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.
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 …
The only thing I would add was that this piece had terrible end grain tearout and it took an ENORMOUS sanding effort to overcome this. I've read back about …
Jicarillo was hard but not particularly dense or heavy for its size. Jicarillo cut easily on my bandsaw with no burning or slowing. Jicarillo cut very cleanly along the …
Greenheart was very dense and hard but it cut easily enough on the lathe and thankfully, it didn't burn up my bandsaw blade either. The wood does have a …
Hububali is attractive enough, especially for the price and I think it is a good entry level wood for those experimenting with working with imported exotics since it is …
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 …