After the jump are a bunch of pics....
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| Black Palm |
That's black palm. Looks really sweet. Apparently it's in the same family as grass... silly botanists. It's really heavy.
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| Marblewood |
This is marblewood. It looks kind of like the spalted maple I used for my knife strip. It was another really heavy wood. I immediately thought that it could make some great knife strips. It's really a striking material.
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| Osage Orange |
I mentioned osage orange before. (Sorry about the picture quality, it's been coated in a layer of wax because it's turning stock so that plays havoc with an iphone camera). I can't say that I really like it, but it is a unique color and for people who are trying to make a rainbow or other colorful piece that requires yellow/orange, this is the wood for you.
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| Purpleheart |
We've talked about purpleheart wood before. Just saw a piece and thought I'd snap a pic of it.
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| Birdseye Maple |
This is another example of birdseye maple. It's what I used on my end table, so head there and I talk about it a bunch.
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| Zebrawood |
That's zebrawood. It is one of the coolest looking species that I've ever seen. I recently met a guy who wants to build an entire dining room table out of it. That would be really expensive, but unique and incredibly striking. I showed it to a wise person who remarked "I could see that being made into some really 'Mad Men' style or art deco pieces." She was dead on. I think this could make great stuff from either period.
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| Ebony |
That is ebony. That link is to an entry on Gaboon Ebony, which is a type of ebony. I'm not positive, but I think this is Gaboon. Ebony is black. It's incredibly dense, and it's the heaviest wood I know of. It also plays hell on saw blades. I've heard that any extensive ebony work will completely ruin a brand new high-quality carbide tipped blade. The lumber itself is also *extremely* expensive. Typically, this is used primarily for inlays or other accents.
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