Craft Blanks

African Blackwood AtoH

African Blackwood, a genuine rosewood, is well known for millenia and is likely what the Ancient Egyptians called "ebony". It has a very fine grain, takes a glass like polish and is well suited for ornamental turnery, woodwinds, and anything that involves fine detail. It cannot be shipped outside the USA due to international trade restrictions on all genuine rosewoods.

Afzelia Burl A-E

Super hard to find in this quality and dry, virtually gone from the market. Becoming a restricted wood as far as the ones from Africa go, these are from Thailand though.

Afzelia Burl J-M

These pieces are completely dried. Super hard to find in this quality and dry, virtually gone from the market.

Amboyna Burl 323to329

Amboyna Burl all from the same slab (except 326).   Note that all pieces except 326 came from a large red slab and they will turn red over time.

Amboyna Burl 330to336

Amboyna Burl all cut from the same large Dried slab.   Note that the source slab is red.  All these pieces will turn red over time too.

Amboyna Burl 339to342

Amboyna Burl in the difficult to find longer sizes.   It takes a very large slab with fewer defects to allow us to cut something like this . Pieces like 339 may be seen at prices over $300 in some cases, but our costs don't force us to charge anything like that. Dried pieces.   All came from the same slab, and that slab covers numbers: 300 to 342.  

Australian Blackwood 1-6

Wonderful dried and figured pieces that look just like Koa, at a much lower price. These all came from a very large slab. It was part of the outside of a large tree and every bit of it was highly figured. Some Australian blackwood looks more like the photo at the top of this page, but this slab produced pieces that look so much like koa I cannot tell them apart from Koa, and I cannot guarantee that this isn't really koa that was mis-identified as Aussie Blackwood.

Australian Blackwood 21-37

Australian Blackwood A-C

Wonderful dried and figured pieces that look just like Koa, at a fraction of the price. These all came from a very large slab. It was part of the outside of a large tree and every bit of it was figured. Some Australian blackwood looks more like the photo at the top of this page, but this slab produced pieces that look so much like koa I cannot tell them apart from Koa, and I cannot guarantee that this isn't really koa that was mis-identified as Aussie Blackwood.

Bethlehem Olivewood 1 to 12

Black & White Ebony 423-429

Really tough to find this wood sold dried, usually it is green. These have been tested to be 12% or less with a moisture meter that adjusts for the species, other meters don't work well. NOTES: some of the pieces have been smeared with super glue clear/black which was then sanded off