Pink Ivory Lumber

It is a very hard wood strong and stiff with a fine texture.

Pink ivory lumber. Although difficult to work with hand tools pink ivory is excellent for wood turning and carving. Typically the most valuable pieces of pink ivory are a vibrant pink. The colour of the heartwood changes to brown when exposed to the sun. What isnt exported abroad is said to be hoarded by rich hierarchical families throughout africa as the wood is considered to be on the same level of value as diamonds and emeralds.

Often sold by the pound or kilo. Surface condition of wood blanks may be rough andor wax coated. Despite being indigenous to southern africa the wood is rare throughout its home continent. Pink ivory berchemia zeyheri also called purple ivory red ivory umnini or umgoloty is an african hardwood used to make a variety of products for example.

Pink ivory can commonly be seen with a curly or fiddleback grain pattern further enhancing its visual impact. Possession of the wood was once punishable by death if you were not a zulu king. Pink ivory wood a sacred wood of zulu chiefs in southern africa has long been treasured as a rare wood. The sapwood is pale biscuit coloured and the heartwood is bright red and fine textured.

Pink ivory lumber may 2020 pink ivory exotic wood dense tight grained pink colored wood one of the most expensive of all woods often sold by the pound or kilo characteristics of pink ivory origin of wood type africa botanical name rhamnus zeyheri specific. The pink ivory tree grows predominantly in zimbabwe mozambique and south africathe tree is protected and sustainably maintained in south africa only felled by very limited permit. Pink ivory wood blanks. Pink ivory is a vibrantly colored dense and extraordinary wood considered by many to be one of the rarest woods in the world.

The wood grows in various parts of africa and takes hundreds of years to reach a size suitable to make a bowl blank. Billiard cues and knife handles. Origin of wood type. Pink ivory wood this wood is exceptional hard and heavy.

If we do not list a size that is common to your specific woodworking industry please contact us. Pink ivory lumber angela raimato 2019 03 08t101049 0500. At one time it was said to be rarer than diamonds. Below you will find stock sizes of pink ivory exotic wood blanks.

Looking more like scrub than a traditional tree tree heights generally range from 20 35 feet tall with diamete. Dense tight grained pink colored wood. Pink ivory ranges in color from a pale brownish pink to a bright almost neon pink to a deep red. This wood is used for ornamental purposes and very.

One of the most expensive of all woods. Characteristics of pink ivory.