I'll see what I have in the pile.
Blue Mahoe
- Thread starter Cozee
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Samples finish at 3" wide, 6" long, by 1/2" thick.
Bumping this thread to see if that pile got explored. Thanks
I've also been searching for blue mahoe. If you only need small pieces or pen blanks, check out oakbrook woodturning supply. They have several pieces, some of which are very blue. I picked up 5-6 pieces from them. Also keep an eye out on ebay. I got a 1x1x12 blank of super blue colored blue mahoe from Turners Circle (these guys have excellent quality wood on ebay FYI). I also just last week scored a box full of small offcuts of blue mahoe, olive, wenge, and zebra wood for a whopping $1.50 in an auction. Most of the blue mahoe is green unfortunately, but there's a lot of good usable olive wood in the box and still a few blue colored pieces of blue mahoe.
@Big Ry
Thanks for the pointers!
On that auction where you scored the box for $1.50, was it on EBay, or another site? Any seller in particular? Just curious….
I’d also understand if you don’t want to publicize your source.
Yes, ebay. And it's no secret or anything. I was just browsing ebay for mahoe and happened upon this auction. I have never purchased from this seller before, but as you can see he's pretty well established on ebay with a perfect feedback rating. I'm sure he probably padded the shipping a little, but it's still a lot of relatively expensive wood for very little money. The pieces are very small and therefore probably of little use to many woodworkers. But I do some small projects sometimes that I can certainly use a lot of this wood for.
BOX FULL MIX CRAFT WOODS~SMALL KNIFE GRIPS~BLUE MAHOE~OLIVE WOOD~WENGE~ZEBRAWOOD | eBay
<> BLUE MAHOE <> ITALIAN OLIVEWOOD <> WENGE <> ZEBRAWOOD <>.
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If anyone hates money, oakbrook woodturning has the following blue mahoe:
12 x12 x 2 @ 425
97.5 x 4.75 x 2.75@ 3100
I get supply and demand and all, but that's robbery. That's 5-10x what slabs were going for less than a year ago and it's a bit more per bf than the little pieces on their website (which they also jacked up in price pretty recently). And the larger piece looks to be a lot of sapwood too.
12 x12 x 2 @ 425
97.5 x 4.75 x 2.75@ 3100
I get supply and demand and all, but that's robbery. That's 5-10x what slabs were going for less than a year ago and it's a bit more per bf than the little pieces on their website (which they also jacked up in price pretty recently). And the larger piece looks to be a lot of sapwood too.
I finally processed the blue mahoe and it has had time to dry to make sure there would be no warping or cracking. I have a couple of surgeries in July so I will be able to post them. Thanks for being patient.
(Closed - sold for $35 at a club wood auction) Got some blanks finally posted. $3 ea plus shipping. 8, 10, 11 are $2 ea plus shipping. Some have some flaws in them. PM if interested.
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