Three Redheart Bowls
Redheart remains one of my favorite woods to work with. It cuts easily and cleanly, requiring only light and easy clean up sanding, and it takes a final finish …
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.
Two Tulipwood Bowls
Note that the sapwood inclusions are intentional on my part. Yes, if I had cut the blanks from the opposite direction, I could have cut off the sapwood but …
Suriname Ironwood
If life affords you the opportunity to work with Suriname Ironwood, run fast in opposite direction. This is a wood to just say no to.
Two Purpleheart Bowls
I have worked with and covered Purpleheart in the past, and if you read that post you will readily discover that I am NOT a fan of Purpleheart. Suffice …
Katalox Bowls
It seems I had a harder time working with Katalox this time than I did in the past. These required more than a little sanding and because the wood …
Two More Hormigo Bowls
I am pleased with the way these turned out as Hormigo is a very attractive wood although it can be challenging to sand out along the cross grain. But, …
Chechen
The only thing that I would add is that in this case I did detect a scent when the wood was freshly turned. It wasn't overpowering and obvious like …