Snakewood Ukulele/Guitar Finger Boards

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: IW36735

Mexican Bocote Thins

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: W42725

Wenge

Most Wenge comes from the interior of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire), and is floated to market on the Congo river. It is fairly hard and heavy with a medium to coarse texture. The heartwood is very dark brown with fine, nearly parallel black veining. Very rich looking when finished.

Item Number: W42679

$55.20

B 1 13/16 x 4 13/16 x 30 3/8"

Mexican Bocote Turning Squares

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: W42636

$15.55

A 2 1/16 x 2 1/16 x 10 1/2"

$17.95

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

$30.75

G 2 15/16 x 2 15/16 x 10 1/4"

Snakewood Violin Bow Blanks

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: IW36692

Snakewood Knife Handle Blanks

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: W42567

$35.00

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

$40.00

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

$36.25

E 1 x 1 1/4 x 10 7/16"

$53.70

G 1 7/16 x 2 1/2 x 10 3/4"

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.

D has a waney corner.

Item Number: W42566

$29.95

A 1 5/16 x 1 5/16 x 10"

$32.85

C 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 10 1/2"

$107.25

E 2 5/16 x 2 5/16 x 10 1/2"

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: W42565

$30.70

B 1 5/16 x 1 5/16 x 10 1/4"

$38.45

C 1 9/16 x 1 9/16 x 9 1/16"

$46.95

D 1 9/16 x 1 9/16 x 10 1/16"

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.

A has some wane on one corner.

Item Number: W42564

$21.25

A 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 5 7/16"

$25.25

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

$37.85

D 1 9/16 x 1 9/16 x 6 3/8"

Snakewood Guitar Bridge Blanks

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: IW36684

$50.00

C 1/2 x 2 3/8 x 8"

$55.00

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

$60.00

E 1/2 x 2 3/8 x 8 3/8"

Snakewood Guitar Bridge Blanks

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: IW36683

$35.00

A 1/2 x 1 11/16 x 7 15/16"

$35.00

B 1/2 x 1 9/16 x 8 3/8"

$35.00

D 1/2 x 2 1/16 x 8"

Wenge Guitar Finger Boards

Most Wenge comes from the interior of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire), and is floated to market on the Congo river. It is fairly hard and heavy with a medium to coarse texture. The heartwood is very dark brown with fine, nearly parallel black veining. Very rich looking when finished.

Item Number: IW36681

Snakewood Guitar Finger Boards

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: IW36680

$350.00

D 3/8 x 3 1/4 x 25 1/2"

Snakewood Guitar Finger Boards

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: IW36679

$250.00

B 3/8 x 2 5/8 x 20 1/8"

$250.00

C 5/16-3/8 x 2 9/16 x 20 9/16"

$165.00

E 3/8 x 2 1/4 x 20"

Wenge Bowl Blanks

Most Wenge comes from the interior of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire), and is floated to market on the Congo river. It is fairly hard and heavy with a medium to coarse texture. The heartwood is very dark brown with fine, nearly parallel black veining. Very rich looking when finished.

Item Number: W42549

$39.35

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

Shedua Turning Squares

Also called Ovangkol and Amazakoue. This wood is increasingly becoming popular as an acoustic guitar wood. The color varies from a rich, golden brown to a lustrous grayish brown usually with a black stripe.

Item Number: W42544

$22.90

C 2 11/16 x 2 11/16 x 10 1/8"

$29.70

D 2 13/16 x 2 13/16 x 12"

$28.40

E 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 x 12"

Wenge Bass Guitar Finger Boards

Most Wenge comes from the interior of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire), and is floated to market on the Congo river. It is fairly hard and heavy with a medium to coarse texture. The heartwood is very dark brown with fine, nearly parallel black veining. Very rich looking when finished.

Item Number: IW36663

$35.00

C 388 x 2 7/8 x 30 1/16"

Mexican Bocote Turning Squares

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: W42506

$9.45

B 2 3/16 x 2 3/16 x 6 5/16"

German Black Locust

Item Number: W42462

German Black Locust

Item Number: W42461

German Black Locust Turning Squares

Item Number: W42460

$20.10

C 1 5/8 x 1 5/8 x 36 1/2"

German Black Locust Turning Squares

Item Number: W42459

$19.15

E 2 x 2 x 22 15/16"

German Black Locust Turning Squares

Item Number: W42458

$9.30

B 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 19 13/16"

German Black Locust

Item Number: W42457

$15.30

A 1 11/16 x 2 1/8 x 20 7/16"

$26.80

B 2 1/16 x 2 1/4 x 27 11/16"

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: W42394

Katalox

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: W42385

$46.95

A 15/16 x 5 13/16 x 31"

$43.60

D 15/16 x 4 15/16 x 33 7/8"

$41.55

E 7/8 x 5 1/16 x 33 3/4"

Katalox

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: W42360

$38.35

A 1 x 5 9/16 x 24 13/16"

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: W42349

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: W42348

$53.75

A 1 x 1 1/2 x 10 5/16"

$67.20

B 1 x 1 1/2 x 10 3/4"

$35.20

D 1 1/8 x 1 1/2 x 15"

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: W42347

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: W42345

$35.00

A 7/8 x 7/8 x 10 3/16"

$34.75

B 1 1/8 x 1 1/8 x 9 7/8"

$22.95

D 1 1/4 x 1 1/4 x 10 9/16"

$53.20

E 1 5/16 x 1 5/16 x 14 13/16"

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: W42343

$40.30

H 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 10 5/16"

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: W42342

$42.15

C 1 5/16 x 1 5/16 x 10 1/16"

$70.35

D 2 x 2 x 10 1/8"

$92.05

E 2 x 2 x 13 1/4"

Snakewood Guitar Bridge Blanks

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: IW36583

$40.00

A 1/2 x 1 9/16 x 8 5/8"

$55.00

D 1/2 x 1 3/4 x 10"

Mexican Bocote Bowl Blanks

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: W42285

$11.55

A 2 13/16 x 3 5/8 x 3 5/8"

$22.95

B 2 15/16 x 5 x 5"

$44.05

D 2 7/8 x 7 x 7"

$37.15

E 2 13/16 x 6 1/2 x 6 1/2"

Mexican Bocote Bowl Blanks

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: W42284

$34.50

A 3 1/16 x 6 x 6"

$80.70

C 2 3/4 x 9 11/16 x 9 11/16"

Figured Shedua Bowl Blanks

Also called Ovangkol and Amazakoue. This wood is increasingly becoming popular as an acoustic guitar wood. The color varies from a rich, golden brown to a lustrous grayish brown usually with a black stripe.

Item Number: W42241

$28.00

A 2 3/4 x 6 1/2 x 6 1/2"

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: W42215

$9.70

B 1 x 1 9/16 x 19 13/16"

$17.65

C 1 1/4 x 2 3/8 x 19"

Mexican Bocote Guitar Peghead Veneers

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: IW36517

$10.00

B 1/8 x 4 1/16 x 8"

$10.00

C 1/8 x 4 1/16 x 8 1/16"

$10.00

D 1/8 x 4 1/16 x 8 5/16"

$10.00

E 1/8 x 4 1/16 x 8 1/16"

Wenge

Most Wenge comes from the interior of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire), and is floated to market on the Congo river. It is fairly hard and heavy with a medium to coarse texture. The heartwood is very dark brown with fine, nearly parallel black veining. Very rich looking when finished.

Item Number: W42174

$57.15

B 1 1/4 x 6 15/16 x 31 5/8"

$60.00

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

$62.15

D 1 1/4 x 6 5/8 x 36"

Figured Claro Walnut Bowl Blanks

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: W42165

Figured Claro Walnut Turning Squares

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: W42163

$37.10

A 2 13/16 x 2 13/16 x 9"

$35.95

B 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 x 9 1/8"

$41.40

C 2 11/16 x 2 11/16 x 11"

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: W42161

$35.20

C 2 11/16 x 4 5/8 x 10 3/16"

Figured European Pearwood Charcuterie Board Blanks

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: W42106

$45.00

A 7/8 x 7 15/16-8 15/16 x 20 1/16"

$45.00

B 15/16 x 5 5/8-6 1/4 x 21 7/8"

$45.00

D 1 x 6 5/8-7 1/4 x 22 1/2"

Figured Claro Walnut Turning Squares

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: W42097

$6.30

A 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 6 11/16"

$6.70

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

$7.50

C 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 8"

$11.15

D 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 11 7/8"

$15.25

F 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 16 1/4"

West African Ebony

Originating in S.E. Asia, especially Indonesia, this Ebony is sometimes called Malaysian Blackwood. The heartwood is dark, sometimes with black stripes or streaking and oftentimes with a greenish cast in sharp contrast to the white to straw colored sapwood. We import this in large cants up to 8 x 14" with lengths to 10 feet. The wood is hard and heavy and is capable of a fine, high polish. Excellent for turnery and precious woodworks such as musical instruments, boxes, jewelry, etc.

Item Number: W42059

$21.10

A 7/8 x 2 11/16 x 9 9/16"

$33.35

B 1 x 3 1/8 x 11 3/8"

West African Ebony

Originating in S.E. Asia, especially Indonesia, this Ebony is sometimes called Malaysian Blackwood. The heartwood is dark, sometimes with black stripes or streaking and oftentimes with a greenish cast in sharp contrast to the white to straw colored sapwood. We import this in large cants up to 8 x 14" with lengths to 10 feet. The wood is hard and heavy and is capable of a fine, high polish. Excellent for turnery and precious woodworks such as musical instruments, boxes, jewelry, etc.

Item Number: W42058

West African Ebony

Originating in S.E. Asia, especially Indonesia, this Ebony is sometimes called Malaysian Blackwood. The heartwood is dark, sometimes with black stripes or streaking and oftentimes with a greenish cast in sharp contrast to the white to straw colored sapwood. We import this in large cants up to 8 x 14" with lengths to 10 feet. The wood is hard and heavy and is capable of a fine, high polish. Excellent for turnery and precious woodworks such as musical instruments, boxes, jewelry, etc.

Item Number: W42057

$28.85

B 1 3/16 x 1 1/2 x 17 1/4"

$27.25

C 1 x 1 1/2 x 19 3/8"

West African Ebony Turning Squares

Originating in S.E. Asia, especially Indonesia, this Ebony is sometimes called Malaysian Blackwood. The heartwood is dark, sometimes with black stripes or streaking and oftentimes with a greenish cast in sharp contrast to the white to straw colored sapwood. We import this in large cants up to 8 x 14" with lengths to 10 feet. The wood is hard and heavy and is capable of a fine, high polish. Excellent for turnery and precious woodworks such as musical instruments, boxes, jewelry, etc.

Item Number: W42054

$15.30

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

$20.55

D 1 1/4 x 1 1/4 x 14"

$18.05

E 1 x 1 x 19 1/4"

$64.60

F 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 30 5/8"

West African Ebony Turning Squares

Originating in S.E. Asia, especially Indonesia, this Ebony is sometimes called Malaysian Blackwood. The heartwood is dark, sometimes with black stripes or streaking and oftentimes with a greenish cast in sharp contrast to the white to straw colored sapwood. We import this in large cants up to 8 x 14" with lengths to 10 feet. The wood is hard and heavy and is capable of a fine, high polish. Excellent for turnery and precious woodworks such as musical instruments, boxes, jewelry, etc.

Item Number: W42053

$26.40

B 1 15/16 x 1 15/16 x 7 1/2"

$45.00

D 2 x 2 x 12"