Whats the rarest wood to find in usable sizes?

[Monolith]

Just curious. I imagine grapevine would be pretty hard to come by. Rhodadendron too. Or hibiscus!

 

[1080Wayne]

Just curious. I imagine grapevine would be pretty hard to come by. Rhodadendron too. Or hibiscus!

You should be able to find all three . I suppose hardest might be a shrub that never exceeds 1/2 inch diameter except in the most favourable locations , sort of the absolute minimum for a slimline .

 

[Monolith]

Hmm... any suggestions? I enjoy gardening (and the challenge of growing unexpected things) so thought I might try planting some stuff with the potential to harvest it for wood in the distant future.

 

[wolftat]

Coleus stem, takes years to become a woody stick.

 

[Alejanders]

Some wood may be rare in one region, and be relatively availible on other region.

For example, in Russia price of cocobolo, kingwood, and desert ironwood several times more then other exotic wood (like wenge or palisander).

In the US maybe Karelian/Masur birch, platanus, buxus.

 

[1080Wayne]

A nice thorny rosebush , maybe raspberry , gooseberry , currant , though I`ve never found the last three large enough .

 

[scroller99]

I finally got a piece of oysterwood big enough to make a pen out of. Doesn't really get much bigger then a bush but nice. I have a lot of wild grapevine it gets 6" or bigger, I have some dried in my shop let me know if you want some.

 

[Lonn]

Recycled English walking cane

I recently cut an old asumed to be hawthorne cane into 5.5 inch segments and made an unusual Hart style pin. It was stained and varnished about 150 years ago and most of the stain turned away leaving variated colors of beige to brown not to mention the pin knots.
So you might want to research hawthorne. To my surprise this wood did not have a soft pith.

 

[studioso]

Moses's bush, from the sinai's desert.

very rare, extraordinarily sentimental, and most important, fireproof!

 

[NewLondon88]

Moses's bush, from the sinai's desert.

very rare, extraordinarily sentimental, and most important, fireproof!

Hey, look! A talking bush!! :tongue:

 

[Rick P]

1080 currant is doable as is cranberry.