My buddy, the best man in my wedding, is now getting married himself in just 2 months. I want to make them a serving board as a gift. I asked him what his fiance's favorite colors were, and he told me "black and rose gold". I got plenty of gaboon and other ebonies, but the rose gold part is tricky. Only native species that comes to mind that can be kinda close to rose gold is pink ivory. So I'm looking for the most rose gold colored pink ivory in at least 18" length and dried. Open to other options too.
Pink ivory or something that looks like rose gold
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Have you looked at honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos)? Should be cheaper than pink ivory, and the heartwood is light yellow with a pink blush. Not as intensely pink as pink ivory can be, but still quite pretty, and maybe closer to rose gold overall, if you get just the right piece.
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Wouldn't have thought of honey locust as being pinkish. I usually see it yellow to tan. Do you happen to have an example piece you can show?
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Not sure that's gonna be quite pink enough for me
I have one, but it is quite uncommon:
Then I can mention albizia lhophantha (surely not easy to get):
prunus domestica is sometimes pinkish:
then two obvious ones: juniperus virginiana and dalbergia decipularis, with the latter being exactly "gold and pink" in my opinion:
syringa vulgaris could also work, but I have no good examples.
Paolo
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I'm probably not going to seal this board up, so i think aromatic cedar would be a bit overbearing for a food contact surface. I normally don't even consider it for that reason and because it's so soft.
Brazilian tulipwood is a good recommendation. I forgot about that one to be honest. I'll see about getting some of that.
I've already been trying to source some colorful plum for another project. The stuff i got now is quite bland. Seems to be a shortage going on last i checked. Also, i think plum loses its color, doesn't it?
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I've been trying to source pink ivory anyway, so if you are planning to post that I might be interested regardless (so long as it's not crazy expensive lol)
I have no idea!
Paolo
Enough pink ivory to make a serving tray would be very expensive and hard to get. Consider using pear like the invasive Bradford pear as an alternative.
http://hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/pearwood.htm
http://hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/pearwood.htm
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I know it's expensive, but i didn't buy logs of it. I have no idea what a log would cost, but usually pieces that get sold as logs are thousands of dollars. I can't swing that right now lolNot expensive? Uhmmmm.
Have you priced Pink Ivory lately?
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I wouldn't be doing all pink ivory. It would definitely be a combo of species.
I actually have some bradford pear from my yard. It's really pretty wood, but it's definitely not pink at all. It's like applewood color. I'm planning to take the whole tree down soon, cause it's diseased.
Sometimes Bradford pear will have several colors, especially when it is trying to spalt.
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Mine is spalted in areas but didn't change colors
Darn! Your fungus is a failure... 
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Hopefully the rest of the tree is good (though this doesn't help me now since it's green)!Darn! Your fungus is a failure...