Blue Mangrove

[hughbie]

i just found a couple of sticks of blue mangrove in my 'stash'.
what kind of wood is it? i've never seen anything like this and it seems very soft.....
any opinions?

 

[Lulanrt]

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[el_d]

i just found a couple of sticks of blue mangrove in my 'stash'.
what kind of wood is it? i've never seen anything like this and it seems very soft.....
any opinions?

I like your avatar.:biggrin:

 

[roddesigner]

Bruce 119 sold some of that very nice and easy to turn the color is more evident in some pieces then others I have sold a few pens with it rather unusual wood, hopefully Bruce will chime in regarding it

 

[djz9]

I picked up a bunch from Bruce, he is down the road from me and a real nice guy,they have a very nice color and finish nice. The only thing you have to make sure is to use a mask. I forgot to and really felt bad that nght and the next day, and that was the only wood I had used that day. Almost like the flu.

 

[VisExp]

Hugh, I got some from Bruce a while back. I think it was driftwood that he got out of the mangrove swamps here in Florida. It cut and turned very nice. Here is the pen I made from it.

 

[Lulanrt]

Keith
Very Nice I love it!!!!!! Nice wood too
Travis

 

[guts]

I was supposed to get some in a trade but never recieved it so I don't know what it looks like or where it comes from,hope you find out.

 

[joeatact]

Its black mangrove on the endangered list here in Florida. Can only be obtained as driftwood. Bruce sent me some real nice blue color wood turns nice and is apealing.

 

[www]

I got some after a huricane knocked down a tree. I like it

 

[bruce119]

Yes it is Black Mangrove and it is very protected endangered species. I collect it as driftwood. You can not cut it dead or alive you can't even trim it on your own property if you live on the coast. Here is a picture of some. The blue color is rear indeed it is a nice hard wood and turns very nice stinks a little like marsh. Then again it was lying in the marsh for about 40 years.


Thanks
Bruce

 

[MikeInMo]

IIRC, you got that black mangrove from me at the IAP picnic last summer Hugh.

 

[hughbie]

sorry mike........dang.....i gotta start writing names on stuff.....it's rough getting old

 

[bruce119]

IIRC, you got that black mangrove from me at the IAP picnic last summer Hugh.

Hey Mike were did you pick up the Mangrove. I never saw it offered It's quite rare and very protected. I do have some and I may offer some up here for some of our fellow turners.

Bruce

 

[MikeInMo]

Hey Mike were did you pick up the Mangrove. I never saw it offered It's quite rare and very protected. I do have some and I may offer some up here for some of our fellow turners.

Bruce

I bought some from someone in FL who claimed he collected it as storm damage wood. I really didn't know anything about it when I got it. It has a subtle purple hue. Some pieces have light spalt-like lines. I have a few blanks left.

 

[Lulanrt]

Bruce,
I have some 10,000 year old bog oak and hickory that was recovered from a pond excvation in WV. Would you like to trade some blue mangrove? I would be willing to trade blank for blank. Let me know thanks
Travis

 

[jyreene]

Hugh, I got some from Bruce a while back. I think it was driftwood that he got out of the mangrove swamps here in Florida. It cut and turned very nice. Here is the pen I made from it.

Keith - That is a beautiful pen. How were you able to make such a nice and continuous wave pattern?

 

[VisExp]

Keith - That is a beautiful pen. How were you able to make such a nice and continuous wave pattern?

Thank you Ty. I make the cuts on my scroll saw. It is actually not a continuous wave. There are a total of 24 cuts. I do three cuts, then a glue up and repeat that process eight times.

I just finished a similar blank yesterday. I hope to drill and turn it in the next couple of days.

 

[jyreene]

So I'm guessing that you do them ate various angles. It just looks so continuous. Gives me something to aspire to.