Bois de Rose, dalbergia maritima from Griffin Exotic Wood

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Bois de Rose
(pronunciation: bwah duh rose)
(dalbergia maritima)

& other Madagascar rosewoods (see under the bois de rose items)

Bois de Rose is a wood that some call the most beautiful of all exotic woods. When first cut, it is often a bright color (see center piece in pic above). When finished, it looks similar to the bottom piece, and an unfinished piece allowed to age for awhile looks purple like the top piece or even darker. The wood has an incredibly fine grain and is suitable for musical instrument making, including guitar backs and woodwinds. It polishes almost like glass if sanded finely enough. The pattern of the lines varies greatly from one piece to the next and no two are exactly alike. We avoid oil finishes unless we want to darken the wood to an almost black color. (The finish above is shellawax). It is one of the rarest and most beautiful types of true rosewood. Our supplies are limited. News: Current conditions in Madagascar mean that this wood will become unavailable, as all exports have apparently stopped permanently for those of us that only buy legal wood. We have bought more of this wood from old stocks that were imported into the USA many years ago, but we are paying higher prices as the supply tightens. We don't sell wood from Madagascar that was harvested illegally, and we don't import any wood from Madagascar at all. Please be careful to buy only old stock such as ours because illegal logging is being promoted in Madagascar. These pieces have been gently air dried for many years.

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Note: these are samples. Your piece could be darker than the top piece and look almost black when
you receive it. It can be very dark all the way through, or could look like the lower one in the
picture above. Unfortunately we cannot easily select older pieces for color, because there is no way to tell
without cutting the wood first (due to a dark violet patina on old pieces). The normal range of colors goes from purple black to reddish,
and they all look basically the same on the outside, but we do make guesses when asked.
This wood cannot be shipped outside the USA
due to CITES trade rules on woods from Madagascar.

Bois de rose in 1.5 x 1.5 x 15 inches. Stock is limited to what we have on hand and it has been confirmed we cannot get more 1.5 inch squares, likely ever. We do have other pieces beyond these sold in the picture, probably a couple/few months worth of stock depending on sales.
NO shipping outside USA.
Please order by number below. If the item is missing below or you get a red out of stock notice in the shopping cart, that piece is sold.

This group is sold, however we have more just like these, let us know if you are interested		Bois de Rose 1.5 x 1.5 x 15 inches Piece 3 Price: SOLD

Bois de rose in the sought after larger 2 x 2 x 12 size, with slight size variations, see picture. We have taken the patina off at least this one side to show you what we found. Other sides usually have the same color but have somewhat different lines/markings. We only take these down on one or two sides because we don't want to make them undersized, expect a variation of up to 1/8 in thickness and 1/8 in length. For now we have these to sell, but stock is very limited. NO shipping outside USA.
Please order by Letter below. If the item is missing below or you get a red out of stock notice in the shopping cart, that piece is sold.

This group is sold but we have more just like these, let us know if interested
	Bois de Rose 2 x 2 x 12 inches Piece E Price: $SOLD

other Madagascar Rosewoods:

Click photo for 2nd side view. The wood is fairly uniform in color.
These are an incredibly rare type of rosewood from Madagascar called Dalbergia madagascarensis. Almost unknown on the market, especially in high quality pieces like these. Also banned for export/import like bois de rose, so supply is limited to what was imported before restrictions took place.
Has a wonderful ringing tap tone.
All pieces are DRIED. Notes: Normally a reddish tan color, these deeper red then normally expected.
Please order by number below. If the item is missing below , that means the piece is sold.

This group is sold, thank you!

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