Exotic Wood
Exotic Wood: We offer the following exotic wood species in a variety of sizes. Our customers include
cabinet makers, pen turners, cue builders, knife makers, bowyers, luthiers, furniture makers,
razor-restorers, and bowl turners. If you are looking for a exotic wood species, or a size that you can't
find, please contact us and we will do our best to help you out.
![]() | African Blackwood Specific Gravity: 1.20 (what's this?) African Blackwood is an exotic wood native to Eastern Africa, and is also known as Mozambique Ebony or Senegal Ebony. It features a dark bro... shop African Blackwood |
![]() | Amboyna Burl Specific Gravity: 0.66 (what's this?) One of the most splendid burls, Amboyna Burl is an exotic wood that is one of about 60 in the Pterocarpus genus, which is reported to consis... shop Amboyna Burl |
![]() | Black & White Ebony Specific Gravity: 0.67 (what's this?) Black and White Ebony is an exotic wood with color that is reported to vary with species, usually uniformly black with light-colored bands, ... shop Black & White Ebony |
![]() | Black Palm Specific Gravity: 0.68 (what's this?) Black Palm is an exotic wood that is hard and dense, with stringy type grain. Somewhat difficult to machine, needs sharp tools, distinctive ... shop Black Palm |
![]() | Bloodwood Specific Gravity: 0.96 (what's this?) Bloodwood is an exotic wood that is sometimes referred to as cardinal wood, for its obvious beautiful deep rose color. With age it's color d... shop Bloodwood |
![]() | Bocote Specific Gravity: 0.73 (what's this?) Bocote is an exotic wood native to Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies. It features a wide range of grain patterns from straight to... shop Bocote |
![]() | Bolivian Rosewood Specific Gravity: 0.84 (what's this?) Bolivian Rosewood is an exotic wood with beautiful, rosewood like wood with black striping on top of a dark brown background. Bolivian Rosew... shop Bolivian Rosewood |
![]() | Brown Ebony Specific Gravity: 1.19 (what's this?) Brown ebony is an exotic wood with very similar properties to Gaboon Ebony. The wood is a stable, intriguing wood with golden browns and da... shop Brown Ebony |
![]() | Bubinga Specific Gravity: 0.88 (what's this?) Bubinga is an exotic wood from Central Africa. It is initially pinky-red, but darkens with age. It is popular for tool handles, decorative... shop Bubinga |
![]() | Canarywood Specific Gravity: 0.65 (what's this?) Canarywood is an exotic wood that is yellow to orange in color, typically variegated with light to dark red streaking. It has a medium to hi... shop Canarywood |
![]() | Chechen Specific Gravity: 0.85 (what's this?) Chechen is an exotic Mexican wood with a wide range of color variation from dark chocolate to light butterscotch colors. Chechen has an irre... shop Chechen |
![]() | Cochen Rosewood Specific Gravity: 0.82 (what's this?) Cochen Rosewood is an exotic wood from South East Asia, sometimes called Tracwood. It is popular for turnery and fine woodworking.... shop Cochen Rosewood |
![]() | Cocobolo Specific Gravity: 1.10 (what's this?) Cocobolo is an exotic wood native to Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua, and is favored for custom pool cues, fine furniture and cabi... shop Cocobolo |
![]() | Curly Narra Specific Gravity: 0.66 (what's this?) Curly Narra, also called Amboyna, is an exotic wood from Southeast Asia. It is a medium strength wood that works well with hand tools and i... shop Curly Narra |
![]() | Curly Pyinma Specific Gravity: 0.55 (what's this?) Curly Pyinma is a beautiful exotic wood with figure. It has a wavy grain pattern and shows in a yellowish-brown color. The wood is good fo... shop Curly Pyinma |
![]() | E. Indian Rosewood Specific Gravity: 0.85 (what's this?) East Indian Rosewood is an exotic wood native to the Southern India peninsula, and is prized for it's use in custom pool cues, furniture, an... shop E. Indian Rosewood |
![]() | Figured Bubinga Specific Gravity: 0.88 (what's this?) Figured Bubinga is an exotic wood native to Africa, and is very similar to rosewood. The wood is hard, with a reddish brown color, and lustr... shop Figured Bubinga |
![]() | Figured Katalox Specific Gravity: 0.92 (what's this?) Katalox is an exotic wood that is native to Central America. It is far superior in strength to either Teak or Hard maple. Strength qualities... shop Figured Katalox |
![]() | Figured Makore Specific Gravity: 0.62 (what's this?) Figured Makore is an exotic wood native to western Africa. It can be used as a substitute for mahogany and/or cherry. It is easy to finish... shop Figured Makore |
![]() | Figured Purpleheart Specific Gravity: 0.86 (what's this?) Figured Purpleheart is an exotic wood with mechanical properties of the wood similar to those of Greenheart and Oak. It is reported to have ... shop Figured Purpleheart |
![]() | Figured Zebrawood Specific Gravity: 0.74 (what's this?) Figured Zebrawood is an exotic wood native to the Western African countries of Cameroon and Gabon. It is a hard wood, with a medium to coars... shop Figured Zebrawood |
![]() | Gaboon Ebony Specific Gravity: 1.03 (what's this?) Gaboon Ebony is an exotic wood native to Western Africa. It is an extremely hard, dense, and heavy wood, with a very fine texture. The sapwo... shop Gaboon Ebony |
![]() | Granadillo Specific Gravity: 0.79 (what's this?) Granadillo is an exotic wood that is bright red to reddish or purplish brown, with rather distinct stripes. The sapwood is clearly distinct ... shop Granadillo |
![]() | Honduras Mahogany Specific Gravity: 0.59 (what's this?) Mahogany is an exotic wood that varies considerably in color. It may be yellowish, reddish, pinkish, or salmon colored when freshly cut, mat... shop Honduras Mahogany |
![]() | Honduras Rosewood Specific Gravity: 0.96 (what's this?) Honduras Rosewood is an exotic wood with pinkish brown or purplish with darker and lighter bands. The combination of colors and streaks give... shop Honduras Rosewood |
![]() | Jatoba Specific Gravity: 0.91 (what's this?) Jatoba is an exotic wood that runs from salmon-red to orange-brown. It darkens into a russet to reddish-brown color after drying, and it is ... shop Jatoba |
![]() | Katalox Specific Gravity: 0.92 (what's this?) Katalox is an exotic wood that is native to Central America. It is far superior in strength to either Teak or Hard maple. Strength qualities... shop Katalox |
![]() | Kingwood Specific Gravity: 1.20 (what's this?) Kingwood is an exotic wood that is light to dark violet brown with lighter and darker stripes of purple. Also called Violetwood or Violete. ... shop Kingwood |
![]() | Lacewood Specific Gravity: 0.62 (what's this?) Lacewood is an exotic wood that is light reddish-brown, and is reported to be similar in color to Beech (Fagus). Plain European plane and La... shop Lacewood |
![]() | Leopardwood Specific Gravity: 0.55 (what's this?) Leopardwood is an exotic wood with dark reddish-brown color with strong broad rays. This material is straight grained with medium texture. T... shop Leopardwood |
![]() | Lignum Vitae Specific Gravity: 1.23 (what's this?) Lignum Vitae is an exotic wood, yet is native to the West Indies and the tropical regions of the Americas. It is a very hard, dense, and hea... shop Lignum Vitae |
![]() | Macassar Ebony Specific Gravity: 1.09 (what's this?) Macassar Ebony is an exotic wood with heartwood that is reported to be strong, very heavy, and very hard. The black heart is usually brittle... shop Macassar Ebony |
![]() | Madrone Burl Specific Gravity: 0.77 (what's this?) Madrone burl works well with hand and machine tools. It turns well, moderately blunts cutting edges, nails, sands, stains well. It can be ... shop Madrone Burl |
![]() | Mopani Specific Gravity: 0.87 (what's this?) The Mopani, or Mopane, tree is an exotic species from Southern Africa. It is a very heavy wood that is resistant to termites. Popular for ... shop Mopani |
![]() | Mun Ebony Specific Gravity: 0.90 (what's this?) Mun Ebony is an exotic wood that is very strong, hard and dense with irregular grain and fine texture. Dark green to black striping with ca... shop Mun Ebony |
![]() | Olivewood Specific Gravity: 0.80 (what's this?) Bethlehem Holy Olive is an exotic wood that is native to the Holy Land of the Mediterranean, and has a sentimental and religious significanc... shop Olivewood |
![]() | Osage Orange Specific Gravity: 0.76 (what's this?) Osage orange is an exotic wood from South America that is very dense. It is popular for turnery, handles, musical instruments and custom bo... shop Osage Orange |
![]() | Padauk Specific Gravity: 0.72 (what's this?) Padauk is an exotic wood that is a bright orange or almost crimson wood when freshly cut, but oxidizes to a darker, rich purple-brown over t... shop Padauk |
![]() | Pink Ivory Specific Gravity: 0.90 (what's this?) Pink Ivory is an exotic wood native to Southern Africa, and is one of the most rare and beautiful woods in the world. It is a very hard wood... shop Pink Ivory |
![]() | Purpleheart Specific Gravity: 0.86 (what's this?) Purpleheart is an exotic wood with mechanical properties of the wood are reported to lie somewhere between those of Greenheart and Oak. It i... shop Purpleheart |
![]() | Quilted Bubinga Specific Gravity: 0.88 (what's this?) Bubinga is an exotic wood native to Africa, and is very similar to rosewood. The wood is hard, with a reddish brown color, and lustrous figu... shop Quilted Bubinga |
![]() | Quilted Sapele Specific Gravity: 0.62 (what's this?) Quilted Sapele is an exotic wood from West, Central, and Eastern Africa. Some consider it as a utility substitute for mahogany due to the f... shop Quilted Sapele |
![]() | Red Palm Specific Gravity: 0.56 (what's this?) Red Palm is an exotic wood with heartwood that is light yellow, with distinguishing red strings.... shop Red Palm |
![]() | Redheart Specific Gravity: 0.68 (what's this?) Redheart is an exotic wood with dull pink to moderately bright red and fades severly with long exposure to UV. There is sometimes a purple a... shop Redheart |
![]() | Snakewood Specific Gravity: 1.30 (what's this?) Snakewood is an exotic wood known technically as piratinera guianensis, snakewood comes from a small, relatively rare tree found in the fore... shop Snakewood |
![]() | Spalted Tamarind Specific Gravity: 0.90 (what's this?) Spalted Tamarind is a beautiful exotic wood often found laying on the forest floor. The rotting effect on Tamarind creates the spalted look... shop Spalted Tamarind |
![]() | Tamboti Specific Gravity: 1.04 (what's this?) Tamboti is a heavy, strong, dense exotic wood. It has an oily nature, making sanding difficult, but does polish well and can be varnished. ... shop Tamboti |
![]() | Thuya Burl Specific Gravity: 0.67 (what's this?) Thuya Burl is an exotic wood that the Greeks named thuya, meaning sacrifice, because they used an oil distilled from it as incense in their ... shop Thuya Burl |
![]() | Tornillo Specific Gravity: 0.44 (what's this?) Tornillo grows in the Loreton Huanuco provinces of Peru and in the humid terra firma of the Brazilian Amazon region. The heartwood is pale ... shop Tornillo |
![]() | Tulipwood Specific Gravity: 0.96 (what's this?) Tulipwood is an exotic wood native to the tropical region of South America, mainly Brazil. It is a hard and heavy wood, with a rather fine t... shop Tulipwood |
![]() | Wenge Specific Gravity: 0.88 (what's this?) Wenge is an exotic wood with a natural growth range of the species is reported to be the open forests of Zaire, Cameroon, Gabon, the souther... shop Wenge |
![]() | Yellowheart Specific Gravity: 0.80 (what's this?) Yellowheart, an exotic wood also called Pau Amarello, can grow to more than 130 feet tall and 30" in diameter. It has large leaves upwards o... shop Yellowheart |
![]() | Zebrawood Specific Gravity: 0.74 (what's this?) Zebrawood is an exotic wood native to the Western African countries of Cameroon and Gabon. It is a hard wood, with a medium to coarse textur... shop Zebrawood |
![]() | Ziricote Specific Gravity: 0.75 (what's this?) Ziricote is an exotic wood native to the Central American countries of Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico. It is a hard, dense wood, with a mediu... shop Ziricote |























































