood Guitar Peghead Veneers

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: IW37385

Honduras Rosewood Ukulele Back & Sides Sets

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: IW37384

$50.00

A Backs 1/8-3/16 x 4 15/16 x 15"

Sides 1/8-3/16 x 3 9/16 x 22 13/16"

Bird's-eye Maple 2 piece Guitar Neck Through the Body Set

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: IW37383

Verawood & Lignum Vitae Cane Blanks

A is Verawood.

Related to Lignum vitae. It is hard and heavy, oily, and a beautiful shade of green. It also has a very decorative grain on the radial surface.

Due to CITES regulations, we can only ship this species to customers within the U.S.A.

B & C are Lignum Vitae.

One of the world's densest and oiliest woods. The green to greenish-brown heartwood weighs between 80 to 90 lbs/cubic foot. Long used for its self-lubricating qualities in marine applications such as propeller shaft and rudder shaft bearings, it is also thought to have medicinal and healing properties. Its oily nature makes it difficult to glue but makes it a fantastic turning wood.

Any Lignum Vitae on our site is genuine Lignum, not Verawood. We also have Verawood in stock and will be labeled as such on the website.

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

B & C are Lignum Vitae.

Item Number: W44007

$75.00

C 1 1/8 x 1 1/8 x 48"

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.

C is ribbon striped and curly.

Item Number: W44006

$44.10

B 1 x 6 5/8 x 31 15/16"

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: W44005

$26.40

D 15/16 x 4 1/2 x 30"

Figured Bubinga

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.

Item Number: W44003

$62.50

B 1 7/16 x 4 11/16 x 44 1/2"

$67.50

C 1 7/16 x 5 x 45 1/16"

Figured American Cherry

Cherry is one of our most valuable hardwoods. It's beautiful rich color and luster, dimensional stability, and strength all combine to make Cherry an excellent furniture wood.

We just received a large shipment of 8/4 Cherry, all 12" and wider, a rarity these days. Please call for pricing.

Item Number: W44002

$24.05

A 13/16 x 4 15/16 x 39 3/16"

$29.90

B 13/16 x 6 1/16 x 39 11/16"

$34.25

D 7/8 x 6 7/16 x 39 3/4"

$36.05

E 7/8 x 6 11/16 x 40 5/16"

Figured American Cherry

Cherry is one of our most valuable hardwoods. It's beautiful rich color and luster, dimensional stability, and strength all combine to make Cherry an excellent furniture wood.

We just received a large shipment of 8/4 Cherry, all 12" and wider, a rarity these days. Please call for pricing.

Item Number: W44001

$21.70

B 13/16 x 4 7/8 x 35 13/16"

$24.95

D 13/16 x 5 9/16 x 36 1/16"

$34.15

E 7/8 x 7 1/16 x 36 1/8"

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: W43993

$23.90

A 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 11 5/16"

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: W43992

$24.80

A 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 11 3/4"

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: W43991

$18.40

A 15/16 x 3 3/8 x 6 3/16"

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: W43990

$56.50

A 1 5/16 x 4 1/8 x 11 1/8"

$66.55

B 1 3/16 x 3 3/4 x 15 15/16"

$64.75

C 7/8 x 4 1/8 x 19 1/8"

Castello Boxwood Instrument Quality Turning Squares

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.

These are all nicely straight grained and clear, with even coloring.

Item Number: IW37381

Macassar Ebony

A classically striped Ebony from Asia. Quartersawn.

Item Number: W43989