I'm seeking a regular source of quality exotic Asian hardwood, blocks that are about 6" x 6" x 18". I've been searching on-line but finding quite little, and my source in Asia tells me that all he can offer to me is material that he can't assure me won't crack. Any ideas?
Ebony is 'harder' to export from Indonesia in the rough and very expensive because of regulations....it is illegal. Indian rosewood......if you have worked with it ......it smells nice for about 10 minutes and then 'bloody 'ell ! And the grain is nothing special. None of these woods turn as well as padauk burl. But the burl, of most any hardwood is often 'exquisite'.
The best tropical woods, the most unique pieces, are usually now found in either Myanmar (Burma) or Kalimantan/Indonesia.
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