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Bloodwood |
A handsome redwood that turns great. The wood is deep reds, very hard and dense. It can be polished to a very high gloss. |
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Bocate |
The color of this wood is a creamy brown, with somewhat wavy, black stripes. Looks great with chrome, and silver finishes. |
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Bubinga |
The color of this wood varies from light red to violet, with fairly evenly spaced purple stripes. It is fairly fine grained, hard and heavy. |
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Cocobola |
One of my favorite woods. Heartwood color varies from bright orange to deep red, with attractive variegated stripes of yellow, orange, black and sometime purple. Perfect for all projects! And it smells great when turned |
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Ebony |
Color is black with yellowish or reddish brown streaks. Some blanks are almost a solid black. It is a very hard wood that polishes to a high gloss, |
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Marblewood |
This picture does not do the wood justice. There is more yellow than what is shown here. Here are some examples of what I have turned using it. (  , Pen) |
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Olivewood |
This wood is light brown to rich yellowish brown, streaked with dark brown lines. Olivewood is an excellent turning wood and produces high quality pens, bowls and bottle stoppers. This is a scarce wood and may not always be available. Olive wood from ancient trees grown in the Holy Land is one of the world's most beautiful woods. Light brown with contrasting dark stripes, Olive wood is dense, turns easily and cuts very clean. These aromatic blanks are selected for figure and color. |
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Paduck |
Orange red color ages to purple brown. Is very pretty. I like to use this wood layered with walnut and purpleheart in segmented turnings.
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Pink Ivory |
One of the world's rarest woods. Selected for heartwood which varies from light pink to dark pink and red. |
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Buckeye |
I love Buckeye. It is a very soft wood and needs to be "stabilized" for turning. It also takes stain very well. I have some very good friends who are Ohio State Alumni. They love my pens made of Buckeye. Buckeye has an excellent beautiful grain pattern insuring that no two pens are ever alike. |
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Purpleheart |
Color is a dull brown when freshly cut, but quickly turns purple upon exposure to sunlight. A favorite of veterans. |
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Walnut |
This is a beautiful dark brown wood with a blackish striped figure. It is easy to turn and always in good supply. |
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Tulipwood |
The color of the wood is a pinkish-yellow with very prominent stripes ranging from pink to dark red. I sell allot of bottle stoppers in this and marblewood. |
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Redheart |
This wood varies from dark to light red with dark streaks. This pen made from redheart is one of my all time favorites. |
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Palm |
The wood is hard with blackish and redish streaks which are quadrangular or triangular in section called fiber-vascular bundles. Irregular grain, coarse in texture, turns moderately well with a slightly coarse but nice finish. It will not polish to a high gloss. |
