Cocobolo

Some people consider cocobolo to be the classic rosewood. It comes in many shades and colors. It is a rosewood that usually has a fair amount of natural oil in the wood. Sapwood is cream colored. The picture above represents the look of a lightly figured piece of Mexican cocobolo. Mexican cocobolo can also have more or less orange or brown, straight or wavy lines, many lines or few lines. Each piece varies a lot. We also sell cocobolo from Nicaragua or Honduras, which generally has less bold look to the lines, but the color is more orange, and the wood may have purple colors inside when you cut into which will turn bright orange after a short time. Some people prefer one type or the other. Sometimes you can’t tell which country it came from by looking at it.

Cocobolo can no longer be shipped outside the USA due to CITES restrictions