Reduced Gabon Ebony Log Segments-You Cut to Size- 31 lbs Exotic Wood (Item 285)

  
You can resaw or shape this uniquely shaped piece to suit your needs. This wood can be turned, used for bowls, pen blanks, handles, gun stocks, musical instruments, and many other uses. Our Item 285 is 31 lbs of Ebony.

The maximum length of this piece is 42. The maximum width of this piece is 7. The maximum thickness of this piece is 5. This long place has a blend of dark brown, and one patch of light brown, mixed with the black. It is roughly in the shape of a log quarter, with numerous radial checks, in both ends, and along the outside face, which is less common.

Note that there is a good amount of mud still on the log, which makes some sections appear lighter than they are. There is also a shallow chainsaw curve visible on one face. I will assume there is a major split that runs through the length that would need to be cut around.

If that is true, I estimate this will yield one blank 40" long by 4" wide by 1" thick plus a second blank 2" x 2" and 40" long plus a number of off cuts that can be milled around the remaining tapers. Note that all yield predictions are estimates only, based on what I can see from the exterior and my experience. This is also true of the color; once you cut into a piece, you may find a different color or amount of true black than what I can see at the surface. Why is the wood in this shape? When this is harvested, the sawyer uses a chainsaw like a carving knife, cutting away the sapwood and leaving these irregular shapes.

We have imported them whole, eliminating the waste common to other vendors. Trees From Eden is a supplier of exotic African hardwoods that takes a different approach to the business. At the stump in Africa, these woods cost about the same as common American species, such as Oak. The high cost of exotics is due to the series of 10-15 middlemen who move the product from the forest in Africa to the retailer in the US. Gabon ebony wood is the most pure black of the lot, but can have occasional chocolate brown seams, especially in the middle of larger chunks. You can pay significantly more for wood that is guaranteed to be pure black throughout. The sap wood is a light gray offering extreme contrasts in color that can add dramatic flare. Ebony weights approximately 65+ lbs per cubic foot. Please contact me with any questions.