Ebony Wood For Sale
Harder woods create good solid long-lasting joinery in furniture.
Ebony wood for sale. It is an extremely heavy dense hardwood that can be a challenge to work with and therefore pre-boring and sharp knives and tools are needed. Contemporary uses include woodwinds such as recorders furniture kitchen accessories jewelry and other boxes and architectural uses such as paneling and doors. Formerly the wood was used for carving turning drawing instruments wood engravings textile printing blocks and tool handles.
Gaboon Ebony is an exotic wood native to Western Africa. Cameroon Ebony Nigerian Ebony etc according to. A very dense very hard wood with straight to slightly interlocked grain.
In fine condition and with a good hand patina on the hardwood. Colors in actual pieces vary quite a bit with at least a little brown being seen in all but our upper grades. It is an extremely hard dense and heavy wood with a very fine texture.
Gaboon ebony is believed to be the blackest wood that grows. Ebony can vary somewhat in density. Ebony is becoming less common to find and what is available on the market is usually not seasoned.
Buy exotic Black Gabon Ebony African Striped Ebony wood turning stock pen blanks knife blanks cue stock peppermill blanks boards online in any amount you like. The main black ebony of commerce and a mainstay of our business. Macassar Ebony is an exotic wood with heartwood that is reported to be strong very heavy and very hard.
Truly black pieces are extremely rare now. Over many years we have developed careful production methods that result in ebony that is dry stable and in good condition. So a Janka rating is an average of numerous tests performed on all directions and numerous pieces.