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   roc | May 11, 2012 02:24am | #1

   If you find out

   Tell me.  I would like to get a hunk large enough to make a boxwood spoke shave liike Sam Maloof used to use.

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   Saville | May 11, 2012 12:30pm | #2

   boxwood source

   I don't know where you are located, but I get boxwood half logs (approx 2 feet long, log diameter 5-6") here:

   http://www.righteouswoods.com/imported_hardwoods.html

   in Rowley, Ma

   Click on the "Info"  link and you will see a picture of the logs.

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   roc | May 11, 2012 09:14pm | #4

   Excellent

   Yes , thanks Saville.

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   RalphBarker | May 13, 2012 09:46am | #5

   Alternative?

   FWIW, Woodworker's Source is selling South American Guatambu as an alternative to boxwood. They only have 4/4, though.

   http://www.woodworkerssource.com/gua44-p-Guatambu.html

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   Rob_Sp | May 27, 2012 11:31am | #6

   Not sure what this is.

   Perhaps a species of Boxwood. It grows all over my property, having trouble identifing it. Had a large one knocked down by a red oak 4 to maybe 6" diameter.

   Can anyone positively identify?

   
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   EdHarrison | May 27, 2012 03:18pm | #7

   Boxwood substitute

   I think that Chinese Privet Hedge (which grows into a 30' tree if you let it, grows all over the Southern USA, and is considered a noxious species in some parts of the world), could be an acceptable substitute for Boxwood. Here's a chisel handle made of CPH alongside an English Boxwood spokeshave. Over time, CPH colors to more orange like the boxwood. It is hard and extremely dense. Luckily, I brought some with me when I moved to Montana - I use it for making tools.

   
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   Rob_Sp | May 28, 2012 08:45am | #8

   You nailed it Ed

   Thanks.

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   gjm | May 11, 2012 08:50pm | #3

   boxwood

   Thanks! I'll give them a try.

   greg