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SIZES ARE IN INCHES
unless specified otherwise.
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Real pernambuco is basically gone from the market, it is uncommon to see a piece for sale. These pieces were reportedly professionally identified by a USDA forestry lab to prove they are pernambuco. Cannot be shipped outside USA. All are dry.
SPECIAL PRICING ON THESE HIGH QUALITY PIECES!
No surprises: ALL four sides of visible in photos:
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Chakte-viga
caesalpina platyloba
Chakte-viga is a wood that is a
close relative of pernambuco. It grows in Central America and in
Northern South America. The wood has a very fine grain and works
very much the same as pernambuco. It tends to be an orange-yellow color (occasionally very light orange)
upon cutting and then turns a deep reddish orange over time. Its
the best orange wood available and reportedly turns/works well. Some
may have black lines, most have few or none. Economically priced
for such a nice wood and is less than half the price of pernambuco.
It is allowed to be shipped internationally. Often looks lighter when fresh cut but turns orange again soon.
Chakte viga, close relative of pernambuco. Some of these could actually be pernambuco, so we cannot send them outside the USA. Waxed and partly dried, but at a great price. If you prefer to buy at the lowest price possible this is the way to do it. We call these Bulk Buys and this is similar to what you would buy from the big catalog stores. However, unlike them, we have pulled out any that have obvious checks or cracks. .
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Chakte viga with figure. Dried over a long time, this wood must be dried quite slowly in thicknesses over 1 inch or it will crack. The higher the price, the better the figure. The lowest priced pieces do have figure, it is just less and less vivid.
No surprises: ALL four sides of visible in photos:
Click here for a THIRD side view.
Click here for FOURTH side view.
Click the photo to see side 2.
Chakte viga . Dried over a long time, this wood must be dried quite slowly in thicknesses over 1 inch or it will crack.
Some natural black streaks on some pieces. Slight figure on some.
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Chakte viga with figure. Dried over a long time, this wood must be dried quite slowly in thicknesses over 1 inch or it will crack
. Notes: pieces marked 2 x 2 x 12 are 1 7/8 to 2 inches square by 12 inches long. Also, there is a knot visible on side 4 of piece 25
No surprises: ALL four sides of visible in photos:
Click here for a THIRD side view.
Click here for FOURTH side view.
Click the photo to see side 2.
Chakte viga Dried over a long time, this wood must be dried quite slowly in thicknesses over 1 inch or it will crack.
These pieces have not lost any weight in over 2 months (even in front of a box fan), so we've concluded they are dry.
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