Pricing of Exotic Woods
These articles discuss the actual dollar pricing of hardwoods used to make turned wood pens and/or discuss wood pricing in relative terms in relation to each other without necessarily mentioning specific dollar amounts.
Black Walnut is used in many of the same applications as other highly colored domestic and imported hardwoods. It is commonly used in the manufacture of high end …
I certainly found the wood to be hard and dense, and therefore slow to cut but with the use of Easy Wood Tools I didn’t encounter great difficulty provided …
But what we do know is that the wood of Weeping Boer Bean has a dense, fine and even texture, though the grain is wavy. The sapwood is …
When wood workers speak nostalgically of “genuine” or “real” Mahogany, they are usually referring to Cuban, or West Indies, Mahogany, botanically known as Swietenia mahogany. The genus Swietenia …
As sometimes is the case with tropical woods, Movingui finds many uses in traditional African medicine in the areas in which it is endemic. Pounded Movingui bark is …
The grain in any given piece of Avodire can be straight, wavy, or irregular and interlocked. Avodire can exhibit a range of grain patterns, such as wavy, mottled, …
The tree itself is a native of the sub-tropical regions of South America. It is best known for its profuse lavender colored blossoms that appear in late spring/early …