Thread: Where to get sandalwood

Depending on the type of pen but Carrolls has them from memory....he is one of our advertisers too
Pete

Genuine Australian Sandalwood is a protected species and, AFAIK, it is illegal to gather and sell it.
There maybe plantation grown Sandalwood available, but from where I would not know.

Trend Timbers?

I think I might have be able to supply you with those, give me a day or two to check my stock

Trend sydney has a few nice lumps of False Sandelwood I have just made a couple of Baron fountain pens from it and a small bud vase top stuff to work with and the scent when you work it is one of the best ever
Regards
Bowl basher
PS I still have enugh for some pen blanks if you are stuck

I bought a small old branch from the WWW show in Bris that was marked sandalwood, perhaps it is false sandalwood given the comments above, not sure of difference

was that from bilinudgel? The stand next to the soloman ebony guys? I got some of that too (we always seem to buy the same stuff at shows eh?). Not sure if it's false sandalwood either but it looks identical to the last sandalwood i turned. Then again that might have been false sandalwood too

I know of a place down in Melbourne that had a piece of Sandlewood which might give 10 blanks but they wanted $120 for it... I went like this , then got some nice burls instead. If you want the details, I will try to remember who they are and find them again.

Originally Posted by eisbaer

was that from bilinudgel? The stand next to the soloman ebony guys? I got some of that too (we always seem to buy the same stuff at shows eh?).

Yep. Great minds think alike

Originally Posted by DJ's Timber

I think I might have be able to supply you with those, give me a day or two to check my stock

Hi DJ

Thanks for the offer. I am waiting patiently to see if you have the timber. If not, I will give the guy corbs is recommending a call.

If I still can't get it, then I will give false sandalwood a try.

Thanks everyone for the contribution.

Timberbits.

I sometimes pass a yard in Bibra Lake just south of Perth where "Westcorp" store a large amount of sandalwood. I believe it is from contracts to gather on crown land and most is sold overseas - wether or not any goes to the domestic market I don't know but it may be worth enquiring about. Price wise I am told that it is sold at around an unconfirmed $10,000 per tonne.

Denn

P.S. Maybe we could organise a midnight raid

There is a Sandalwood plantation in the Capella or Clermont area. Vern may have more info on this. I remember seeing a sign advertising the plantation but cannot remember the exact location.
Good luck,
Shirley

Spent some time in the sheds tonight trying to locate the bits I have and so far no luck, but have spoken to David via the phone and the other source the he had lined up has some and on my Recommendation I told him to go with it as this guy sells good stuff.

Most of you will know him as Rowie

I can also vouch for Rowie, great bloke and has some very nice woods