The Yellowheart looks like crushed satin in its figure and texture. The finished bowl is so smooth, so delicate seeming, and so colorful that it can't be real. I …
The first unknown I thought might be Hormigo but once I started to turn the piece I knew it couldn't be due to the smell of the wood which …
I enjoyed working with Hormigo although in some places the cross grain was incredibly difficult to sand out. I have unearthed old tools, bowl gouges to be exact, that …
I understand that Quina is highly variable in the appearance of the heartwood but this set of four, all sold to me as Quina by West Penn Hardwoods, whose …
I only had the one piece of Queenwood so my experience is limited. I found that Queenwood cut cleanly and easily, required only light sanding, and took a very …
Once the tools are right the rest flowed easily. For the most part, Bloodwood cut cleanly although the cross grain areas were a bit difficult and in the larger …
I have previously covered the basics of Black Mesquite elsewhere so I won’t repeat that basic information here. I just LOVE this wood! It has fantastic swirling figure, especially …