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Masur Birch 60-68
Very high quality pieces of figured masur birch. These are what we call 4A. 4A means there are all four sides that have very good figure. 3A means at least 3 sides, etc.
Piece 60
Masur Birch, figured, dried size: 13/16 x 13/16 x 5.5
Piece 63
Masur Birch, figured, dried size: 13/16 x 13/16 x 6
Piece 64
Masur Birch, figured, dried size: 13/16 x 13/16 x 6
Piece 65
Masur Birch, figured, dried size: 13/16 x 13/16 x 6
Piece 68
Masur Birch, figured, dried size: 13/16 x 13/16 x 8
Masur Birch 69to76
Very nice pieces of figured masur birch. These are 3A, meaning at least 3 sides have good figure but sometimes there is a 4th side that is almost fully figure too.
Piece 71
Masur Birch, dried, figured, size: 13/16 x 13/16 x 5.75 inches
Piece 72
Masur Birch, dried, figured, size: 3/4 x 3/4 x 7 1/8 inches
Piece 73
Masur Birch, dried, figured, size: 3/4 x 3/4 x 7 1/8 inches
Piece 75
Masur Birch, dried, figured, size: 3/4 x 3/4 x 7 1/8 inches
Piece 76
Masur Birch, dried, figured, size: 3/4 x 3/4 x 7 1/8 inches
Olivewood Burl 119 to 129
Olivewood burl pen blanks. Most have been soaked with superglue that was dried and then sanded back off. Expect at least some of these blanks to need at least a little glue on the inside as the nature of most burls (including this one) is that you often find some kind of divet or slit inside that is usually in need of thin superglue. All have been well dried, an uncommon offering for sure.
Piece 124
Olivewood Burl, dried, size: 3/4 x 3/4 x 5 inches
Olivewood from Bethlehem Pen Blanks 3/4"
(High contrast---excellent lines ) PEN BLANKS 3/4" square by 5 to 5.5 inches long$4.50
27 in the stock
Craft Blanks
Masur Birch, figured and Spalted
Masur Birch with both figure and blue spalt lines. Dried solid pieces.
Piece J
Masur Birch, Figured and Spalted, Dried 1 5/8 x 1.75 x 5 inches
Mun Ebony AtoD
Mun Ebony, (Diospyros Mun) is one of the many real ebonies. It grows in Southeast Asia, in this case Indonesia. It take a fantastic polish and can be very dark, but the ones that are green such as these are the best. It is a rare wood with very little availability on the market.
Piece A
Mun Ebony, figured, dried, size: 1.5 x 1.5 x 10 3/8 inches
Nepal Sandalwood A to i
Nepal Sandalwood (osyris wightiana) is related to other sandalwood types. It has been used to mix into sandalwood essential oil since the 1800's. The smell is not as obvious as high grade Indian sandalwood or the the Hawaii Sandalwood types. It usually requires heating to be smelled and the aroma is more mellow than other sandalwood. Generally the lighter the color and the more burl in a piece the more smell it has. Reddish pieces usually have less smell, no idea why (however the color makes up for that!). This super rare material was imported around 2006 and as far as I can tell, not again since then. We don't have much left but wanted to put a rare offering together with these. They mostly have small natural splits, divets and some holes. We worked extensively on each piece that get those natural areas filled and glued with superglue. Expect some more gluing to be needed inside in some cases if you want to have a smooth surface as shown in the pics. It is a dream to work and has a unique beautiful look.
Piece A
Nepal Sandalwood Burl, dried, size: 1 13/16 x 1 13/16 x 6 1/8 inches
Piece C
Nepal Sandalwood Burl, dried, size: 1 3/8 x 1 7/16 x 4 1/8 inches
Knife Blanks
Nepal Sandalwood JtoO
Nepal Sandalwood (osyris wightiana) is related to other sandalwood types. It has been used to mix into sandalwood essential oil since the 1800's. The smell is not as obvious as high grade Indian sandalwood or the the Hawaii Sandalwood types. It usually requires heating to be smelled and the aroma is more mellow than other sandalwood. Generally the lighter the color and the more burl in a piece the more smell it has. Reddish pieces usually have less smell, no idea why (however the color makes up for that!). This super rare material was imported around 2006 and as far as I can tell, not again since then. We don't have much left but wanted to put a rare offering together with these. They mostly have small natural splits, divets and some holes. We worked extensively on each piece that get those natural areas filled and glued with superglue. Expect some more gluing to be needed inside in some cases if you want to have a smooth surface as shown in the pics. It is a dream to work and has a unique beautiful look.
Piece J
Nepal Sandalwood Burl, dried, size: 1.5 x 1 15/16 x 5 1/8 inches
Piece K
Nepal Sandalwood Burl, dried, size: 1 3/8 x 1 7/8 x 4.75 inches
Piece L
Nepal Sandalwood Burl, dried, size: 1 7/16 x 2.5 x 3 7/8 inches
Piece N
Nepal Sandalwood Burl, dried, size: 1 3/8 x 1 3/8 x 3.75 inches
Piece O
Nepal Sandalwood Burl, dried, size: 7/8 x 2 x 4.25 inches
Olivewood 100 to 105
These are dried olivewood. Really nice grain and colors in these. This stuff is so easy to work with, it is really satisfying to sand and shape.
Piece 100
Olivewood, dried, size: 1 x 1 x 5.5 inches
Piece 101
Olivewood, dried, size: 1 x 2 x 5 inches
Piece 102
Olivewood, dried, size: 1 x 1.5 x 4.5 inches
Bowl Blanks
Nepal Sandalwood T to U
Nepal Sandalwood. Uber rare pieces we got in 2006, but never since. Pieces may have been glued with superglue to fill any natural gaps we can reach from the surface. There is always the possibility there will be some gaps inside that would also have to be glued.
Piece T
Nepal Sandalwood Burl, dried, size: 1 5/16 x 3.75 x 3.75 inches