Cochinchin burl & Thuya Burl

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Cochinchin burl
(dalbergia cochinensis)

Cochinchin (co-shin-shin) burl is a true rosewood burl, and a very rare one. It is the burl of dalbergia cochinensis, also called flamewood . The tree grows in Southeast Asia, in countries such as Laos. It has become nearly impossible to get. An extremely hard and heavy wood. It has natural splits that develop during drying, as well as some natural voids or bark areas. The limited supply below is all we have been able to obtain for now. Be sure to soak the de-waxed surface with thin superglue to further stabilize the blank before turning. Pen blanks need to be soaked with glue before turning, and once they are round .

Grading explanation for figured wood:
Gallery grade minus (gg-) is a nicely figured piece that has some figure scattered around, not tight or all over figure
Gallery grade (gg) is a highly figured piece of wood. It has very high and intense figure on at least two parallel sides, or very good figure on 3 or 4 sides.
Gallery grade PLUS (gg+) is a piece with rare intense figure that appears on all 4 surfaces of a square. Usually uncommon to rare.

Thuya Burl on bottom half of page:

SIZES ARE IN INCHES
unless specified otherwise.


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Thuya Burl
(tetraclinis articulata)

This beautiful burl comes from Morocco. Reportedly it comes from the root systems of trees which have died a long time ago. It is very difficult to find as the tree tops have disappeared years ago, leaving small depressions in the ground where it is dug to see if a burl is there. It has a characteristic smell and a very fine grain. The color may very from deep reddish to bronze to tan. The black spots may be sparse or more packed together. Even though the tree is a conifer, the wood is very hard and somewhat oily. A favorite turning wood for years.
Now becoming rare due to import problems and lack of good quality--if you want good quality, buy it soon!

Thuya burl pen blank, part burl

Thuya burl pen blank, good burl

Thuya burl pen blank, Top quality burl--

Sample of appearance of Gallery grade (gg) pieces, bottom four are waxed, others are bare wood.
Gallery grade minus (gg-) has less figure, gallery grade plus has more eyes that cover more area.
Part Burl grade has some eyes, and most of the piece is swirly burl, rather then eye burl.

NOTE: Stock of this burl is always very limited, as it is very difficult to import, and the quality of new imports seems to be lower then normal. Our wood is old stock gathered from whatever sources we can find with good figure.

Thuya burl 1 x 1 x 6 inches, gg grade
Price: $15.00
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Thuya burl 1 x 1 x 6 inches, gg+ grade
Price: $22.00
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Thuya burl 1.5 x 1.5 x 6 inches, gg- grade
Price: $28.00
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Thuya burl 1.5 x 1.5 x 6 inches, gg grade
Price: $38.00
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Thuya burl 2 x 5 x 5 inches, bowl blank, gg grade
Price: $95.00
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Thuya burl 2 x 6 x 6 inches, bowl blank, gg- grade
Price: $95.00
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Thuya burl 2.25 x 2.25 x 7.5 inches, gg grade
Price: $92.50
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