I picked up a couple of pieces of root wood from my brother's farm last weekend. This shrub is known by various names: Brasil, Brazilian Bluewood, Bluewood Condalia, Condalia Hookeri, and others. It is also sometimes called Texas Irinwoid because it is quite dense & hard.
Here are 9 pen blanks & 1 block that I processed from those roots today. Asking $50 shipped for the lot, no fee PayPal, USA only.
The short pen blank is 4.75" long, the rest are all a little over 6". All are about 7/8" square. This stuff dulls a bandsaw blade quickly, so the cuts aren't square. It's root wood, so there are some cracks, but most aren't very deep. The block is about 2"x1.75"x3.5". It might need some filling & I left the ragged, burnt end on the chunk in case you want to do something with that end wood. It's all very dry.
One of the roots is shown (I cut one up before thinking to shoot a photo) and all 4 sides of each blank is shown.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Edgar
Here are 9 pen blanks & 1 block that I processed from those roots today. Asking $50 shipped for the lot, no fee PayPal, USA only.
The short pen blank is 4.75" long, the rest are all a little over 6". All are about 7/8" square. This stuff dulls a bandsaw blade quickly, so the cuts aren't square. It's root wood, so there are some cracks, but most aren't very deep. The block is about 2"x1.75"x3.5". It might need some filling & I left the ragged, burnt end on the chunk in case you want to do something with that end wood. It's all very dry.
One of the roots is shown (I cut one up before thinking to shoot a photo) and all 4 sides of each blank is shown.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Edgar
