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Awesome work! How did you like the rosewood? That slab had some great color running through it.

Yup. Thats Cocobolo, dalbergia retusa. Great wood! But be careful, cover your skin and take a good shower after working it, the dust is an irritant.

By appearance alone, almost certainly cocobolo. How to check, Sand/ cut it. Is the dust orange/reddish/ darkbrown, and does the dust clump together very easily, sort of like wet sand Does it smell spicy? What color are the fresh cut surfaces? if you wipe it with a papertowel wet with...

This is some teak burl. Its nice stuff to work with.

Im really glad you like them. I know a lot of knifemakers are wary of buying sight unseen, given how much variation in figure there can be in wood. Im glad you have been enjoying them.

Thank you! I try my best

I appreciate the support! I just got 400 pounds of Stabilized handle material back from K&G so there will be all sorts of new stuff soon

Oh yes! I graduated in 2019, I've been doing full time wood supply since then.

Hey guys, my name is Ben, I run the wood supply business Greenberg Woods. I love to answer questions about wood, ID wood, offer information about stabilzing and finishing. Happy to be here!