tacula wood

[curtisk]

A friend of mine gave me some Tacula wood. It was shipped here 12 years ago from central Africa. I sanded some out and it has a beautiful grain with a color ranging from a blonde to a light red. Has anybody ever worked with this stuff before?

 

[Meridian Blades]

Other names of African Padauk =
Corail
Tacula (Angola)
Osun (Nigeria)
Kisésé (Congo)

I've used it on jewelry boxes and picture frames. Nice stuff, open grained, so seal the pores. Hard and heavy stuff. Usually orange-ish but turns a dark red as it ages.

Larry