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: W44554

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: W44553

Snakewood Board & 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.

This stock is from logs that are at least 30 years old.

Item Number: W44548

$125.00

A 1 7/8 x 2 9/16 x 15 3/4"

Snakewood Violin Bow Blanks & Bow Blank Billets

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 stock is from logs that are at least 30 years old.

Item Number: IW37752

$224.00

B 11/16 x 2 1/8 x 32 7/16"

$268.00

C 3/4 x 2 1/16 x 36 3/16"

$588.00

E 1 1/2 x 2 5/8 x 30 3/16"

$488.00

F 1 1/2 x 1 7/8 x 36"

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.

This stock is from logs that are at least 30 years old.

Item Number: IW37751

$45.00

B 1/2 x 2 x 8"

Snakewood Guitar Peghead Veneers

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 stock is from logs that are at least 30 years old.

Item Number: IW37750

$35.00

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

Snakewood Guitar Peghead Veneers

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 stock is from logs that are at least 30 years old.

Item Number: IW37749

Snakewood Bass 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.

This stock is from logs that are at least 30 years old.

Item Number: IW37748

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.

This stock is from logs that are at least 30 years old.

Item Number: IW37747

$100.00

A 3/8 x 2 9/16 x 20 1/4"

Snakewood Acoustic Guitar 4 piece Back & Sides Set

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: IW37724

Figured American Cherry Acoustic Guitar Back & Sides Set

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: IW37720

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: W44546

$32.75

D 1 11/16 x 5 1/16 x 12 1/4"

$64.90

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

European Pearwood Bundles

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.

A has 4 pieces.
B has 2 pieces.
C has 4 pieces.

Item Number: W44545

$25.00

C range: 1 5/8-1 3/4 x 1 5/8-1 3/4 x 10 1/8-13 3/8"

Figured European Pearwood Acoustic Guitar Back & Sides Set Billets

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: IW37686

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: W44476

$19.55

A 2 1/2 x 5 x 5"

$19.55

B 2 1/2 x 5 x 5"

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: W44475

$28.15

A 2 1/2 x 6 x 6"

$35.20

C 3 1/8 x 6 x 6"

Mexican Bocote Guitar Finger Boards

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: IW37685

Goncalo Alves Cane Blanks

This South American wood is very fine-grained and attractively colored with black streaks and striping. Hard and heavy, it turns quite well and takes a glassy-smooth polish.

Item Number: W44455

$22.00

A 1 3/8 x 1 3/8 x 35 3/16"

$22.00

C 1 3/8 x 1 3/8 x 36 3/16"

$22.00

E 1 3/8 x 1 3/8 x 36 1/8"

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: W44435

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: W44428

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: W44426

$39.55

A 2 3/8 x 4 1/2 x 8 7/8"

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: W44422

$19.00

D 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 x 12"

$21.20

E 2 3/8 x 2 3/8 x 12"

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: W44421

$15.00

B 2 x 2 x 12"

$15.20

C 2 x 2 x 12 1/8"

$15.20

D 2 x 2 x 12 1/8"

$22.20

E 2 x 2 x 17 3/4"

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: IW37621

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: IW37620

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: IW37619

$25.00

C 3/8 x 3 3/16 x 31 5/8"

Mexican Bocote Bass Guitar Finger Boards

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: IW37618

$50.00

B 3/8 x 3 15/16 x 30 3/8"

$50.00

C 3/8 x 3 15/16 x 30 3/8"

Goncalo Alves Cane Blanks

This South American wood is very fine-grained and attractively colored with black streaks and striping. Hard and heavy, it turns quite well and takes a glassy-smooth polish.

Item Number: W44417

$22.00

A 1 3/8 x 1 3/8 x 34 7/16"

$22.00

C 1 3/8 x 1 3/8 x 36 1/4"

$22.00

D 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 36 1/4"

$22.00

E 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 36 1/4"

$22.00

F 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 36 1/4"

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: W44413

Figured Claro Walnut Turning Squares/Knife Handle 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: W44410

$20.00

A 1 9/16 x 2 x 6 5/16"

$20.00

B 1 15/16 x 1 15/16 x 5"

$20.00

D 2 x 2 x 5"

$15.00

E 1 15/16 x 1 15/16 x 5 1/8"

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: W44409

$20.00

A 2 x 2 x 7 3/8"

$14.00

C 2 x 2 x 10"

$20.00

D 2 x 2 x 11 1/4"

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: W44408

$19.85

A 1 13/16 x 3 5/16 x 9 1/2"

$54.85

G 2 1/16 x 5 1/16 x 15 1/8"

Curly 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.

These all have a curly figure, which is extremely rare in this species. It shows up as a very tight, fiddleback figute on the quartersawn faces. The figure can be subtle but still very cool looking .

Item Number: W44384

$22.20

B 2 1/8 x 2 1/8 x 10 7/8"

$42.50

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

$21.45

D 1 9/16 x 1 9/16 x 19 7/16"

$71.90

E 2 13/16 x 2 13/16 x 20 1/8"

Snakewood Thins

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 a small crack at one end/edge. It is actually 1 15/16" wide but we tallied off the defect.

Item Number: W44345

$150.00

C 3/8 x 3 3/8 x 30 5/16"

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.

B is figured.

Item Number: W44337

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.

A has some wane on one corner.
B has some very slight wane on one corner.
C has some very slight wane on one corner.
D has some wane on one corner.

Item Number: W44265

$181.75

A 3 x 6 7/8 x 25 3/8"

$239.85

D 2 7/8 x 7 3/4 x 31"

European Pearwood Rolling Pin Blank

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: W44258

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: W44253

$42.60

D 1 13/16 x 1 13/16 x 14 15/16"

$39.75

E 1 3/4 x 1 3/4 x 14 15/16"

$42.80

G 1 13/16 x 1 13/16 x 15"

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: W44238

$50.00

B 1 3/4 x 1 3/4 x 14 5/8"

$50.00

D 1 7/8 x 1 7/8 x 14 13/16"

European Pearwood Blocks

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: W44230

$12.25

A 2 7/8 x 3 11/16 x 3 11/16"

$25.60

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

$65.85

D 2 15/16 x 6 3/4 x 9 5/8-11 5/8"

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: W44180

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: W44118

$46.95

B 2 x 4 1/16 x 23 3/4"

$56.85

C 1 7/8 x 5 1/16 x 22 11/16"

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.

These boards may have a few natural defects that were not trimmed off but are otherwise lovely pieces of wood. Surfaced on both faces and flat.

Item Number: W44061

$40.00

A 7/8 x up to 9 x 20 5/8"

$40.00

B 7/8 x up to 8 3/4 x 20 3/8"

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: W44059

$178.50

A 3 1/16 x 8 3/16 x 20 1/2"

$182.60

B 3 1/16 x 8 3/8 x 20 1/2"

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: W44057

$30.00

A 1 x 1 1/2 x 5"

$75.00

E 7/8 x 1 1/2 x 21 9/16"

$125.00

F 1 3/8 x 2 x 15 7/8"

Thuya Burl Knife Handle Scales

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: W43885

$10.00

A ea. pc. 3/8 x 1 1/2 x 4 1/2"

$8.00

B ea. pc. 3/8 x 1 1/2 x 5"

Thuya Burl Knife Handle Scales

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: W43884

$15.00

A ea. pc. 3/8 x 1 9/16 x 4 1/2"

$8.00

B ea. pc. 3/8 x 1 1/2 x 5"

$10.00

D ea. pc. 3/8 x 1 1/2 x 5"

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: W43877

$31.95

B 2 3/8 x 5 7/16 x 7 1/8"

$27.15

C 2 5/16 x 6 1/2 x 6 1/2"

$33.20

D 2 7/16 x 7 x 7"

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: W43876

$18.95

A 2 1/4 x 2 15/16 x 10 5/16"

$24.80

B 2 3/8 x 2 3/8 x 15 13/16"

$52.85

D 2 3/8 x 6 3/16 x 8 5/8"

$64.95

E 2 1/4 x 5 1/4 x 13 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: W43743

$46.05

B 1 7/8 x 2 7/8 x 27 5/16"

$48.30

C 15/16 x 5 7/16 x 30 5/16"

$64.10

D 1 13/16 x 3 1/8 x 36 3/16"