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   roc | Nov 25, 2009 08:51am | #1

   >Is anyone interested in rare woods<

   NO

   Just kidding. Hey no fair not posting a pic of the grain/color. Any chance of that ?

   roc

   Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. Abraham Lincoln ( 54° shaves )

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   Lapun | Nov 25, 2009 01:50pm | #2

   Joe,

   Since the Santa CruzIsands in the Solomons are relatively small in area, and are little more than coral atolls, any timber originating from there would be similarly rare and not very dense.

   Some indication of colour, long and endgrain detail would help in identification.

   There is an exporting company based on Ysabel Island, Solomon Island Timber Co. (SITCO). They may be able to help you with detailed information.

   It is my experience that the timber industry is pretty inventive when it comes to marketing - have you ever heard of Pigeonberry Ash?

   Lapun.

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   roc | Nov 25, 2009 01:57pm | #3

   >berry ash<Judging by what is left all over my deck that is what the pigeons around here have.: )rocGive me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. Abraham Lincoln ( 54° shaves )

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   Lapun | Nov 25, 2009 02:06pm | #4

   You have a point.Google sports lots of information on S C Ironwood.I have a coupe of samples of 'Cooktown Ironwood' - a rich brown coloured timber. It is delightful to work.Lapun.

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   Eef | Nov 25, 2009 07:01pm | #5

   joe,
   just a long shot here, but do you suppose that ironwood of yours originates from one of the islands off of our coast. i ask because you mention you're from the s.f. bay area. i've heard tell that the ironwood from our california islands is quite rare and unique.
   eef

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   doorboy | Nov 26, 2009 03:39am | #6

   I'll need to see that 'chain-of-custody' paperwork.
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   oldusty | Nov 26, 2009 06:01am | #7

     On Santa Catalina Island off the Southern California coast there is a few  local Island Iron Wood trees , I saw a small grove of them .

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   joefree777 | Nov 26, 2009 07:05am | #8

   I did mean the no. Catalina Islands. I talked to an arborist who visited the islands and said they could only find bushes of the stuff on the other islands. My wood came from some transpants that were carefully grown in the Oakland hills and had to be cut down due to poor health in adolescence. I'll try to put up some pics if I can.

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   roc | Nov 26, 2009 07:56am | #9

   >My wood came from some transpants <I am going to give up on attempting to pull rabbits out of hats and move on to pants.
   Those are some truly marvelous pants !rocGive me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. Abraham Lincoln ( 54° shaves )

   Edited 11/25/2009 11:58 pm by roc

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   Woody1202 | Nov 28, 2009 02:10am | #10

   Have you heard of ancient Kauri. This is the okldest workable wood on the planet and is certified to be at least 50,000 years old! It is very beautiful. Check it out at ancientwood.com

    

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   RalphBarker | Nov 29, 2009 07:37pm | #11

   Joe, your thread topic made me think of a dubious-looking fellow in a hat and overcoat, standing outside the local Woodcraft store. As patrons leave the store, he says in a low voice, opening his overcoat slightly to show a sample, "Hey, buddy, you wanna buy part of the last Brazilian Rosewood tree?" ;-)

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   dgreen | Nov 30, 2009 10:00am | #12

   I must confess your thread title made me think the same thing.

    

   Ralph is one of our resident comedians and I'm sure he did not mean anything disparaging.

    

    

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   joefree777 | Nov 30, 2009 11:05am | #13

   Thanks dgreen, I would like to be humble and take criticisms gracefully but my 5 years at the pursuit of the craft sometimes comes out. I love this planet as much as anyone and take myself too seriously half of the time and see what a joke I am the other half. Like everything else the truth is probably mid range.
   It's great to be on this forum and hope to continue.

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   joefree777 | Nov 30, 2009 11:13am | #14

   I'm laughing at that last post. 5 whole years at woodworking has made me some kind of intolerant blogger?? That was suppose to be 50 years. Sorry for the typo.

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   dgreen | Nov 30, 2009 11:18am | #15

   No problem, you'll like Ralph. I'm sure it wasn't criticism, it just struck our funny bones. It wasn't the thread, it was the title that got the attention of my twisted sense of humor. I found the thread interesting and learned of a wood I had not heard of before. 

    

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   Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.~ Denis Diderot

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   RalphBarker | Nov 30, 2009 06:54pm | #16

   No offense was intended, Joe, and the joke wasn't intended as a personal criticism. It was just a joke, sparked by the thread title.