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Cutting charge for Scales

Cutting charge for Scales


Price: £7.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

Quantity:

Cut choosen block in two parts and sand flat


Cutting charge for Spindles

Cutting charge for Spindles


Price: £9.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

Quantity:

Cut choosen block in two parts and sand flat


Amazaque X Grain EHL-Am-Xcut BX-J

Amazaque X Grain

EHL-Am-Xcut BX-J


Price: £9.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

Quantity:

Size 125mm x 40mm x 24mm. Part seasoned. West African

Amazaque can be brought to an exceptional finish.This timber can be used for high class worked handles and scales.

Alder DH-A-BX-B

Alder

DH-A-BX-B


Price: £9.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Dimensions: 30 x 43 x 125mm. Good sized Blocks. Some delicate delicate markings.

From Albania


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African Blackwood Blocks TL-ABB BXA

African Blackwood Blocks

TL-ABB BXA


Price: £20.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Dimensions: 25 x 45 x 125mm.

African Blackwood wood from East Africa is an extremely hardwood which is very stable, strong and stuff with a nice fine texture. It’s perfect for custom pool and snooker cues, woodwind instruments, walking sticks and knife handles. A great wood for carving and one of the best and most popular in the world for turning projects.

Very dense!

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African Blackwood Thin Scales TL-ABScS

African Blackwood Thin Scales

TL-ABScS


Price: £15.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Dimensions: 6-7 x 45 x 125mm.

African Blackwood wood from East Africa is an extremely hardwood which is very stable, strong and stuff with a nice fine texture. It’s perfect for custom pool and snooker cues, woodwind instruments, walking sticks and knife handles. A great wood for carving and one of the best and most popular in the world for turning projects.

Very dense!

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African Blackwood Standard Scales TL-ABTS

African Blackwood Standard Scales

TL-ABTS


Price: £18.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Dimensions: 10 x 45 x 125mm.

African Blackwood wood from East Africa is an extremely hardwood which is very stable, strong and stuff with a nice fine texture. It’s perfect for custom pool and snooker cues, woodwind instruments, walking sticks and knife handles. A great wood for carving and one of the best and most popular in the world for turning projects.

Very dense!

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African Blackwood Spacers TL-ABTSp WSP-1

African Blackwood Spacers

TL-ABTSp WSP-1


Price: £7.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

Quantity:

Dimensions: 15 x 45 x 45mm.

African Blackwood wood from East Africa is an extremely hardwood which is very stable, strong and stuff with a nice fine texture. It’s perfect for custom pool and snooker cues, woodwind instruments, walking sticks and knife handles. A great wood for carving and one of the best and most popular in the world for turning projects.

Very dense!

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African Padauk - Long Grain EW-AP BX-D

African Padauk - Long Grain

EW-AP BX-D


Price: £7.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Dimensions: 125 x 25 x 42mm. Part seasoned.

Pterocarpus soyauxii. Air and kiln dried.

Wonderful bright red to deep orange coloured heartwood with dark streaks. Heart dulls to rich deep brown on exposure to light.
Grain is fairly coarse and interlocking but cuts as though soft so is one of the easier African timbers to work with.
Creates red dust however well cut. Sands and finishes to an excellent shine and depth, especially with CCL polishes.

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Birch Root 6434 BX-B

Birch Root

6434 BX-B


Price: £15.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Dimensions: 118 x 33 x 45mm

This type of block has some great qualities, after shaping and first stage sanding it may be necessary to use some Zap a Gap to stabilise the surface. It is well worth the effort.

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Marblewood Blocks  64510-B BX-Q

Marblewood Blocks

64510-B BX-Q


Price: £16.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Dimensions: 130 x 37 x 25mm

This Marblewood is from South America. It has beautiful grain patterns that are different in each piece. These blocks can be used for great knife handles! Marblewood is a very dense wood. These blanks have been waxed and may contain varying amounts of moisture.

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Marblewood Scales  64510-SC

Marblewood Scales

64510-SC


Price: £12.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Dimensions: 130 x 13 x 25mm. Not book matched

This Marblewood is from South America. It has beautiful grain patterns that are different in each piece. These scales can be used for great knife handles! Marblewood is a very dense wood. These have been waxed and may contain varying amounts of moisture.

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Marblewood Large Spacers  64510-LSP WSP-1

Marblewood Large Spacers

64510-LSP WSP-1


Price: £7.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

Quantity:

Dimensions: 47 x 24 x 77mm.

This Marblewood is from South America. It has beautiful grain patterns that are different in each piece. These spacers can be used to enhance stacked knife handle! Marblewood is a very dense wood. These have been waxed and may contain varying amounts of moisture.

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Beech EHK-FR BX-L

Beech

EHK-FR BX-L


Price: £4.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Block Dimensions: 125 x 40 x 28mm

Well seasoned for over 40 years

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Brazilian Tulipwood 6438 BX-N

Brazilian Tulipwood

6438 BX-N


Price: £18.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Dimensions: 26 x 125 x 38mm.

Dalbergia variabilis. Tulip is also called: jacaranda, bahia rosewood, pink wood, jacaranda Rosa, and bois de rose. This rosewood is a small tree (shrub) that averages 2-10" in diameter without sapwood. Most billets are 3-5" in diameter as this is a rare species and is only found in small 1" or 2" lumber or veneer and is not plentiful in either. There is a prominent heart defect that prevents many clean boards over 4-5" in width. In fact the average width is only 2-3/8". Weighing about 60 pounds per cubic foot, the wood is dense and takes a very nice polish. Used for fine articles including knife handles, turning, jewelry boxes, and pens. Brazil

As used for the Seven Oaks Knife. See http://www.english-handmade-knives.co.uk/SevenOaksMain.html.


Plain Tulipwood WG-FR

Plain Tulipwood

WG-FR


Price: £10.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Dimensions: 40 x 40 x 260mm

Very straight graining perfect for sticks and carved knife handles





Bubinga Long Grain EHWL-Bub-B BX-D

Bubinga Long Grain

EHWL-Bub-B BX-D


Price: £8.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Block Dimensions: 123 x 40 x 24mm

Botanical name: Guibourtia demeussi

Origin: West Africa
Other names: African rosewood, kevasingo

A quality knife handle material.

Light pinkish brown in colour often lightly veined in red. Resembles some of the lighter coloured rosewoods and is often tinted to serve as a lower cost alternative to the real thing.

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Bubinga X Grain EHWL-Bub-X BX-D

Bubinga X Grain

EHWL-Bub-X BX-D


Price: £10.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

Quantity:

Block Dimensions: 123 x 40 x 24mm

Botanical name: Guibourtia demeussi

Origin: West Africa
Other names: African rosewood, kevasingo

A quality knife handle material.

Light pinkish brown in colour often lightly veined in red. Resembles some of the lighter coloured rosewoods and is often tinted to serve as a lower cost alternative to the real thing.

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Camphor WCA4424 BX-E

Camphor

WCA4424 BX-E


Price: £10.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

Quantity:

Size 123mm x 40mm x 25mm. Part seasoned.

Camphor Wood. An evergreen of the Laurel family - very aromatic. The burls are very rare. The tree grows to heights of 100 feet with diameters of 2-4 feet. The heartwood is a light yellow-brown, reddish, or sometimes light chocolate with lighter indistinct sapwood. It has a slender and delicate texture and exquisite patterns. It does not distort easily, works very well and takes a good finish, which makes it an approproate wood for knifemaking.

Special One-off Canary Wood Long Grain JMPH-Sp-CW BX-N

Special One-off Canary Wood Long Grain

JMPH-Sp-CW BX-N


Price: £16.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Canary wood typically has a yellowish color with streaks of orange red. Often used when making fine wood pens and knife handles

Dimensions: 25 x 45 x 140mm.

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Canary Wood X Grain EW-CW BX-N

Canary Wood X Grain

EW-CW BX-N


Price: £8.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Canary wood typically has a yellowish color with streaks of orange red. Often used when making fine wood pens and knife handles

Dimensions: 25 x 40 x 125mm.

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Cherry FR BX-N

Cherry

FR BX-N


Price: £9.25 (Including VAT at 20%)

Quantity:

Size 140mm x 40mm x 29mm. Part seasoned. Long grain only.

NEW Wild Cherry DH-WC BX-N

NEW Wild Cherry

DH-WC BX-N


Price: £9.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

Quantity:

Size 25mm x 45mm x 130mm. Long grain only. From Crotia

Rippled Birch DH-QB BX-B

Rippled Birch

DH-QB BX-B


Price: £11.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

Quantity:

Size 150mm x 50mm x 24mm. Part seasoned. Also suitable for home stabilising.

Will look good applied to any knife blank.

Maser Birch  MB-FR-B

Maser Birch

MB-FR-B


Price: £8.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

Quantity:

Size 125mm x 38mm x 23mm. Part seasoned.

Curly Birch Super 6501 BX-B

Curly Birch Super

6501 BX-B


Price: £32.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

Quantity:

Size 122mm x 45mm x 29mm. Part seasoned.

Curly Birch Super Large Block 65022 BX-B

Curly Birch Super Large Block

65022 BX-B


Price: £38.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

Quantity:

Size 145mm x 45mm x 42mm. Part seasoned.

Curly Birch Super Scales for Enzo 70 6501Sc BX-B

Curly Birch Super Scales for Enzo 70

6501Sc BX-B


Price: £25.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

Quantity:

Size 85mm x 28mm x 28mm. Sold as matched pairs. Part seasoned.

Tip: A thin liner will help with humidity

Curly Birch Extreme 6502 BX-B

Curly Birch Extreme

6502 BX-B


Price: £30.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

Quantity:

Block size 125mm x 40mm x 25mm.

Curly Birch X Cut Super 6504 BX-B

Curly Birch X Cut Super

6504 BX-B


Price: £30.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

Quantity:

34mm x 48mm x 123mm

Makes a terrific handle see http://www.english-handmade-knives.co.uk/BirchingtonLarge.html

Cutting charge for Scales

Cutting charge for Scales


Price: £7.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

Quantity:

Cut choosen block in two parts and sand flat


Cutting charge for Spindles

Cutting charge for Spindles


Price: £9.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

Quantity:

Cut choosen block in two parts and sand flat


Desert Ironwood Grade A  WT-DI BX-M

Desert Ironwood Grade A

WT-DI BX-M


Price: £40.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

Quantity:

Dimensions: 25 x 36 x 130mm

Good contrasting grain, a great block for creating scales or a carved handle.


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Desert Ironwood Grade A Larger Block-1  WT-DI-B1 BX-M

Desert Ironwood Grade A Larger Block-1

WT-DI-B1 BX-M


Price: £63.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

Quantity:

Dimensions: 25 x 50 x 151mm

Good contrasting grain, a great block for creating scales or a carved handle.


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Desert Ironwood Grade A Larger Block-2  WT-DI-B2 BX-M

Desert Ironwood Grade A Larger Block-2

WT-DI-B2 BX-M


Price: £63.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Dimensions: 25 x 50 x 151mm

Good contrasting grain, a great block for creating scales or a carved handle.


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Desert Ironwood Standard Block 2 6445 BX-M

Desert Ironwood Standard Block 2

6445 BX-M


Price: £54.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Dimensions: 30 x 42 x 127mm

Not quite such detailed burls and grain, but still a great block for creating scales or a carved handle.


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Ironwood Block 2 JMPH-Sp-IW-B2 BX-M

Ironwood Block 2

JMPH-Sp-IW-B2 BX-M


Price: £60.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Good quality Spanish Ironwood (Olneya Tesota).

Dimensions: 129 x 43 x 30mm

This block is quite wide and has a some small fissures that you might like to fill before sanding or cutting. Very detailed burls and grain.

Quite Dark but very good quality.



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Ironwood Block 3 JMPH-Sp-IW-B3 BX-M

Ironwood Block 3

JMPH-Sp-IW-B3 BX-M


Price: £65.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Good quality Spanish Ironwood (Olneya Tesota).

Dimensions: 129 x 43 x 30mm

This block is quite wide and has a some small fissures that you might like to fill before sanding or cutting. Very detailed burls and grain.

Quite Dark but very good quality.



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Ironwood Block 5 JMPH-Sp-IW-B5 BX-M

Ironwood Block 5

JMPH-Sp-IW-B5 BX-M


Price: £65.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Good quality Spanish Ironwood (Olneya Tesota).

Dimensions: 129 x 43 x 30mm

This block is quite wide and has a some small fissures that you might like to fill before sanding or cutting. Very detailed burls and grain.

Quite Dark but very good quality.



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Ironwood Block 6 JMPH-Sp-IW-B6 BX-M

Ironwood Block 6

JMPH-Sp-IW-B6 BX-M


Price: £65.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Good quality Spanish Ironwood (Olneya Tesota).

Dimensions: 129 x 43 x 30mm

This block is quite wide and has a some small fissures that you might like to fill before sanding or cutting. Very detailed burls and grain.

Quite Dark but very good quality.



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Ironwood Block 10 JMPH-Sp-IW-B10 BX-M

Ironwood Block 10

JMPH-Sp-IW-B10 BX-M


Price: £60.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Good quality Spanish Ironwood (Olneya Tesota).

Dimensions: 129 x 43 x 30mm

This block is quite wide and has a some small fissures that you might like to fill before sanding or cutting. Very detailed burls and grain.

Quite Dark but very good quality.



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Ironwood Block 11 JMPH-Sp-IW-B11 BX-M

Ironwood Block 11

JMPH-Sp-IW-B11 BX-M


Price: £65.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Good quality Spanish Ironwood (Olneya Tesota).

Dimensions: 129 x 43 x 30mm

This block is quite wide and has a some small fissures that you might like to fill before sanding or cutting. Very detailed burls and grain.

Quite Dark but very good quality.



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Ironwood Block 12 JMPH-Sp-IW-B12 BX-M

Ironwood Block 12

JMPH-Sp-IW-B12 BX-M


Price: £60.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Good quality Spanish Ironwood (Olneya Tesota).

Dimensions: 129 x 43 x 30mm

This block is quite wide and has a some small fissures that you might like to fill before sanding or cutting. Very detailed burls and grain.

Quite Dark but very good quality.



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Juniper JMPH-Sp-J BX-M

Juniper

JMPH-Sp-J BX-M


Price: £28.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Good quality Spanish Jacaranda Pardo

Dimensions: 145 x 45 x 25mm

Very detailed grain.

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English Box SpacersRC-FR BX-K

English Box Spacers

RC-FR BX-K


Price: £3.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Dimensions: 20 x 20 x 120mm. Each bloch has some small faults but sections can be cut out for spacers. Harvested in Kent 3 years ago and kept in medium logs. Beautiful creamy grain.

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English Sweet Chestnut RC-FR BX-G

English Sweet Chestnut

RC-FR BX-G


Price: £8.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Very well figured blocks.

Dimensions: 25 x 40 x 125mm.

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English Yew Long Grain RC-EYLG BX-P

English Yew Long Grain

RC-EYLG BX-P


Price: £7.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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I have managed to harvest many interesting blocks from a couple of large slices of Kentish grown Yew. The planks have been well seasoned and not Kiln Dried.

There are some blocks with the outer lighter sapwood layer giving some very interesting patterns and off course some great colour and graining.

Dimensions: 28 x 45 x 116mm. Suitable for scales and knife handles

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Premuim English Yew Long Grain RC-PYLG

Premuim English Yew Long Grain

RC-PYLG


Price: £9.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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When we cut these blocks we only used the heartwood, as result some beautiful grain patterns have appeared

Dimensions: 25 x 40 x 130mm. Suitable for scales and knife handles

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Chacate Preto Long Grain SB-CHAC-B BX-V

Chacate Preto Long Grain

SB-CHAC-B BX-V


Price: £9.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Guibourtia conjugata. Air and kiln dried.

Also known as Black Chacate, or False Mopane, this timber varies from streaks of dark brown to black heartwood with lighter, honeybrown streaks. It has a fine texture and interlocking grain and is a hardish timber which cuts to a good finish and will polish to a high shine with a deep lustre.

Block Dimensions: 25 x 40 x 125mm Depth measurements may vary very slightly.


Chacate Preto Cross Grain SB-CHAC-XG BX-V

Chacate Preto Cross Grain

SB-CHAC-XG BX-V


Price: £9.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Guibourtia conjugata. Air and kiln dried.

Also known as Black Chacate, or False Mopane, this timber varies from streaks of dark brown to black heartwood with lighter, honeybrown streaks. It has a fine texture and interlocking grain and is a hardish timber which cuts to a good finish and will polish to a high shine with a deep lustre.

Block Dimensions: 25 x 40 x 125mm Depth measurements may vary very slightly.


Chacate Preto Cross Grain Narrow SB-CHAC-XG-N BX-V

Chacate Preto Cross Grain Narrow

SB-CHAC-XG-N BX-V


Price: £7.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Guibourtia conjugata. Air and kiln dried.

Also known as Black Chacate, or False Mopane, this timber varies from streaks of dark brown to black heartwood with lighter, honeybrown streaks. It has a fine texture and interlocking grain and is a hardish timber which cuts to a good finish and will polish to a high shine with a deep lustre.

Block Dimensions: 25 x 35 x 125mm Depth measurements may vary very slightly.


Concalo Alves Feather Pattern EW-GA BX-E

Concalo Alves Feather Pattern

EW-GA BX-E


Price: £8.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Concalo Aves is a hardwood (from the Brazilian Portuguese name, gonçalo-alves). It is sometimes referred to as zebrawood or tigerwood - names that underscore the wood's often dramatic, contrasting color scheme, that some compare to rosewood.
While the sapwood is very light in color, the heartwood is a sombre brown, with dark streaks that give it a unique look. The wood's color deepens with exposure and age and even the plainer-looking wood has a natural luster.

Block Dimensions: 27 x 48 x 118mm Part Seasoned.


Concalo Alves X Cut BX-E

Concalo Alves X Cut

BX-E


Price: £6.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Concalo Aves is a hardwood (from the Brazilian Portuguese name, gonçalo-alves). It is sometimes referred to as zebrawood or tigerwood - names that underscore the wood's often dramatic, contrasting color scheme, that some compare to rosewood.
While the sapwood is very light in color, the heartwood is a sombre brown, with dark streaks that give it a unique look. The wood's color deepens with exposure and age and even the plainer-looking wood has a natural luster.

Block Dimensions: 27 x 42 x 135mm Part Seasoned.


Holly RC-H-FR BX-E

Holly

RC-H-FR BX-E


Price: £6.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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These blocks have good straight graining and some fine lacing, good for scales and carved handles. Dimensions 25 x 40 x 125mm

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Honduras Mahogany BX-Q

Honduras Mahogany

BX-Q


Price: £10.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Dimensions: 25 x 125 x 40mm.

Predominately yellow with streaks of brown. Dried naturally



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Iroko BX-H

Iroko

BX-H


Price: £5.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

Quantity:

Block dimensions: 28 x 42 x 125mm

Good for a carved handle, scales or a couple of necknives.



Kingwood 6486 BX-D

Kingwood

6486 BX-D


Price: £27.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Other names: Violet wood, Violetta, Bois violet

Violet brown with very regular fine deep purple stripes. Dense, sold as Long grain, fine textured and with superb finishing qualities. Great for scales and scuplted handles.

Block Dimensions: 25 x 120 x 40mm.


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Brass Powder Y-BPOW LDP-2

Brass Powder

Y-BPOW LDP-2


Price: £20.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Mixed with clear resign or Zap gap filler and used to fill in fissures in burled blocks of wood this looks really effective giving brass streaks to handles.

200g

Laburnum Long Grain RC-L-LG BX-G

Laburnum Long Grain

RC-L-LG BX-G


Price: £10.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

Quantity:

Dimensions: 25 x 40 x 125mm

Sourced in Kent. We have some nice logs that we have started to investigate.

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Laburnum Long Grain RC-L-LG-1 BX-G

Laburnum Long Grain

RC-L-LG-1 BX-G


Price: £5.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Dimensions: 25 x 40 x 125mm

Sourced in Kent. We have some nice logs that we have started to investigate.

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Laburnum Cross Grain RC-L-CG BX-G

Laburnum Cross Grain

RC-L-CG BX-G


Price: £10.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Dimensions: 25 x 40 x 125mm

Sourced in Kent. We have some nice logs that we have started to investigate. Some spectacular growth rings.

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Laburnum Cross Grain Log Section RC-L-CG-LS

Laburnum Cross Grain Log Section

RC-L-CG-LS


Price: £15.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Dimensions: 25 x 50 x 170mm

Sourced in Kent. We have some nice logs that we have started to investigate. Some spectacular growth rings.

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Laburnum Cross Grain Log Section Large RC-L-CG-LS

Laburnum Cross Grain Log Section Large

RC-L-CG-LS


Price: £19.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Dimensions: 25 x 90 x 200mmPerfect to get at least one good Knife handle and some spacers or knife handles

Sourced in Kent. We have some nice logs that we have started to investigate. Some spectacular growth rings.

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Leadwood - Nangali Long Grain SB-LW-LG BX-D

Leadwood - Nangali Long Grain

SB-LW-LG BX-D


Price: £8.50 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Dimensions: 25 x 40 x 125mm

Latin name: Combretum imberbe

This timber is the hardest wood we have come across, so hard that Africans made blades for their hoes before metal became available.

Great for scales or a carved handle, polishes up really well.

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Leadwood - Nangali Long Grain Large SB-LW-LGB BX-D

Leadwood - Nangali Long Grain Large

SB-LW-LGB BX-D


Price: £14.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

Quantity:

Dimensions: 25 x 50 x 125mm

Latin name: Combretum imberbe

This timber is the hardest wood we have come across, so hard that Africans made blades for their hoes before metal became available.

Great for scales or a carved handle, polishes up really well.

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Leadwood - Nangali Long Grain Offcuts SB-LW-LG-off BX-D

Leadwood - Nangali Long Grain Offcuts

SB-LW-LG-off BX-D


Price: £5.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

Quantity:

Dimensions: 1 piece 15 x 20 x 125mm,

Latin name: Combretum imberbe

This timber is the hardest wood we have come across, so hard that Africans made blades for their hoes before metal became available.

Great for scales or a carved handle, polishes up really well.

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Leadwood  - Nangali Long Grain Medium Offcuts SB-LW-LG- WSP-1

Leadwood - Nangali Long Grain Medium Offcuts

SB-LW-LG- WSP-1


Price: £5.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

Quantity:

Dimensions: 1 piece 20 x 50 x 50mm usuable area

Latin name: Combretum imberbe

This timber is the hardest wood we have come across, so hard that Africans made blades for their hoes before metal became available.

Great for scales or a carved handle, polishes up really well.

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Leadwood - Nangali Cross Grain SB-LW-CG BX-D

Leadwood - Nangali Cross Grain

SB-LW-CG BX-D


Price: £10.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

Quantity:

Dimensions: 25 x 40 x 125mm

Latin name: Combretum imberbe

This timber is the hardest wood we have come across, so hard that Africans made blades for their hoes before metal became available.

Great for scales or a carved handle, polishes up really well.

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Leadwood - Nangali Cross Grain Larger Blocks SB-LW-CG-LB BX-D

Leadwood - Nangali Cross Grain Larger Blocks

SB-LW-CG-LB BX-D


Price: £12.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Dimensions: 20 x 52 x 127mm

Latin name: Combretum imberbe

This timber is the hardest wood we have come across, so hard that Africans made blades for their hoes before metal became available.

Great for scales or a carved handle, polishes up really well.

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Lignum Vitae Palo Santo EW-Lig-B BX-C

Lignum Vitae Palo Santo

EW-Lig-B BX-C


Price: £9.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Size 124mm x 40mm x 25mm. Part seasoned.

Botanical name: Bulnesia sarmienti

Origin: Paraguay
Although this wood has been used for generations for the same purposes as the genuine lignum vitaes (timber from the genus guiaicum) it has become a more important choice recently because very little of the Guaiacum lignum vitae is currently being exported.

Greenish brown to brown with a tight and pronounced interlocked grain, very dense, waxy with self lubricating qualities, hard wearing in almost all the contexts in which lignum vitae has traditionally been used.


Lignum Vitae Palo Santo Bargain Block EW-Lig-BB BX-C

Lignum Vitae Palo Santo Bargain Block

EW-Lig-BB BX-C


Price: £15.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

Quantity:

Size 234mm x 40mm x 25mm. Part seasoned.

Botanical name: Bulnesia sarmienti

Origin: Paraguay
Although this wood has been used for generations for the same purposes as the genuine lignum vitaes (timber from the genus guiaicum) it has become a more important choice recently because very little of the Guaiacum lignum vitae is currently being exported.

Greenish brown to brown with a tight and pronounced interlocked grain, very dense, waxy with self lubricating qualities, hard wearing in almost all the contexts in which lignum vitae has traditionally been used.


Wild Mango Long Grain SB-WM-B BX-J

Wild Mango Long Grain

SB-WM-B BX-J


Price: £9.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Dimensions: 25 x 40 x 125mm.

A stunning deep cream coloured wood with golden undertones that creates its own ambience. The heartwood has a colour yellow brown to nut brown with a subtle but attractive grain pattern. Great for scales and carving handles. Often used for the making of African drums. Works to a great finish.

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Wild Mango Cross Grain SB-WM-CG BX-J

Wild Mango Cross Grain

SB-WM-CG BX-J


Price: £9.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Dimensions: 25 x 40 x 125mm.

A stunning deep cream coloured wood with golden undertones that creates its own ambience. The heartwood has a colour yellow brown to nut brown with a subtle but attractive grain pattern. Great for scales and carving handles. Often used for the making of African drums. Works to a great finish.

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Wild Mango Cross Grain Small SB-WM-CG-S BX-J

Wild Mango Cross Grain Small

SB-WM-CG-S BX-J


Price: £7.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

Quantity:

Dimensions: 25 x 35 x 125mm.

A stunning deep cream coloured wood with golden undertones that creates its own ambience. The heartwood has a colour yellow brown to nut brown with a subtle but attractive grain pattern. Great for scales and carving handles. Often used for the making of African drums. Works to a great finish.

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Curly Mango DIRW-CM

Curly Mango

DIRW-CM


Price: £18.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

Quantity:

Block size: 40 x 45 x 133mm. Dimensions may vary

Many knifemakers want to find the perfect wood. They may hunt for traditional species like oaks and maples, the sort of woods that grow in their own backyard. Others like to branch out and explore what more exotic species can offer them. If you love the idea of using an exotic species of wood but don't want to spring for teak, why not consider Curly Mango Wood?

Curly Mango wood is a durable and sustainable selection that gives you beautiful colouring, durability, and so much more, it is the perfect choice for making knife handles.

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Muhuhu

Muhuhu


Price: £10.25 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Block dimensions: 22mm x 145mm x 45mm

A lightish wood with a sweeping grain.


European Mulberry 4558 BX-C

European Mulberry

4558 BX-C


Price: £8.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Block dimensions: 25mm x 150mm x 53mm

This is a european timber, golden yellow in colour, which changes on exposure to sunlight. It has straight to interlocked grain. The wood is fairly easy to work and takes a good finish. Supplied part seasoned.


Plane Tree Wood Scales TL-PTB

Plane Tree Wood Scales

TL-PTB


Price: £10.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

Quantity:

Dimensions: 11 x 48 x 125mm

A very interest effect unlike any other plantree woods that we stock

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Wild Olivewood EW-OL BX-C

Wild Olivewood

EW-OL BX-C


Price: £10.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

Quantity:

Good well figured blocks.

Dimensions 118 x 40 x 25. Perfect for a complete knife handle, spacers or scales, sands and polishes up really well.

See http://www.english-handmade-knives.co.uk/Bethersden(L).html.


Olivewood TL-Olive BX-C

Olivewood

TL-Olive BX-C


Price: £9.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

Quantity:

Dimensions and graining may vary 125 x 40 x 25. Perfect for a complete knife handle, spacers or scales, sands and polishes up really well.

See http://www.english-handmade-knives.co.uk/Bethersden(L).html.


Morrocan Olivewood TL-Olive BX-C

Morrocan Olivewood

TL-Olive BX-C


Price: £12.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

Quantity:

IMPORTED DIRECTLY FROM MORROCO

Dimensions and graining may vary 130 x 40 x 35mm. Perfect for a complete knife handle, spacers or scales, sands and polishes up really well.




Olivewood Neck Knife Block TL-Olive-NB BX-C

Olivewood Neck Knife Block

TL-Olive-NB BX-C


Price: £5.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Dimensions 125 x 23 x 25. Perfect for a complete knife handle or spacers, sands and polishes up really well.



Black Palmira EW-BP BX-J

Black Palmira

EW-BP BX-J


Price: £9.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Block size 125 x 40 x 25mm. Partly seasoned.

Botanical name: Caryota urens

Origin: India

Other names: Kitul

The picture shows a lighter section. Black palmira has an unique structure with dark, almost black, hard streaks in a paler background matrix. Rather difficult to work but very dramatic results

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Black Palmira Cross Grain EW-BPCG BX-J

Black Palmira Cross Grain

EW-BPCG BX-J


Price: £9.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Block size 125 x 40 x 25mm. Partly seasoned.

Botanical name: Caryota urens

Origin: India

Other names: Kitul

Black Palmira has an unique structure with dark, almost black, hard streaks in a paler background matrix. but as cross grain develops fine speckles.

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Palmira Scales EW-BP

Palmira Scales

EW-BP


Price: £10.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Dimensions 125 x 10 x 25mm. Partly seasoned.

Botanical name: Caryota urens

Origin: India

Other names: Kitul

The picture shows a lighter section. Black palmira has an unique structure with dark, almost black, hard streaks in a paler background matrix. Rather difficult to work but very dramatic results

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Partridge Feather Standard EW-PA BX-H

Partridge Feather Standard

EW-PA BX-H


Price: £11.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Block size 119 x 40 x 25mm. Partly seasoned. With superb graining.

Botanical name: Caesalpinia paraguanensis

Origin: Paraguay

Other names: Brown ebony
Dense and glassy deep coffee brown with a layered structure like wenge but much finer textured resulting in a classic 'partridge wing' fine pattern.

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Partridge Feather Standard Spacers EW-PA SWP-1

Partridge Feather Standard Spacers

EW-PA SWP-1


Price: £2.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Spacer size 15 x 25 x 38mm. Partly seasoned. With superb graining. Perfect for Firesteel handles.

Botanical name: Caesalpinia paraguanensis

Origin: Paraguay

Other names: Brown ebony
Dense and glassy deep coffee brown with a layered structure like wenge but much finer textured resulting in a classic 'partridge wing' fine pattern.

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Partridge Feather Scales EW-PA-Sc

Partridge Feather Scales

EW-PA-Sc


Price: £13.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Block size 10 x 40 x 25mm. Partly seasoned. With superb graining.

Botanical name: Caesalpinia paraguanensis

Origin: Paraguay

Other names: Brown ebony
Dense and glassy deep coffee brown with a layered structure like wenge but much finer textured resulting in a classic 'partridge wing' fine pattern.

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Pink Ivory EHW-PI-BL BX-H

Pink Ivory

EHW-PI-BL BX-H


Price: £17.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

Quantity:

Block size 125 x 40 x 24mm. Partly seasoned.

Pink Ivory (Berchemia zeyheri), also called Red Ivory, umNini or umGoloty, is a very rare African wood used to make luxury products (for example billiard cues and knives). The Pink Ivory tree grows predominantly in Zimbabwe, Mozambique and South Africa. The wood is extremely hard and has a density of 990 g/dm³.
Pink Ivory is the royal tree of the Zulus because only the royal family were allowed to possess the wood.

Varies from light pink to dark pink and red, with lighter and darker shades of yellow and red, sometimes grey. Straight to irregular grain, fine even texture. This batch has some small black knots which give extra character

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Pink Ivory Cross Grain SB-PI-BXG BX-H

Pink Ivory Cross Grain

SB-PI-BXG BX-H


Price: £17.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

Quantity:

Block size 120 x 45 x 24mm. Partly seasoned. Blocks require a little more sanding

Pink Ivory (Berchemia zeyheri), also called Red Ivory, umNini or umGoloty, is a very rare African wood used to make luxury products (for example billiard cues and knives). The Pink Ivory tree grows predominantly in Zimbabwe, Mozambique and South Africa. The wood is extremely hard and has a density of 990 g/dm³.
Pink Ivory is the royal tree of the Zulus because only the royal family were allowed to possess the wood.

Varies from light pink to dark pink and red, with lighter and darker shades of yellow and red, sometimes grey. Straight to irregular grain, fine even texture. This batch has some small black knots which give extra character

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Pink Ivory Offcut or Spacer Block EW-PI

Pink Ivory Offcut or Spacer Block

EW-PI


Price: £10.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Great to use inthe production of Neck Knives or used as spacers.

Dimensions: 55 x 75 x 75mm.

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Plane 6435

Plane

6435


Price: £7.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

Quantity:

Dimensions

30 x 40 x 122mm.

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 Standard Plumwood DH-PW-G1 BX-H

Standard Plumwood

DH-PW-G1 BX-H


Price: £17.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Dimensions: 25 x 40 x 120mm approx. Imported from Croatia, some good red to purple speckles and interesting graining. These blocks will make excellent scales and carved handles.

Although Plum is related to Cherry, it tends to be heavier and harder than Cherry, and much more scarce. Sizes are very limited, so Plum tends to be assigned primarily to smaller, knife making projects.

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 Standard Plumwood Neck Knife Blocks DH-PW-NB BX-H

Standard Plumwood Neck Knife Blocks

DH-PW-NB BX-H


Price: £12.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Dimensions: 25 x 25 x 120mm approx. Imported from Croatia, some good red to purple speckles and interesting graining. These blocks will make excellent scales and carved handles.

Although Plum is related to Cherry, it tends to be heavier and harder than Cherry, and much more scarce. Sizes are very limited, so Plum tends to be assigned primarily to smaller, knife making projects.

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 Darker Plumwood DH-PW-G2 BX-H

Darker Plumwood

DH-PW-G2 BX-H


Price: £20.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Dimensions: 25 x 40 x 120mm approx. Imported from Croatia, some good red to purple speckles and interesting graining. These blocks will make excellent scales and carved handles.

A more contrasty version he our standard blocks. Although Plum is related to Cherry, it tends to be heavier and harder than Cherry, and much more scarce. Sizes are very limited, so Plum tends to be assigned primarily to smaller, knife making projects.

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Palser PineBX-H

Palser Pine

BX-H


Price: £5.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Block Dimensions: 25 x 40 x 125mm

I have quite a few blocks of this fast growing Scots Pine, taken from the base of a large tree. When polished some delicate quilting occurs.

The tree was taken down 3 years ago and was about 40 years old and I have carefully stored and planked the most interesting sections.

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Palser Pine - Stabilised EHK-FR  BX-S

Palser Pine - Stabilised

EHK-FR BX-S


Price: £15.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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STABILISED DARK GREEN

Block Dimensions: 23 x 40 x 120mm

We have tried treating a few blocks with a forest green stabilising fluid. The blocks are cross grain and polish up really well.

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Purplehart TL-PH BX-L

Purplehart

TL-PH BX-L


Price: £9.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Block size 120 x 40 x 28mm. Partly seasoned.

When cut the wood is brown but oxidises to purple see http://www.english-handmade-knives.co.uk/TrimminghamMain.html for the final colour,

Putumuhu TL-PUTU BX-H

Putumuhu

TL-PUTU BX-H


Price: £8.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

Quantity:

Dimensions: 25 x 47 x 125mm

A rich red colour with Mahogany like graining quite heavy and dense and will make a good looking knife handle.

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Snakewood LLA-SN-B

Snakewood

LLA-SN-B


Price: £34.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Snakewood is a tree in the family Fabaceae. Endemic to Western Australia, it occurs on saline semi-arid land in the Gascoyne River and Ashburton catchments east and north of Carnarvon.

A very dense beautifully marked block good for spacers, scales or a knife handle.

Block dimensions 38mm x 25mm x 130mm. See http://www.english-handmade-knives.co.uk/Dorset-1.html

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Snakewood Spacer Blocks 1 LLA-SN-spb WSP-1

Snakewood Spacer Blocks 1

LLA-SN-spb WSP-1


Price: £12.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Snakewood is a tree in the family Fabaceae. Endemic to Western Australia, it occurs on saline semi-arid land in the Gascoyne River and Ashburton catchments east and north of Carnarvon.

Dimensions: 45 x 36 x 36mm



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Snakewood Spacer Blocks 2 LLA-SN-spb2 WSP-1

Snakewood Spacer Blocks 2

LLA-SN-spb2 WSP-1


Price: £14.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Snakewood is a tree in the family Fabaceae. Endemic to Western Australia, it occurs on saline semi-arid land in the Gascoyne River and Ashburton catchments east and north of Carnarvon.

A very dense beautifully marked block good for spacers, scales or a knife handle.

Block dimensions 11 x 38 x 130mm. See http://www.english-handmade-knives.co.uk/Dorset-1.html

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Snakewood Part Figured  EW-SW BX-K

Snakewood

Part Figured EW-SW BX-K


Price: £12.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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I have managed to find quite a big block of Snakewood, I have cut into 25-28mm slices. The blocks have not yielded any of the traditional figuring.

However the grain that is showing in my opinion is beautiful and compares with Desert Ironwood, rich and golden brown with darker streaks and has good weight.

Please emaill me if you want bigger sizes

Stock size is 122 x 42 x 25-28mm.

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Satinwood EW-Satw BX-K

Satinwood

EW-Satw BX-K


Price: £12.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Origin: Sri Lanka
Dryness: Kiln dried
Other names: burutu, bhera, behra, mutirai.

Golden yellow with an incredible lustre. Sri Lanka satinwood matches modern satinwood veneer and the satinwood used from the late 19th century to the present day.

Dimensions 125x 25 x 40 Some quilting and delicate graining effects takes polish really and makes a stunning knife handle


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Sapele long grain EW-SP BX-K

Sapele long grain

EW-SP BX-K


Price: £10.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Pommelle Sapele

Entandophragma cylindricum sourced from West Africa

Dimensions 125x 25 x 40. Delicate graining effects takes polish really and makes a stunning knife handle


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Satin Quilted Sycamore  - EW-SQS BX-K

Satin Quilted Sycamore

- EW-SQS BX-K


Price: £9.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Block Dimensions: 30 x 40 x 124

Botanical name: Acer psuedoplatanus

Origin: England
Other names: Great maple, Plane (Scotland)

Creamy white in colour, very smooth textured and lustrous. With a variable grain, but very occasionally producing the Satin Quilted figure highly prized for knife, furniture and musical instrument building.

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Satin Quilted Sycamore Scales  - EW-SQS-L BX-K

Satin Quilted Sycamore Scales

- EW-SQS-L BX-K


Price: £9.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Dimensions: 12 x 40 x 124

Botanical name: Acer psuedoplatanus

Origin: England

Other names: Great maple, Plane (Scotland)

Creamy white in colour, very smooth textured and lustrous. With a variable grain, but very occasionally producing the Satin Quilted figure highly prized for knife, furniture and musical instrument building.

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Tamboti Long Grain S&B-Tob-L BX-C

Tamboti Long Grain

S&B-Tob-L BX-C


Price: £10.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Size 25 x 40 x 125mm. Part seasoned. Perfect for a sculptured handle.

Also known as African Sandalwood, this timber will scent your workshop for ages with a sweet and persistent aroma. Looks similar to Bocote - dark brown or black streaks running through coffee coloured timber but is more dense.

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Tamboti Wide Grain S&B-Tob-W Grain BX-C

Tamboti Wide Grain

S&B-Tob-W Grain BX-C


Price: £12.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Size 25 x 45 x 125mm. Part seasoned. Perfect for a sculptured handle.

Also known as African Sandalwood, this timber will scent your workshop for ages with a sweet and persistent aroma. Looks similar to Bocote - dark brown or black streaks running through coffee coloured timber but is more dense.

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Wenge TL-We BX-L

Wenge

TL-We BX-L


Price: £10.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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28 x 40 x 120 mm Approx

Other names: Panga Panga is related and similar

Very dark chocolate brown with lighter fine parenchyma streaks giving a partridge wing figure on slab cut faces. Coarse and harsh to handle, but finishes well.


Wenge Narrow TL-We-N BX-L

Wenge Narrow

TL-We-N BX-L


Price: £8.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

Quantity:

28 x 32 x 120 mm Approx

Other names: Panga Panga is related and similar

Very dark chocolate brown with lighter fine parenchyma streaks giving a partridge wing figure on slab cut faces. Coarse and harsh to handle, but finishes well.


Wenge Neck Knife Blocks TL-We-Ne BX-L

Wenge Neck Knife Blocks

TL-We-Ne BX-L


Price: £20.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

Quantity:

5 blocks in all (Super Bargain). 18 x 27 x 120 mm Approx

Other names: Panga Panga is related and similar

Very dark chocolate brown with lighter fine parenchyma streaks giving a partridge wing figure on slab cut faces. Coarse and harsh to handle, but finishes well.


Zebrano EW-Z BX-P

Zebrano

EW-Z BX-P


Price: £9.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Block dimensions 25 x 125 x 40mm. Part seasoned.

This wood will compliment any blade see http://www.english-handmade-knives.co.uk/Forester-L.html


Zebrano Spacers EW-Z  WSP-1

Zebrano Spacers

EW-Z WSP-1


Price: £3.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Block dimensions 25 x 45 x 40mm. Part seasoned.

This wood will compliment any blade see http://www.english-handmade-knives.co.uk/Forester-L.html


Ziricote EHW-Zir BX-P

Ziricote

EHW-Zir BX-P


Price: £14.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Botanical name: Cordia dodecandra

Origin: Central America

Grey brown with almost black lines showing the very rare 'watermark' figure as found sometimes in the best rio rosewood. Hard and heavy with a fine close grain.

Dimensions: 120 x 25 x 38mm

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Premium Ziricote 64260 BX-P

Premium Ziricote

64260 BX-P


Price: £30.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Botanical name: Cordia dodecandra

Origin: Central America

Size approx: 30x40x120 mm.

Color ranges from medium to dark brown, sometimes with either a green or purple hue, with darker bands of black growth rings intermixed. Ziricote has a very unique appearance, which is sometimes referred to as “spider-webbing” or “landscape” grain figure. Fairly easy to work considering its high density. The wood tends to develop end and surface checks during drying. Turns and finishes well.

Janka Hardness: 1970lbf (8763 N)

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Premium Ziricote X-Cut 64992 BX-P

Premium Ziricote X-Cut

64992 BX-P


Price: £30.00 (Including VAT at 20%)

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Botanical name: Cordia dodecandra

Origin: Central America

Size approx: 30x40x120 mm.

Color ranges from medium to dark brown, sometimes with either a green or purple hue, with darker bands of black growth rings intermixed. Ziricote has a very unique appearance, which is sometimes referred to as “spider-webbing” or “landscape” grain figure. Fairly easy to work considering its high density. The wood tends to develop end and surface checks during drying. Turns and finishes well.

Janka Hardness: 1970lbf (8763 N)

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