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Wow! way over priced.
It’s one of those desert trees that can only be harvested after it dies but …that’s way too much.
Mexico is filled with merchants selling finished peices and raw mateiral.
If you get stuck on it I have a buddy in the Big M.

Bob

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

Thanks Mate i might take you up on that im looking at making a new knife for myself and i liked the look of this wood but never heard of it before thing is exotic timber is so hard to find cheaply as we’r all finding it hard money wise but i will keep looking i dont want to go to the main dealers as they are way out of my price range my friend

Andy

-- cut it saw it scrap it

Andy: I traded a bunch of wood to a man in Arizona for a big box of Dessert Ironwood. Ms Debbie posted a pen made out of a piece I sent here. The wood is beautiful Let me know what size you are looking for I might have it here.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Karson i can’t ask you to give me more timber you have been more than generous already with the pen blanks ( getting new lathe next month ) but if i get stuck i will buy some off you ok and pay for shipping

Thank you my friend

-- cut it saw it scrap it

Even with postage it wood be cheaper to buy it o/s and have it sent. cheaper than buying it over there,.
I recon postage from Aussie would only be under 10 pounds. even cheaper from the states I think.

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Well at least let me know the size, to know if I’m in the running. If it just a knife scale it can’t be too big.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Here’s the postage to Great Britain .
I would use priority mail as it seems to work pretty well here.

Sizes: 8-5/8” x 5-3/8” x 1-5/8”
Bob
http://ircalc.usps.gov/IntlMailServices.aspx?Country=10143&M=2&P=1&O=0&sd=1

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

LOL Karson your always in the running my good friend i will pm you if i would like some but please let me pay you this time ok

BOB…... thanks for the site it gives me a heads up on carriage

Andy

-- cut it saw it scrap it

About ironwood. I’ve made many fantastic pens from ironwood but only got about one of every three attempts because it is very flaky so my advice is to get at least twice as much as you need. I was told that President Carter put an end to harvesting or even picking up a piece of ironwood off the ground in Arizona. If so, that pretty much leaves Mexico as the primary source.

-- Phil in British Columbia

A country above mine from South Africa is ZIMBABWE….. Run by a meglomaniac called Robber Mugabe….
They have tons and tons of the stuff…... the carvers there make the most wonderfull carvings of rhino, fish eagles, elephants and the like. They use whole trees for some of there work. most large pieces are in the region of 2 feet diam. by 3 to 4 feet in length. tThe weight is unbelievable. 4 – 5 times the normal weight of timber for the same size. To carve it as well is a phenomenal feat. once dry it’s as hard as concrete. hence the name IRON wood. A killer on the blades in the planer.
Beautiful wood. Expensive even here.

-- "Even small steps makes a distance." (Shawn Phillips, musician)

Notottoman were are you in south africa i lived there for nine years and i still call it home a little Afrikaans town called ALLDAYS

Andy

-- cut it saw it scrap it