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I called this the “Mystery Box” for the simple reason that I have no idea what kind of wood it is. My best guess is cocobolo. I’m not real familiar with too many species of wood. I bought a box of exotic cutoffs from Rockler and received this chunk of wood in it. I didn’t want to do too much to it, so I just squared it, rounded it off a bit and bored it out. The handle is black walnut, which I got from the hardwood cutoffs from Rockler too. Finished with oil and wax. I know many of you know what kind of wood it is and I would love to know. Any comments and suggestions are appreciated.
-- Brad, Oregon- Wood, it's what's for dinner.


































19 comments so far
a1Jim
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posted 155 days ago
Hey Brad
That’s one cool box . maybe it’s cocobolo or bradwood. LOL I really like the design and wood great build .
-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon
CharlieM1958
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posted 154 days ago
The dark part does look like cocobolo, but I didn’t know it changed color so dramatically.
At any rate, it’s a beautiful little box.
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
Woodhacker
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posted 154 days ago
Brad, nice job… I’d say cocobolo is very likely. It can have some pretty dramatic change between heart and sapwood. The walnut you used has some fairly dramatic grain too.
Here are a few cocobolo pictures from Cook Woods – cocobolo.
-- Martin, Kansas
kolwdwrkr
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posted 154 days ago
If it’s really dense, reletively heavy and very oily it’s cocobolo. Nice looking box.
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scrappy
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posted 154 days ago
Great looking box! Love the colors. The handle set it off.
Great use of scraps!
Keep it up.
Scrappy
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cabinetmaster
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posted 154 days ago
Wow. I like they way that wood came out. Fabulous colors and that pice of walnut has some great grain also. Nice job on the box.
-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps
RUINTUIT
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posted 154 days ago
I’m going to say Angelwood. I bought some from the Woodzone and it has the redish, almost purple heartish, color plus the spalted whitewood. It also has the abrupt change that yours does. Nice little box.
-- Scott, Irmo SC
bowyer
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posted 154 days ago
Cool box
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Adventurer
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posted 154 days ago
nice one
blockhead
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posted 154 days ago
Thanks a lot for the comments and info LJ’s. For now my money’s on cocobolo, but…
-- Brad, Oregon- Wood, it's what's for dinner.
jockmike2
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posted 154 days ago
Hey buddy you stole the name my dad used to call me. Blockhead! Great looking box, nice design too.
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Blake
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posted 154 days ago
It might even be padauk. I’ve never seen it with sapwood. Nice looking box. I like the handle. And great colors, whatever it is.
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Beginningwoodworker
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posted 154 days ago
Nice little box.
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kiwisharyn
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posted 154 days ago
What a beauty
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miles125
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posted 153 days ago
Sweet little box!
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blockhead
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posted 152 days ago
Thanks again for the kind words everyone
-- Brad, Oregon- Wood, it's what's for dinner.
blockhead
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posted 120 days ago
Yes Blake, you are correct. I found out it is padauk.
-- Brad, Oregon- Wood, it's what's for dinner.
mcoyfrog
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posted 117 days ago
sweet
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Walnut_Weasel
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posted 114 days ago
Nice clean design. I like it. I recently bought a large chunk of padauk that is very similar to this that I plan to one day made a bandsaw box out of. What type of finish did you use?
-- James - What's your excuse this time??