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Buckeye Burl Pen Blanks 1-22
(note some numbers out of order, look down list please) Stabilized Buckeye Burl pen blanks. The size varies, see the labeled photo. These are stabilized with resin under very high pressure to make a dense and reliable blank. We always go over them with superglue after they are stabilized to make sure any crevices reachable from the outside are filled. While it is not common, it is possible to find a cavity inside stabilized pieces since resin does not actually fill gaps, just fills the cells in the wood (This is true of all stabilization types I am aware of). NOTE: A couple of the product numbers are out of order when you order them, sorry, this is a glitch in the display right now, so just make sure you pick the product number you want and all will be fine!
Piece 11
Buckeye Burl pen blank, dried and stabilized, size: see picture
Piece 12
Buckeye Burl pen blank, dried and stabilized, size: see picture
Piece 13
Buckeye Burl pen blank, dried and stabilized, size: see picture
Piece 16
Buckeye Burl pen blank, dried and stabilized, size: see picture
Piece 17
Buckeye Burl pen blank, dried and stabilized, size: see picture
Piece 14
Buckeye Burl pen blank, dried and stabilized, size: see picture
Piece 15
Buckeye Burl pen blank, dried and stabilized, size: see picture
Piece 18
Buckeye Burl pen blank, dried and stabilized, size: see picture
Piece 21
Buckeye Burl pen blank, dried and stabilized, size: see picture
Piece 22
Buckeye Burl pen blank, dried and stabilized, size: see picture (this is a half pen blank)
Craft Blanks
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.
Piece A
2 7/8 x 3 x 8 5/8 inches
Afzelia Burl J-M
These pieces are completely dried. Super hard to find in this quality and dry, virtually gone from the market.
Piece K
9/16 x 1 5/8 x 9.5 inches
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.
Piece 339
Amboyna Burl , dried, size: 1 9/16 x 1 9/16 x 16 inches
Piece 341
Amboyna Burl , dried, size: 1 1/16 x 1 1/16 x 17 3/8 inches
Briar Burl AtoH
Briar Burl is a special wood usually used for making smoking pipes. It also turns out to be a great wood for woodworking too. Very easy to sand even though it is hard and the results are great. This is a very difficult wood to produce, the burls are odd small shapes with holes cracks and stones in the them. This is why you almost never see high quality blanks for sale, just the burls. The labor is prohibitive, but we like to make some for our customers from time to time because they are really interesting. Note: Prices actually went down from the last time we offered these years ago, we just got a better yeild this time!
Piece F
Briar Burl, dried, high figure 1.25 x 1.25 x 4.5 inches
Buckeye Burl 28 - 34
Buckeye Burl that has been dried and stabilized with resin. We take the extra step of searching for any imperfections we can fill with superglue to make a more perfect blank. Really nice pieces.
Piece 28
Buckeye Burl, dried and stabilized, size: 2 1/8 x 2 1/8 x 4.75 inches
Piece 32
Buckeye Burl, dried and stabilized, size: 1.75 x 1.75 x 4 1/8 inches
piece 33
Buckeye Burl, dried and stabilized, size: 1.75 x 1.75 x 2.75 inches
Piece 34
Buckeye Burl, dried and stabilized, size: 1 5/8 x 1 5/8 x 3 inches
Knife Blanks
Amboyna Burl 300to306
Dried Amboyna Burl. Very high figured pieces. All of these pieces came from the same large slab. Important note about colors: The slab from which these came is all red. These pieces will also turn red as well.
Piece 300
Amboyna Burl, dried, size: 1 5/16 x 2 x 6 inches Grade GG+
Piece 301
Amboyna Burl, dried, size: 1 5/16 x 2 1/8 x 5.25 inches, grade: figured
Amboyna Burl 400to409
Very high grade, high density amboyna burl with great figure. Some of these are GG+ grade with figure everywhere. Dried pieces.
Piece 400
Amboyna Burl, best red color, dried, size: 2 x 3 x 6 1/8 inches
Piece 402
Amboyna Burl, best red color, dried, size: 1 3/8 x 1 13/16 x 4 3/8 inches
Piece 403
Amboyna Burl, best red color, dried, size: 1 3/8 x 1.5 x 4 1/8 inches
Piece 404
Amboyna Burl, best red color, dried, size: 1 1/16 x 1.5 x 3 3/8 inches
Amboyna Burl 525 - 529
Piece 526
1.75 x 2.25 x 5 3/8 inches
Piece 528
1 9/16 x 2 x 3 7/8 inches
Buckeye Burl 43-51
Buckeye Burl from Northern California, USA. Dried and then stabilized, following by careful filling of any external gaps with superglue.
Piece 43
Buckeye Burl, dried and stabilized, size: 1.5 x 1.75 x 4 3/8 inches
Piece 44
Buckeye Burl, dried and stabilized, size: 1.5 x 1 7/8 x 4
Piece 46
Buckeye Burl, dried and stabilized, size: 1 3/8 x 1 5/8 x 3 inches
Piece 47
Buckeye Burl, dried and stabilized, size: 1 5/16 x 1 9/16 x 4 1/8 inches
Piece 48
Buckeye Burl, dried and stabilized, size: 1.5 x 1.75 x 2 3/8 inches
Piece 50
Buckeye Burl, dried and stabilized, size: 1.25 x 1 3/8 x 4.75 inches
Bowl Blanks
Amboyna Burl 337to338
Two bowl blanks in dried Amboyna Burl. 337 doesn't remind me of any pieces I have cut in the past, this area of the slab seems to have a bit of what would normally be called Xylay figure that is found in rare pieces of Afzelia. 338 is a high figure piece with natural edge that will allow a nice bowl just as it is, but will also allow other choices if you cast it with acrylic. Both are heavily discounted. Cut from same slab as pieces 300 to 342.
Piece 338
Amboyna Burl , dried, size: 2 x 4 x 4 inches Grade: GG/GG+ with large corner missing
Amboyna Burl 410to412
High grade Amboyna burl: best red color, high figure and high density. Dried pieces. Hard to find this quality!
Piece 410
Amboyna Burl, best red color, dried, size: 2 1/16 x 4 1/8 x 4 inches
Piece 411
Amboyna Burl, best red color, dried, size: 1.5 x 2 x 2 inches
Piece 412
Amboyna Burl, best red color, dried, size: 1 1/16 x 2 x 2 inches