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African Blackwood:

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African Blackwood
(Dalbergia melanoxylon)
Billets with Sapwood

click on photo for back view

The heartwood is purplish to brownish-black with dark gray streaks giving an overall impression of being black. Lustrous with an attractive inner chatoyance. Very hard, heavy, close-grained, and virtually free from pores. Its stability and lovely tonal qualities make it an excellent instrument wood.

#W19801A up to 3 3/8 x up to 4 7/8 x 12 ¼" $55.00
#W19801B up to 3 ¾ x up to 5 ¼ x 12 7/8" $80.50-sold
#W19801C up to 3 13/16 x up to 4 ¾ x 12 ¼" $70.00
#W19801D up to 3 15/16 x up to 5 3/16 x 13" $86.00
#W19801E up to 2 ½ x up to 5 ¼ x 18 3/16" $77.00

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African Blackwood
(Dalbergia melanoxylon)

The heartwood is purplish to brownish-black with dark gray streaks giving an overall impression of being black. Lustrous with an attractive inner chatoyance. Very hard, heavy, close-grained, and virtually free from pores. Its stability and lovely tonal qualities make it an excellent instrument wood.

#W19795A ¼ x 2 3/16 x 12 3/8" $3.75
#W19795B 3/16 x 2 7/16 x 13 1/8" $4.25
#W19795C 3/8 x 2 7/8 x 14 3/8" $8.00
#W19795D 3/8 x 2 x 20 1/8" $8.00
#W19795E 3/8 x 2 ½ x 19 7/8" $9.75-sold
#W19795F 3/8 x 2 15/16 x 20" $11.75-sold
#W19795G 3/8 x 2 ½ x 17 11/16" $8.75-sold

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African Blackwood
(Dalbergia melanoxylon)

The heartwood is purplish to brownish-black with dark gray streaks giving an overall impression of being black. Lustrous with an attractive inner chatoyance. Very hard, heavy, close-grained, and virtually free from pores. Its stability and lovely tonal qualities make it an excellent instrument wood.

#W19796A ½ x 2 ½ x 8" $5.25-sold
#W19796B 7/16 x 1 5/8 x 11 13/16" $5.00-sold
#W19796C 5/8 x 1 11/16 x 18 1/8" $10.50
#W19796D ½ x 1 ½ x 20" $8.00
#W19796E 3/8 x 2 x 20 1/16" $8.00
#W19796F 3/8 x 2 x 18 ¼" $7.25-sold
#W19796G 3/8 x 2 5/16 x 20 3/16" $9.00-sold
#W19796H 3/8 x 2 ¼ x 20 3/16" $9.00-sold

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African Blackwood
(Dalbergia melanoxylon)

click on photo for back view

The heartwood is purplish to brownish-black with dark gray streaks giving an overall impression of being black. Lustrous with an attractive inner chatoyance. Very hard, heavy, close-grained, and virtually free from pores. Its stability and lovely tonal qualities make it an excellent instrument wood.

#W19797A 1 x 1 ½ x 9 1/8" $7.25-sold
#W19797B 1 ½ x 2 1/8 x 9 5/8" $16.00-sold
#W19797C 1 x 1 15/16 x 13 1/8" $13.75
#W19797D 1 ¼ x 2 5/16 x 12 5/16" $18.00-sold
#W19797E 1 3/8 x 2 11/16 x 12 1/16" $23.75-sold
#W19797F 2 ½ x 3 ½ x 15 5/16" $69.50-sold

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Burly African Blackwood (Dalbergia melanoxylon) click on photo for close-up and back view We have begun cutting our burled logs of African Blackwood. Some of the burl clusters are quite spectacular with myriad tiny bird's-eyes silver-gray to gunmetal gray in color with a luster not found in many species this dense.The heartwood is purplish to brownish-black with dark gray streaks giving an overall impression of being black. Lustrous with an attractive inner chatoyance. Very hard, heavy, close-grained, and virtually free from pores. #W18891 up to 3 ¾ x up to 10 ¾ x 52 ½" $330.00

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Burly African Blackwood (Dalbergia melanoxylon) click on photo for close-up and back view The heartwood is purplish to brownish-black with dark gray streaks giving an overall impression of being black. Lustrous with an attractive inner chatoyance. Very hard, heavy, close-grained, and virtually free from pores. This board was cut from the middle of the log so it is fairly quartersawn on the faces with cluster burls along both edges. #W19312 2 x 11 ½-15 x 62 ¾" (approx. 75 lbs.) $462.00

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African Blackwood
(Dalbergia melanoxylon)
Log Sections

click on photo for back and end views

The heartwood is purplish to brownish-black with dark gray streaks giving an overall impression of being black. Lustrous with an attractive inner chatoyance. Very hard, heavy, close-grained, and virtually free from pores. Its stability and lovely tonal qualities make it an excellent instrument wood.

#W16779A up to 3 x 9-10 x 20 ¾" $230.00-sold
#W16779B up to 3 x 9-10 11/16 x 21 7/16" $205.00
#W16779C up to 5 x 10 5/16-13 ¼ x 21" $360.00-sold

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African Blackwood
(Dalbergia melanoxylon)
Half Logs

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The heartwood is purplish to brownish-black with dark gray streaks giving an overall impression of being black. Lustrous with an attractive inner chatoyance. Very hard, heavy, close-grained, and virtually free from pores. Its stability and lovely tonal qualities make it an excellent instrument wood. It is also fantastic for turnery, taking detail especially well and taking a wonderful polish.

#W17858A up to 3 3/8 x 8 ¾-9 ¾ x 17 5/16" $120.00
#W17858B up to 4 1/8 x 6 ¾-7 ¼ x 21 5/8" $160.00-sold

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African Blackwood (Dalbergia melanoxylon) click on photo for back view The heartwood is purplish to brownish-black with dark gray streaks giving an overall impression of being black. Lustrous with an attractive inner chatoyance. Very hard, heavy, close-grained, and virtually free from pores. Its stability and lovely tonal qualities make it an excellent instrument wood. Quarter Log #W17512A 1 ½-2 ½ x 1 ¾-2 1/8 x 27 5/8" $25.00 Half Logs #W17512B up to 3 ¼ x 4 ¾-5 ¾ x 28 3/8" $91.50 #W17512C-sold up to 2 5/8 x 3 ½-4 ¾ x 34" $55.50

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African Blackwood
(Dalbergia melanoxylon)
Log Run Boards

The heartwood is purplish to brownish-black with dark gray streaks giving an overall impression of being black. Lustrous with an attractive inner chatoyance. Very hard, heavy, close-grained, and virtually free from pores. Slightly oily to the touch. These are good with the bad boards, i.e. with the usual Blackwood defects.

#W16839A ¾ x 1 9/16 x 7 1/8" $6.00
#W16839B 1 ¼ x 1 ¼ x 9 5/8" $8.00
#W16839C 1 x 2 3/8 x 8 5/8" $8.00-sold
#W16839D 1 ½ x 2 ½ x 13 ¾" $18.00
#W16839E 1 ½ x 4 ¼-5 ¼ x 17 5/8" $45.00-sold

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African Blackwood
(Dalbergia melanoxylon)

The heartwood is purplish to brownish-black with dark gray streaks giving an overall impression of being black. Lustrous with an attractive inner chatoyance. Very hard, heavy, close-grained, and virtually free from pores. Its stability and lovely tonal qualities make it an excellent instrument wood.

#W16811A 13/16 x 1 x 6 ¾" $3.50
#W16811B ½ x 2 5/8 x 4 ¾" $3.75
#W16811C 1 5/16 x 2 x 10 7/16" $15.50-sold
#W16811D 13/16 x 2 5/8 x 13 ½" $17.00-sold
#W16811E ½ x 2 5/8 x 12" $9.25-sold
#W16811F 3/8 x 3 9/16 x 12 7/16" $10.00-sold
#W16811G 1 5/16 x 2 15/16 x 12 7/16" $27.75-sold

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African Blackwood
(Dalbergia melanoxylon)
Log Run Boards

click on photo for back view

The heartwood is purplish to brownish-black with dark gray streaks giving an overall impression of being black. Lustrous with an attractive inner chatoyance. Very hard, heavy, close-grained, and virtually free from pores. Slightly oily to the touch. These are good with the bad boards, i.e. with the usual Blackwood defects.

#W15338A up to 1 x 5 15/16-6 15/16 x 30 ½” $30.75
#W15338B up to 1 x 8-8 ¼ x 34 3/8” $75.00-sold
#W15338C up to 1 ¼ x 7 5/8-8 x 33” $67.50-sold
#W15338D up to 1 x 7 3/8-8 x 31 ¼” $69.00-sold

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