Thirteen blocks - diw burl, ebony, rosewood...

[bhatleberg]

These are more leftovers that didn't get used over Christmas season. Time to clear them out.

Woods are tulipwood, desert ironwood, cocobolo, black and white ebony, Philippine ebony, and afzelia. Basically knife block size with some variation, should also be good for inlay, carving, pens, and other small projects.

Interested in trading for interesting or unusual material - if it looks cool, if I haven't heard of it before, or if I can't buy it, try me! I need min size 9" one dimension, can work w pretty much anything else.

 

[bhatleberg]

Glad to take more pics if there is interest.

 

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[BoonareeBurl]

Detail of some - glad to take more pics if there is interest. Each is front / back.

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Is that pink spalting on the black and white ebony?

G

 

[bhatleberg]

Not sure. It survived light sanding, though.

 

[bhatleberg]

Closing this one out

 

[BoonareeBurl]

Closing this one out

Brian, I can't recall: Are you interested in a block of California coast live oak (Quercus agrifolia)? It would still be green though. Let me know. I'm pretty sure we had discussed this local, non-commercial wood as a potential trade in this forum earlier somewhere.

G

 

[bhatleberg]

Sure, I'd trade for that. Want to picture, and let's work something out?

 

[BoonareeBurl]

Sure, I'd trade for that. Want to picture, and let's work something out?

Cool. My father-in-law and I will have to process it. I believe you prefer minimum 9" in one dimension. Basically we're processing the following (or something like it, as there's potentially two pieces):





I'll let you know when we're done. If you get some kind of better offer before then, no problem. This probably won't be done for at least a week or two.

Thanks, Brian.

G

 

[BoonareeBurl]

Sure, I'd trade for that. Want to picture, and let's work something out?

Brian, would a 2" square x 9" long turning blank be something you're interested in?

Thanks,

G

 

[bhatleberg]

Okay. Send me a pm, and let's work out what you want in trade.

 

[BoonareeBurl]

Okay. Send me a pm, and let's work out what you want in trade.

Brian, freshly logged/milled California coast live oak. This piece is approximately 1.95 inches (minimum) square and around 9.9 inches long. It is green and hasn't been sealed yet.







I can't see the pics of what you had for trade here, but I am interested in spalted, burls, and the hardest of the hardwoods.

Let me know.

Thanks,

G

 

[bhatleberg]

Cool. How about partridgewood or camatillo?

 

[bhatleberg]

Camatillo, 12.5 x 1.375 x 1.375"

 

[bhatleberg]

Or partridgewood, 6 x 1.5 x 1.5" each

 

[BoonareeBurl]

Camatillo, 12.5 x 1.375 x 1.375"

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I have camatillo already, but your piece is superior, so it is a possibility, though I'd prefer something I don't have.

Partridgewood doesn't fit into any of my collections right now.

Do you have anything else? Doesn't have to be a huge blank. Just minimum 7/8" square x 5" long for a pen.

Let me know.

Thanks, Brian.

G

 

[bhatleberg]

Hmm. I don't cut anything to 7/8 - maybe I can dig something up that's an over sanded 1x1, but by and large most will be 3/4".

Here's an irregular little piece of stabilized afzelia - 4.5 x 1.5 x .75". I think it has a nice mix of heart and sapwood.

Or here is boxwood at 6 x .75 x .75 x .75" and a nicely figured mesquite at 5 x .75 x .75".

Any interest in either of those?

 

[BoonareeBurl]

Hmm. I don't cut anything to 7/8 - maybe I can dig something up that's an over sanded 1x1, but by and large most will be 3/4".

Here's an irregular little piece of stabilized afzelia - 4.5 x 1.5 x .75". I think it has a nice mix of heart and sapwood.

Or here is boxwood at 6 x .75 x .75 x .75" and a nicely figured mesquite at 5 x .75 x .75".

Any interest in either of those?

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How's about the camatillo and Afzelia burl for the original turning blank of coast live oak plus this one, which has some of the red sapwood (around 9.7 inches long before it starts to really wane, andI might have to chop off .25 inches off the tip to get it in a flat rate envelope):



Note that I've sealed the ends of the live oak, including the original piece. (If you agree to this trade, you could cut a 3.5-inch piece off the camatillo because it'll make it easier to fit in a flat-rate envelope and 3.5 inches is the length for a Rollester pen kit).

Let me know what you think.

Thanks,

G

 

[bhatleberg]

Doesn't seem real balanced to me.

I only need one piece of the live oak. I have a big chunk of it, but mine is sinker material that is a few hundred years old and toughened by being underwater forever and then dried. So I want to fool around with a "younger" piece just out of curiosity to compare (and, frankly, to see if what I have smells terrible bc it's live oak or because it's sinker material). But I don't need more.

Got anything else to throw in?

 

[BoonareeBurl]

Doesn't seem real balanced to me.

I only need one piece of the live oak. I have a big chunk of it, but mine is sinker material that is a few hundred years old and toughened by being underwater forever and then dried. So I want to fool around with a "younger" piece just out of curiosity to compare (and, frankly, to see if what I have smells terrible bc it's live oak or because it's sinker material). But I don't need more.

Got anything else to throw in?

I might have a piece of milo wood with potentially some sapwood shortly (waiting for my father-in-law to cut it).

To me, this live oak smells really nice, but that could be because it took me 4 hours of sawing to cut the chunks off the log, so anything would smell nice after all that work.

Would you happen to have any stabilized spalted maple burl like this?



Stay tuned. I might have the milo as soon as tomorrow or later this week.

Thanks,

G