Australian Blackwood

**MAPLEMAN** · 4th July 2015, 10:27 AM

Blackwood... (Acacia melanoxylon)
Provenance...Cedarton,Sunshine Coast,Queensland
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**MAPLEMAN** · 5th September 2015, 10:39 AM

Pics from the same tree

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**dai sensei** · 5th September 2015, 01:28 PM

Are that rotten fiddly stuff is a pain to finish, better send it to me [emoji6]

**Emit** · 5th September 2015, 08:24 PM

I heard if you put the word 'Tasmanian' in front of Blackwood it's value goes up...

**MAPLEMAN** · 5th September 2015, 08:47 PM

Originally Posted by Emit

I heard if you put the word 'Tasmanian' in front of Blackwood it's value goes up...

If you put the word 'Fiddleback' in front of Blackwood its value goes up

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**dpm** · 6th September 2015, 09:47 AM

Yum

**MAPLEMAN** · 30th September 2015, 07:25 AM

Some nice color but no fiddly

...pretty pair all the same...MM

**Grumpy2** · 3rd October 2015, 08:05 PM

Looks really beautiful. In South Africa it has become invasive, but is much prized and used for high quality furniture making

**MAPLEMAN** · 4th October 2015, 07:31 AM

Originally Posted by Grumpy2

Looks really beautiful. In South Africa it has become invasive, but is much prized and used for high quality furniture making

Beautiful wood alright Grumpy2
No surprise that it has become invasive over there
Good to see use is being made of it too...MM

**shedbound** · 4th October 2015, 10:17 AM

Where I am, some farmers I know call it a weed!

**Tim Creeper** · 15th October 2015, 05:03 PM

Originally Posted by Emit

I heard if you put the word 'Tasmanian' in front of Blackwood it's value goes up...

And that sums up some of what's wrong with the world.

Our Blackwood is as good as any ('sept of course we don't get the giant trees.

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