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African Camel Thorn

Penpal

Penpal

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Handsome member of the Acacia Family of timbers,made a glorious pen to remember Brad.Reminds me of Featherwood in Hawaii.

This pen has a great future mate.

Peter.:goesred::goesred:
 
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Gregory Hardy

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Perfectly executed in every way, and that wood really is beautiful...but making anything out of material called "African Camel Thorn" is a winner!

(You made that name up, right?)
:winking:
 
Bammer

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Cambridge
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Gregory Hardy said:
Perfectly executed in every way, and that wood really is beautiful...but making anything out of material called "African Camel Thorn" is a winner!

(You made that name up, right?)
:winking:
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Some information for you all

Camel Thorn is a very hard, heavy and dense timber from southern Africa, with a rich red colour and a beautiful zigzag grain. Although similar in appearance it is completely unrelated to grenadillo rosewood. An excellent timber for making tools, handles, decorative inlays etc, it is highly durable, consistent and polishes beautifully.

The tree that this timber comes from is fascinating, it is the one you see giraffe nibbling on (camel thorn is a poor translation of Kameeldoring (giraffe thorn in Africaans). The roots of the camel thorn can go as deep as 60 metres in search of groundwater. Camel thorn trees communicate by releasing ethylene gas if they are overbrowsed - when the other trees in an area sense the ethylene they respond by releasing a temporary toxin into their leaves, which deters browsing animals from staying in one place for long enough to damage the trees.

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Camelthorn | The Wood Database - Lumber Identification (Hardwood)

Brad
 
Penpal

Penpal

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Now thats a thorny mouthful in the tree,good luck harvesting etc for the suppliers.

Peter, PS such a change in name happens to people also,one of my Ancestors children moved to Australia in the 1840,s,when registering his land it was wrongly changed by the recorder from Bennier to Bannear. Twas cheaper for the family to change their names to match the deeds than change the deeds. At a family gathering a few years back I met with over 6 hundred rellies who separated into groups with their name changes,there were several different names happened in this one family. Lots of fun for Genealogists.

Peter.
 
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