exotic hardwoods
This tag is more general in its application in that it may be applied whenever the wood under discussion for use in turned wood pens or other turnery crafts is a wood native to the tropical regions of the world which could be in South America, Africa, and/or Asia.
My problem with Dalmata is that it cuts rough on the end grain sections and being a hard wood, it is very time consuming, tedious, and resource expensive to …
What I can say is that the wood was very dense and very hard and yet, it didn't cut super clean so I had a good bit of strong …
As has been my experience in the past, Bocote turns wonderfully. It products lots of powdery shavings and I think it smells nice as well. Bocote tends to cut …
Honestly, I just wasn't impressed with Hububalli. The wood seemed very plain, especially when stacked against some of the other exotic woods I have been working with lately. And …
At any rate, I have no idea what this wood might be. To borrow a method from my days working in microbiology, sometimes a bacteria just couldn't be definitively …
As before, the Narra blank cut easily and cleanly, requiring very little clean up sanding. I was fortunate in this piece, at least I think so, to have a …
I just made a small bowl from Canarywood, which some readers may recall I have worked with quite a bit in the past, including some large platters. It is …