Exotic woods

[woodyfxr]

I visited an Exotic wood supplier on Saturday and come away with some ebony (i think), it's black as coal, cold and smooth to touch, i also got some pink wood.
Got to look through my book and find out what that one is.

 

[Jim]

Hi Ken, is the pink wood "Pink Ivory" by any chance .. I have had some beauty pens from this wood .. Came out really nice regarding colour ..

 

[Neil]

Pink or Red Ivory,
Redheart?

 

[Neil]

The black wood could be African Blackwood., method of distinguishing the two, if it is in a nice rectangular block, is to accurately weigh it and measure it. Blackwood is about 20% heavier than ebony,

 

[kjmc1957]

.....if you have a similar size block of ebony to measure it against.....

Sorry couldn't resist it.

 

[woodyfxr]

Hi Ken, is the pink wood "Pink Ivory" by any chance .. I have had some beauty pens from this wood .. Came out really nice regarding colour ..

Yep, just consulted my wood book and it Pink Ivory. I got the smallest splinter from it and it hurt like hell.

The black wood could be African Blackwood., method of distinguishing the two, if it is in a nice rectangular block, is to accurately weigh it and measure it. Blackwood is about 20% heavier than ebony,

The black wood is African Ebony, when i cut this into blanks it looked like soot on the shed floor. Can't wait to start on these woods especially the ebony.

 

[Neil]

.....if you have a similar size block of ebony to measure it against.....

Sorry couldn't resist it.

No Kevin, you dont need the Ebony, the blackwood is 1250 Kg m3, the Ebony is around 950 KG. The scales will tell you!