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    Default african ebony burl ???

    Hi guys , Is there such a thing as african ebony burl ?
    I bought some ebony awhile back and needed a small finial
    to finish a project , so I cut a piece up and thought it looked
    a bit light in a few places , it looked almost like marble in places.
    Anyway thought I would ask if anyone else has seen this type of
    African Ebony before .......
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    I don't know enough about it to answer your question, but whatever it is it's pretty fantastic.

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    I think it may be macassar ebony.

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    Got no idea about the burl question but as like said...nanaxijg piece of timber!!
    I have done maccassar ebony and it is certainly two toned but quite a bit darker than this

    Thanks fir showing us
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    Quote Originally Posted by Luke Maddux View Post
    I don't know enough about it to answer your question, but whatever it is it's pretty fantastic.
    Hi luke , thank you .......

    Quote Originally Posted by bdar View Post
    I think it may be macassar ebony.

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    Bdar , yeah , hadn, t thought of macassar ebony , thank you ....

    Quote Originally Posted by Gabriel View Post
    Got no idea about the burl question but as like said...nanaxijg piece of timber!!
    I have done maccassar ebony and it is certainly two toned but quite a bit darker than this

    Thanks fir showing us
    Hi gab , yeah, I think the pic may be a bit light , so you might be right !
    Thanks for your thoughts..........
    Cheers smiife

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    Hi smiife
    We have two trees called African Ebony , firstly the Gabon Ebony (Diospyros crassiflora this is the typical very dark black wood from the West African rain Forests . Then there is Jackalberry (Diospyros mespiliformis) which you get in the northern parts of south Africa and Namibia and north. Wood is dark reddish brown .
    Your piece looks like neither (the light streaks) but more like Macassar Ebony ( Diospyros celebica)
    Here any black wood is called by the locals as Black Wood or ebony whether it is Dalbergia Melanoxyn or a Diospyros species and the timber merchants are just as ignorant.
    Whatever the timber you have done justice to the piece.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Richard Hodsdon View Post
    Hi smiife
    We have two trees called African Ebony , firstly the Gabon Ebony (Diospyros crassiflora this is the typical very dark black wood from the West African rain Forests . Then there is Jackalberry (Diospyros mespiliformis) which you get in the northern parts of south Africa and Namibia and north. Wood is dark reddish brown .
    Your piece looks like neither (the light streaks) but more like Macassar Ebony ( Diospyros celebica)
    Here any black wood is called by the locals as Black Wood or ebony whether it is Dalbergia Melanoxyn or a Diospyros species and the timber merchants are just as ignorant.
    Whatever the timber you have done justice to the piece.
    Richard
    Hi Richard , thanks for the Information , very interesting , just looks
    like a burl too me , and had never seen ebony burl , and wondered
    If there was such a thing ...........
    Cheers smiife

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    I have 9 species of Ebony (or so called) but no burl. Can't see why Ebony trees couldn't have burls, I have seen others claiming they have some, so yours could well be.

    Having said that, burls are more likely on Rosewoods, so if African maybe it's African Blackwood Burl (Dalbergia melanoxylon)
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    Hi Neil
    It is not African Blackwood. The lighter sapwood is white not the yellow of smiife's piece. As you said can't see why Ebony trees wouldn't have burls. But it would probably be infested with ants/insects and discarded as rubbish wood and left on the forest floor. It wouldn't be recognized as as usable for planks or carvings so dumped.

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    I have seen this mob selling what they describe as Ebony Burl before. They have a listing at the moment for Phillipine Ebony Burl
    https://www.ebay.com/itm/Philippine-...kAAOSw~5ZcWTVI
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    Quote Originally Posted by Richard Hodsdon View Post
    Hi Neil
    It is not African Blackwood. The lighter sapwood is white not the yellow of smiife's piece. As you said can't see why Ebony trees wouldn't have burls. But it would probably be infested with ants/insects and discarded as rubbish wood and left on the forest floor. It wouldn't be recognized as as usable for planks or carvings so dumped.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sensei View Post
    I have 9species of Ebony (or so called) but no burl. Can't see why Ebony trees couldn't have burls, I have seen others claiming they have some, so yours could well be.

    Having said that, burls are more likely on Rosewoods, so if African maybe it's African Blackwood Burl (Dalbergia melanoxylon)
    Hi Neil , thanks for thoughts and Info , it was bought as african ebony

    Quote Originally Posted by Richard Hodsdon View Post
    Hi Neil
    It is not African Blackwood. The lighter sapwood is white not the yellow of smiife's piece. As you said can't see why Ebony trees wouldn't have burls. But it would probably be infested with ants/insects and discarded as rubbish wood and left on the forest floor. It wouldn't be recognized as as usable for planks or carvings so dumped.

    Richard
    Thanks Richard , I couldn, t Imagine dumping ebony

    Quote Originally Posted by Ironwood View Post
    I have seen this mob selling what they describe as Ebony Burl before. They have a listing at the moment for Phillipine Ebony Burl
    https://www.ebay.com/itm/Philippine-...kAAOSw~5ZcWTVI

    Hi Ironwood , the blank was black on the outside with no Inclusion of colour
    Wow , $75.00 for a pen blank......
    Cheers smiife

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    I dont know what the timber is mate but that's a lovely piece of timber and final as well
    Cheers Mick

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    Quote Originally Posted by smiife View Post
    Wow , $75.00 for a pen blank......
    Well, with some careful cutting, you should get 2
    ​Brad.

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    Default Never seen a ebony burl ---in 68 years in zambia

    Quote Originally Posted by smiife View Post
    Hi guys , Is there such a thing as african ebony burl ?I bought some ebony awhile back and needed a small finial to finish a project , so I cut a piece up and thought it lookeda bit light in a few places , it looked almost like marble in places.Anyway thought I would ask if anyone else has seen this type of African Ebony before .......
    Having said that --does not mean burls do not exist -- I simply cut the large dead trees (called leadwood or ironwood in Botswana)Here in Zululand. --- Combretum Imerberbe -----is smallish but still nice & shiny black ---here's a goblet I turned recently ---(if this foto attaches --what a mission !
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