Snakewood
(piratinera guianensis)
All have good figure unless
otherwise specified.
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![]() Click the photo for the second view. Story of why we almost never offer snakewood: We don't often sell snakewood, due to the fact that we lose quite a bit of money on each piece bigger then a pen blank. This is because when we buy logs (wholesale) for about for lets say $5,000 as an example, cut them up losing very expensive blades (bandsaw blades that cost $90 are too dull to use within 4 hours max, bandsaw blades with carbide that cost about $230 have been destroyed in less then one minute when all the teeth shear off as soon as they hit the wood), add a very unusually large amount of labor and than those logs will produce an average of $3,300 worth of blanks. So in this example we would lose all the labor and about $2500 and then we'd still have to sell them. (this has been figured over a number of logs over years keeping careful records, this is not caused by an unusual situation). I think you can see why we don't normally sell it. But these were left over from a piece of a log many years ago so we wanted to offer them. It is possible to make money on snakewood but you must go to the source in Suriname and buy a large amount of hand picked pieces for what would be about 50% of wholesale prices as a final cost including shipping. Or we can buy logs at wholesale and sell them retail: meaning the losses are passed on to whoever cuts it. NOTES: Piece C has been reduced 40% because there is a tight check in one corner. You can see it in picture 2 if you look carefully. It could be filled with superglue, or if turning round you might be able to cut that part off. Snakewood is fragile even when perfectly dried over many years like these pieces are. Do not ever leave them out if: The shop will go below 60% humidity at any time and/or the temp will go above 75 degrees at any time. So in other words, keep them at all times when not working on them in sealed plastic bags with the air pushed out and they must also be kept cool. Seal checks if they appear very rapidly and they usually are invisible. Finish them very thoroughly to help protect pieces once in use. All pieces are DRIED completely. |
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