Thread: Looking for decent aussie hardwoods like gidgee.

Check out Beaverbadger on instagram I’ve bought Gidgee from him previously as he harvests desert Timbers. Think he supplies the likes of HNT Gordon also

Hope this helps you find some

Cheers
Nathan

Originally Posted by delbs

Check out Beaverbadger on instagram I’ve bought Gidgee from him previously as he harvests desert Timbers. Think he supplies the likes of HNT Gordon also

Hope this helps you find some

Cheers
Nathan

Thx for that. I appears he's gone gopher on the internet and I can't find him anywhere. Do you know of any other contact methods for him?

Originally Posted by The Spin Doctor

Thx for that. I appears he's gone gopher on the internet and I can't find him anywhere. Do you know of any other contact methods for him?

Ah yes I think his original account was compromised but he’s back up and running under ‘beaverbadger68_’ Colin Lye is his name. Supplies other knife makers, pen blanks, luthiers etc. nice bloke

Cheers
Nathan

I bought a box of offcuts from P.R.Firewood on the Gold Coast, can't remember his "woodworks forums" handle....

Ironbark Firewood, Gidgee Charcoal & Kindling

Originally Posted by delbs

Ah yes I think his original account was compromised but he’s back up and running under ‘beaverbadger68_’ Colin Lye is his name. Supplies other knife makers, pen blanks, luthiers etc. nice bloke

Cheers
Nathan

Would you be able to jump on Instagram and see if he has any other contact details. I don't want to sign up just for that.

Originally Posted by The Spin Doctor

Would you be able to jump on Instagram and see if he has any other contact details. I don't want to sign up just for that.

I’ll pm you


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Originally Posted by delbs

Ah yes I think his original account was compromised but he’s back up and running under ‘beaverbadger68_’ Colin Lye is his name. Supplies other knife makers, pen blanks, luthiers etc. nice bloke

Cheers
Nathan

Col also has the best Beefwood you will ever see.

Peter, of "The Timber Joint" is also a very decent bloke to deal with. He caters to knife makers particularly, but if you contact him with a request for a specific size he'll get back to you & let you know if he's got anything suitable & ready to go....

No affiliation, just a satisfied customer.

Originally Posted by The Spin Doctor

There must be a supplier that has some... Need it to be 100x50 by whatever.

unless it contains the pith, 100 x 50 gidgee implies a relatively large tree -- perhaps a diameter of 400 mm

Talk to local tree services. They generally know who in your local area runs small
sawmills. Second is woodworking clubs. They will also know the local millers.

Originally Posted by truckjohn

Talk to local tree services. They generally know who in your local area runs small
sawmills. Second is woodworking clubs. They will also know the local millers.

John, that's good advice when you are looking for woods that are grown as street trees or yard trees or at least local to where you live, but woods like gidgee are equivalent to your "desert woods" and are not grown in suburbia, certainly not in the higher rainfall climates where most of us live in this wide brown land. So the only way to get hold of some of the more desirable species is to mount your own expedition to the outback (armed with relative permits & permissions), or go to a reliable & responsible supplier who does all the paper work as well as the collecting, slicing, & drying. It costs, of course, but in the grand scheme of things, unless you are using cubic metres of the stuff, it's way less expensive than chasing your own game...

Cheers,
Ian