Buckeye Burl Question

[Cory45]

Anyone know where to get some good quality Buckeye Burl blanks? Last few i have gotten from the bigger pen turning sites have been mediocre at best and all the ones at local woodcraft are dyed.

 

[larryc]

Constant at Lazerlinez

 

[terry q]

Sent you a pm.

 

[mbroberg]

rockb

 

[Sabaharr]

I know its frowned upon in some circles but when you look on Ebay you can on most auctions see the exact blanks you will be getting. I find that better than making a blind order then hoping for the best. Blind orders usually present me with only about half of the blanks worth using and the other half are segment wood.

 

[jcm71]

Concur with rockb. Have bought several from him and have not been disappointed.

 

[silent soundly]

Concur with the rockb recommendation. I got some buckeye burl blanks from him and they are very cool. I took the least figured of the four that I bought from him and turned it for a chrome slimline. The reason I used the least figured is because it was my first time turning this type of wood. I didn't have a contest in mind, but after turning it, I entered it into this contest and got second place. A big reason is because the wood was so pretty. He posts a bunch of wood about every week or so in the classified section.

 

[walshjp17]

Try Northwoods Firgured Woods -- Buckeye Burl wood blocks and woodturning blanks | North Woods Figured Wood

 

[nativewooder]

I always had better luck buying a piece of buckeye burl through Ebay - Fruitwoodz - hiromi54 - oreohootie@comcast.net. Shipping is high but the wood is good.

 

[jimfarmersr]

Without hesitation-----rockb

 

[larrystephens]

rockb is the man!

 

[Cwalker935]

Maybe not burls, but there were a bunch of gnarly buckeyes on the field in Blacksburg last night. Need a very sharp skew to turn that bunch.

 

[Cory45]

Thanks for all the info guys, I agree on the Buckeyes although they had me nervous in the first half but braxton was a game changer