Status: Secure and available.
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Found in desert SW US and Mexico, these members of the
Faboideae family (Olneya) can grow to 30 feet in height and 1-2 feet in diameter. .
Faboideae family (Olneya) can grow to 30 feet in height and 1-2 feet in diameter. .
Color is orangish yellow to reds and darker browns with violet to black streaks. Sapwood is pale. Wood displays a chatoyance that allows for great depths and coppery flashes.
Fine texture, machines well and turns well but will dull tools quickly. take a wonderful luster with polish. Specific Gravity: .97-1.21. Avg. Dry Weight: 75 pounds per cubic foot.
Used to make: knife handles, carvings and turnings.
Fine texture, machines well and turns well but will dull tools quickly. take a wonderful luster with polish. Specific Gravity: .97-1.21. Avg. Dry Weight: 75 pounds per cubic foot.
Used to make: knife handles, carvings and turnings.
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| Desert Ironwood Burl |
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| Desert Ironwood |
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