New kind of wood (for me anyway)

[Jim Smith]

I picked up a few blanks for a different kind of wood that I think will make some very cool-looking pens. I will find the latin name of the wood and post it here. I bought it from a musical instrument maker in Indonesia.

 

[KenB259]

Definitely interesting looking wood.

 

[SabertoothBunny]

Looks like a really extreme lacewood or close to a snakewood

 

[Drewby108]

I thought it was stabilized cork for a second.

 

[Jim Smith]

The name of the wood is Chrysophyllum canaito

 

[PatrickR]

This is very unique wood. looked it up and it's an evergreen that produces fruit. is it fragrant?

 

[Jim Smith]

This is very unique wood. looked it up and it's an evergreen that produces fruit. is it fragrant?

Actually, it has no smell at all that I can detect. and it looks very much the same on all four sides including the end grain.

 

[BULLWINKLE]

I picked up a few blanks for a different kind of wood that I think will make some very cool-looking pens. I will find the latin name of the wood and post it here. I bought it from a musical instrument maker in Indonesia.View attachment 335608

Interesting. Where did you get it ?

 

[Jim Smith]

I purchased it from a member of FaceBook named Ido Renux Violin. He does instrument repair and has access to a wide variety of native woods in his native Indonesia. The wood is called Chrysophyllum canaito and while it was not completely dry when I received it, I coated the ends of it with CA and it is drying nicely. It ships from Singapore so shipping was $30 but I purchased four blanks to make it worth the shipping costs.

 

[BULLWINKLE]

I purchased it from a member of FaceBook named Ido Renux Violin. He does instrument repair and has access to a wide variety of native woods in his native Indonesia. The wood is called Chrysophyllum canaito and while it was not completely dry when I received it, I coated the ends of it with CA and it is drying nicely. It ships from Singapore so shipping was $30 but I purchased four blanks to make it worth the shipping costs.

It's a beautiful wood. Very unique. Thanks. I'm going to get some.