I decided to consolidate my other pen blank sale threads into one and sweeten the pot with some extras.
I'm asking $50 + shipping via pirate ship for the whole lot. I've sorted them by category, but this is a package deal. If i counted correctly, it's a total of 64 blanks. Let me know if you want extra photos of any blanks.
DIOSPYROS & FAKE EBONY:
(8) Malaysian Blackwood shorties (Diospyros spp.)
(10) "Ebony" shorties (Diospyros spp.), assumed to be Indian/ceylon ebony
(4) Brazilian "Ebony" (Swartzia panacoco), this wood will be a creamy color when fresh cut but quickly oxidizes to a deep chocolate brown. Very hard and dense.
DALBERGIA & WANNABE ROSEWOOD:
(Species listed below are ordered left to right in photo)
(2) Brazilian Rosewood (Dalbergia nigra), courtesy of an eBay purchase from Jarek (Chemistry Fan) a few months ago
(1) Honduran rosewood (Dalbergia stevensonii), pretty sure i got this in a box from Paul Hinds
(2) East Indian rosewood (Dalbergia latifolia)
(2) Cocobolo (Dalbergia retusa), these have some voids that will need to be filled
(3) Bolivian Rosewood (Machaerium scleroxylon), not dalbergia but damn pretty. Once has end check needing glue
HIBISCUS:
(9) Blue Mahoe two tone (Hibiscus elatus), the cream color parts are not sapwood but rather yellow heartwood. One has a knot.
GREEN STUFF:
(1) Lignum Vitae (Guaiacum Officinale), has cracks that need filling
(1) Ipe (Handroanthus spp.)
OTHER COLOR STUFF:
(Ordered left to right)
(1) African padauk
(2) Purpleheart
(2) Redheart
DOMESTICS:
(Ordered left to right)
(4) Blue Pine aka moldy Eastern White Pine (pinus strobus), from Ocooch
(3) London Plane canker (Platanus x acerifolia), was sold to me as sycamore but Mark Peet thought it might be London plane instead. It's basically the same either way. Needs to be stabilized!
(1) Spalted hackberry? Doesn't appear to be maple. It's fairly soft. Has a corner crack that needs glue.
(2) Curly soft maple
(1) Unknown maple
RANDOS:
(Ordered left to right)
(2) Totally unknown, moderately dense and chatoyant
(3) Suspected white or yellow meranti, came from a table thought to have been built in the early 20th century
I'm asking $50 + shipping via pirate ship for the whole lot. I've sorted them by category, but this is a package deal. If i counted correctly, it's a total of 64 blanks. Let me know if you want extra photos of any blanks.
DIOSPYROS & FAKE EBONY:
(8) Malaysian Blackwood shorties (Diospyros spp.)
(10) "Ebony" shorties (Diospyros spp.), assumed to be Indian/ceylon ebony
(4) Brazilian "Ebony" (Swartzia panacoco), this wood will be a creamy color when fresh cut but quickly oxidizes to a deep chocolate brown. Very hard and dense.
DALBERGIA & WANNABE ROSEWOOD:
(Species listed below are ordered left to right in photo)
(2) Brazilian Rosewood (Dalbergia nigra), courtesy of an eBay purchase from Jarek (Chemistry Fan) a few months ago
(1) Honduran rosewood (Dalbergia stevensonii), pretty sure i got this in a box from Paul Hinds
(2) East Indian rosewood (Dalbergia latifolia)
(2) Cocobolo (Dalbergia retusa), these have some voids that will need to be filled
(3) Bolivian Rosewood (Machaerium scleroxylon), not dalbergia but damn pretty. Once has end check needing glue
HIBISCUS:
(9) Blue Mahoe two tone (Hibiscus elatus), the cream color parts are not sapwood but rather yellow heartwood. One has a knot.
GREEN STUFF:
(1) Lignum Vitae (Guaiacum Officinale), has cracks that need filling
(1) Ipe (Handroanthus spp.)
OTHER COLOR STUFF:
(Ordered left to right)
(1) African padauk
(2) Purpleheart
(2) Redheart
DOMESTICS:
(Ordered left to right)
(4) Blue Pine aka moldy Eastern White Pine (pinus strobus), from Ocooch
(3) London Plane canker (Platanus x acerifolia), was sold to me as sycamore but Mark Peet thought it might be London plane instead. It's basically the same either way. Needs to be stabilized!
(1) Spalted hackberry? Doesn't appear to be maple. It's fairly soft. Has a corner crack that needs glue.
(2) Curly soft maple
(1) Unknown maple
RANDOS:
(Ordered left to right)
(2) Totally unknown, moderately dense and chatoyant
(3) Suspected white or yellow meranti, came from a table thought to have been built in the early 20th century
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