Hawaii's hardwoods

Gave up to quick the first time. www.traditionaltrees.org is giving me way more information than I need
right now on Hawaiian trees.

-- As ever, Gus-the 78 yr young apprentice carpenter

There is a fairly common tree that produces very pretty lumber called Kiawe. Maybe thats it.

-- Des

are you going to use shark teeth to work the wood?

-- Sometimes the creative process requires foul language. -- Charles Neil

Theres a wood called Kiawe which is basically mesquite. nice wood and really good to bbq with ;)
Discovered this when i moved from Hawaii to Texas in the 80s

-- Woodworkers theory of relativity - the quality of your scrap is relative to your skill level

KOA!

If you look at my guitar stand in my projects, the extra little pieces are made of Koa. My dad loves that hawaian wood since a lot of guitars / ukeleles are made of it.

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If it is pretty dark there is an endsngered species called kauila that is a dark Hawaiian Hardwood.

Picture?

-- Ethan, https://instagram.com/ethan_woodworker/

Kamani or Kiawe… kiawe is the darker of the 2. Ohia is another common Hawaiian hard wood but doesn’t start with K

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