Central American Woods
This tag is applied when the wood being discussed is native to Central America, which I have defined as being the southern states of Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama.
I was curious to work with Louro Preto since I only had the one piece and have not seen it for sale anywhere since I purchased it many years …
This piece of wood was sold to me as Orange Agate which I have come to discover is yet another name for Hormigo, about which I have already written …
I was excited to work with Jobilo as I thought it was a new wood with which I had not worked before, but, alas, I have come to discover …
The first unknown is a rich chocolate brown color. It is relatively soft and cut very easily. It also cut surprisingly clean for a softer wood and it sanded …
It turns out that "Guapinolillo" is a synonym for Jatoba which is properly known as Hymenaea courbaril, a hardwood found from southern Mexico through Central America into northern South …
The second unknown wood is EXTREMELY hard and it burned up my bandsaw blade, which was new silicone steel from Timberwolf Blades in New York. Hidden under dark red …
And the Katalox is STUNNING in its appearance. Both of my bowls showed strong purple and even pink areas. I especially love the way that bowl number 2 has …