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  1. 12th September 2014, 10:56 AM #1
    iolithblue
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    hi,

    i purchased a small peice of "royal rosewood" at the sydney woodwork show, and have sucessefully made a knife handle out of it. it is ...EXCELLENT, and subsequently i want more!

    i cant find it. can anyone help me? the suppliers stand was at the back of the show, in the middle?

    the timber itself is dark, with a faint tinge of purple, smells "nice", and has polished up with a very tight straight grain.

    any clues?
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  3. 12th September 2014, 01:10 PM #2
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  4. 12th September 2014, 10:02 PM #3
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    Sounds like Indian Rosewood, AKA 'Penny Leaf' - Dalbergia Sissoo. Weed status around Mackay - they even employed a crew to go around culling it from the roadsides - wasn't many to be seen when I went through about 2 years ago
    In the middle of turning a liitle piece of it myself at the moment - very nice to work with
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    Quote Originally Posted by TTIT View Post
    Sounds like Indian Rosewood, AKA 'Penny Leaf' - Dalbergia Sissoo. Weed status around Mackay - they even employed a crew to go around culling it from the roadsides - wasn't many to be seen when I went through about 2 years ago
    In the middle of turning a liitle piece of it myself at the moment - very nice to work with

    That was my thoughts too. I was given some by Col from the Mackay club - turns very nicely but being a dalbergia it pays to be cautious with it.
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  6. 25th September 2014, 11:58 PM #5
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    I was in trend timber this morning. They have a stack of it.. I've turned a bowl out of royal rosewood in the past. It was rock hard but looked great
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