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Peppermill Blanks
Pool-Cue/ Spindle Blanks
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Craft Woods
Unique Turning Squares

Burl Woods
Amboyna Burl
Australian Mallee Burl
Australian Burl Caps
Australian Myrtle Burl
Austr. Red Box Burl
Austr. Yellow Box Burl
Buckeye Burl
Madrone Burl
Maple Burl, Big-Leaf
Myrtle Burl
Thuya Burl
Walnut Burl
Other Exotic Burls

Assorted Woods
African Blackwood
Asian Satinwood, Figured
Australian Banksia Pods
Australian Myrtle, Figured
Bi-Colored Woods
Bocote

Bubinga, Clear & Figured
Bubinga, Curly
Bubinga, Waterfall (Slabs)
Burmese Blackwood
Canarywood
Cocobolo
Ebony, Black (Gabon)
Ebony, Black (Indian)
Ebony, Black-and-White
Ebony, Brown (Argentine)
Ebony, Macassar
Ebony, Mun
Granadillo
Guapinolillo
Guatemalan Mora
Hawaiian Koa
Holly
Jicarillo
Katalox
Kingwood
Leopardwood
Lignum Vitae
Louro Preto
Macadamia Nut
Maple, Birdseye
Maple, Curly
Maple, Figured
Marblewood
Mesquite (Honey)
Mesquite (Black)
Monkey Pod
Mopane
Olivewood
Osage Orange
Padauk
Palm, Black
Palm, Red
Pink Ivory
Purpleheart
Redheart
Rosewood, Bolivian
Rosewood, Burmese
Rosewood, Caribbean
Rosewood, East Indian
Rosewood, Honduran
Rosewood, Yucatan
Satine
/Bloodwood
Snake Wood

Spalted Tamarind
Spalted /Salvaged Woods
Tambootie
Teak (Burmese)
Tulipwood
Walnut, Curly & Figured
Wenge
Yaje
Yellowheart
Zapote
Zebrawood
Ziricote

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Our inventory of exotic woods is from such places as Africa, Asia, Australia, South America, India, Mexico, Central America, and the United States among others.

All of our woods have been either air dried, kiln dried or fully waxed to prevent cracking or checking.  The moisture content can vary from the individual pieces and further drying may be needed. Kiln dried pieces are usually noted on our Website, but getting this information from the processing mills overseas is not always easy to do (note that no wood on our site over 2 inches thick has been kiln dried unless duly marked!). The woods may vary greatly in figure and how they have been processed. Many of the pieces have been treated with Paraffin wax and/or anchor sealer to help prevent cracking.  To remove the wax/sealer simply scrap or sand the wood.  In some rare cases you may have to use a wax remover.  

All orders are usually shipped within 2-3 business days of receiving it.  

Name/Origin of
Exotic Wood
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African Blackwood
Dalbergia melanoxylon
South Africa

More Info

  • Shades of deep brown to black
  • Hard &dense
  • Turning, carving, musical instruments, handles, inlay
  • Average Specific Gravity: 1.2

Afzelia Burl
Afzelia africana

Southern Africa,
South East Asia
  • Orange-ish to Reddish brown
  • Hard & Dense
  • Interlocked Grain
  • Turns & Finishes Well
  • Specific Gravity: .60 - .80

Amboyna Burl
Pterocarpus indicus
Myanmar, Laos

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  • Golden yellow to deep red
  • Turning, carving, furniture, pool-cue butts, musical instruments, handles
  • Average Specific Gravity: 0.66

Asian Satinwood (Pyinma)
Lagerstroemia spp.
Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar
  • Curly/fiddlebacked grain pattern
  • Creamy white to light tan
  • Hard & dense
  • Turning, carving, furniture, floors
  • Average Specific Gravity: 0.51

Australian Brown Mallee Burl

 Eucalyptus spp.

Australia

  • Turning. finishes well
  • Hard and dense
  • Often with natural edge
  • Average Specific Gravity: 0.68

Australian Myrtle

Nothofagus cunninghamii

Australia and Tasmania

 
  • Turning, carving, cabinets, furniture, flooring
  • Hard & dense
  • polishes nicely
  • Average Specific Gravity: 0.58

Birdseye Maple

Acer saccharum

U.S. and Canada

  • Consists of small "eyes" in figure
  • Hard & dense
  • Turning, carving, musical instruments, fine furniture
  • Average Specific Gravity: 0.52

Gabon Black Ebony
Indian Black Ebony
Diospyros crassiflora,
Diospyros ebenum Gabon and India

More Info

  • Very hard & dense
  • Turning, carving, inlay, musical instruments, handles
  • Average Specific Gravity: 1.03 (Gabon), 0.84 (Indian)

Black Palm

Borassus flabellifer
Myanmar

More Info

  • Multicolored/streaky grain/figure
  • Hard & dense
  • Difficult to work
  • Turning, inlay, utensil
  • Average Specific Gravity: 0.68

Black-and-White Ebony

Diospyros embryopteris

Myanmar, Laos

  • Distinct black/white streaks
  • Rare species
  • Hard & dense
  • Turning, inlay

Bocote

Cordia elaeagnoides
Mexico

More Info

  • Multicolored wavy stripes/figure
  • Hard & dense
  • Turnery, boxes, furniture, decking
  • Average Specific Gravity: 0.85

Bolivian Rosewood

Machaerium scleroxylon

Bolivia

  • Also known as Pau Ferro
  • Light to medium brown or purple grain
  • Turning, carving, handles
  • Average Specific Gravity: 0.85

Brown Ebony

Caesalpinia paraguariensis

Argentina

  • Hard & dense
  • Turning, carving, handles
  • Average Specific Gravity: 1.19

Bubinga

Guibourtia spp.

Cameroon, Gabon

  • Light reddish-brown
  • Turnery, carving, fine furniture, handles, musical instruments
  • Average Specific Gravity: 0.88

Colored Buckeye Burl

Aeculus octandra

United States

  • For experienced wood turners
  • May contain embedded debris
  • Sun baked in metal containers to produce Blackened/spalted colors
  • Average Specific Gravity: 0.47

Burmese Blackwood

Dalbergia cultrata

Myanmar, Laos, Thailand

  • Brown to black
  • Turning, carving
  • Polishes nicely
  • Average Specific Gravity: 0.76

Burmese Rosewood

Dalbergia oliveri

Myanmar

  • Burgundy to light brown
  • Hard and dense
  • Turning, carving, furniture, instruments, cabinets, handles
  • Average Specific Gravity: 0.78

Canarywood

Centrolobium spp.

Brazil

 
  • Yellow and orange/red streaks
  • Hard & strong
  • Turning, furniture, cabinets
  • Average Specific Gravity: 0.65

Caribbean Rosewood

Metopium brownei

Mexico

 
  • Also known as Chechen
  • Hard & dense
  • Turning, handles, flooring, furniture
  • Takes lacquer finish well
  • Dust can cause respiratory problems
  • Average Specific Gravity: 0.63

Cocobolo

Dalbergia retusa

Mexico

More Info

  • Multi-colored appearance
  • Contains natural waterproofing oils
  • Hard, dense & durable
  • Wood oils and dust can cause skin and lung irritation -so proper precautions should be taken-
  • Average Specific Gravity: 0.89

Coffee Burl

coffea arabica

Indonesia

 

 
  • Yellow-White Burl
  • Turns Well (Work Slowly!)
  • Finishes Well
  • Average Specific Gravity: .52 - .75

Curly Bubinga

Guibourtia spp.

Cameroon, Gabon

  • Reddish brown with lighter red to purple veins
  • Finishes & works well
  • Hard & durable
  • Average Specific Gravity: 0.72

Curly Maple

Acer saccharum

U.S. and Canada

More Info

  • Features a striking pattern of wavy lines
  • Turning, carving, furniture, handles, musical instruments
  • Light cream to reddish tan
  • Turns & finishes well
  • Average Specific Gravity: 0.72

East Indian Rosewood

Dalbergia latifolia

India

More Info

  • Hard & dense tonewood
  • dark rose/brown with purplish-black
  • Turning, carving, furniture, instruments
  • Hard, heavy, dense, and strong
  • Average Specific Gravity: 0.85

Granadillo

Platymiscium yucatanum

Mexico

  • Heavy, hard, dense, and durable
  • Work, turns & finishes well
  • Turning, furniture, cabinetry,
  • Average Specific Gravity: 0.79

Hawaiian Koa

Acacia koa

U.S. (Hawaii)

  • Turning, instruments, handles, gunstocks, furniture
  • Strong & durable
  • Works & finishes well
  • Average Specific Gravity: 0.67

Honduran Rosewood

Dalbergia stevensonii

Belize

  • Dense and durable
  • Turning, instruments, handles, furniture
  • Turns and finishes well
  • Average Specific Gravity: 0.96

Honey Mesquite

Prosopis alba

Argentina

  • Hard & dense
  • Turning, handles, furniture 
  • Average Specific Gravity: 0.76

Katalox

Swartzia cubensis

Mexico

  • Medium to dark reddish brown
  • Hard & dense
  • Turning, carving, handles, cabinets
  • Average Specific Gravity: 0.92

Kingwood

Dalbergia cearensis

Brazil

  • Two tone grain
  • Hard & dense
  • Turning, carving, furniture, cabinets, handles, inlay
  • Dust may cause allergic reactions
  • Average Specific Gravity: 1.20

Leopardwood

Panopsis rubellens

Brazil

  • Lace wood ace-like figure
  • Fairly course texture
  • Medium hard
  • Works & finishes well

Lignum Vitae

Bulnesia sarmientoi

Argentina

More Info

  • Hard & dense wood
  • Works & polishes well due to its natural oils
  • Average Specific Gravity: 1.10

Louro Preto

Nectandra mollis

Brazil

  • Two-tone contrasting grain
  • Hard & durable
  • Works & finishes well
  • Average Specific Gravity: 0.70

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