Thread: Purple Gidgee

Darren, nicely done as usual, but I can't see the purple in it!, is it a bit like that pink wood that goes brown when heat is applied??? Amos

Nice work Darren it does not show the deep colours of the purple gidgee I have seen before though.

Nice pen... does Purple Gidgee come purple or is it a reference to another part of the plant (flower or leaves?). The Gidgee that I have is very dark brown (nearly black).

Corbs

Gidgee does come in brown but purple gidgee is purple it beautiful My favourite.
bye TOni

Purple Gidgee is not purple, well not the heart wood anyway, there is a purple band between the sap wood and the heart wood that varies in size. I have a piece of Pink Gidgee and to put it beside the Purple Gidgee you can not tell the 2 apart form each other and ordinary Gidgee. Toni you may have had some Dead Finish or Acacia Acaneii for it to be purple in colour. Here is a photo of a vase I found on the web to show why it is called Purple Gidgee.

No Darren I had purple gidgee that grows from around Richmond Qld. It only a narrow path it is now illegal for you to cut down but the tree. my father in law gave me some
bye Toni

Toni I would love to see a photo of your father-in-laws Purple Gidgee, because every site that i Googled to make sure, has a representation of Purple Gidgee the same as the vase in previous thread. I feel as previously I said it may be Acacia Caneii or even a Dead Finish. Ricmond is north of Winton and half way between Townsville and Mt Isa. It is on the Cities list and if i remember Stirlo was about when I mentioned it to everybody

here you go Darren

this is a piece of it I sent TTIT of it at this link: pen 4 and 5.

http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...8&d=1182899380

this is one of vern eggs
http://web.aanet.net.au/~ttit/eggpage/eggs/112.JPG

this is a letter holder I made out of the same piece:
http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...5&d=1171525367

That gives you an idea of . Yes Richmond is just outside Winton You sound in the right direction.

BTW that vase is to just gorgeous. Take your breath away.
Bye Toni

Darren,
Sharp pen to be sure. I love purple gidgee. I had four sticks of it. I used two for a fundraising auction. When I saw how nice it looked, the remaining two went into my reserved stock drawer.

Rick