Australian Ringed Gidgee Blocks and Scales

Hi Harry, Which block/s are you looking at? Shipping depends on the weight. You can also use the website and it will work it out for you. Just put what you want into the shopping cart and go through until you enter a shipping address. It will then tell you how much shipping will be. You don''t pay for anything until you enter your card details. You can always back out if you want. Otherwise happy to work it out for you. Just let me know what you are looking for.
Cheers Peter
 
Had to give you guys a try to see if this is as good a Koa, Sure is pretty stuff, with shipping at $39 broken down on three pieces, that makes them very reasonable.
 
I'm going through my latest stash of your ringed gidgee pretty quickly. I love this wood!

For those who haven't tried using it, it's as hard as ironwood but less oily and stinky, and can be as beautiful as curly koa.

Even with shipping prices this wood is a bargain.

Here's an example of a very light coloured ringed gidgee that I bought from Peter. I think I have enough for three more handles. Beautiful stuff.



 
I can attest that Peter's Ringed Gidgee is really top grade stuff. I have seen people selling the same grade at $80 a block in the US.

Just a caveat for those intrigued by Gidgee - it takes fresh and sharp belts and a VS grinder to work it without burning the wood. It you have a fast single speed grinder, you will be disappointed with trying to get a good finish. I gave a friend an exhibition grade block and he ruined it by sanding on a fast Burr King grinder. I had to sand another 1/16" of the surface to get past the burned wood.

You can carefully rough shape it with a fresh 120 grit belt and do the rest by hand, but Gidgee is hard and tough, so hand sanding goes slow. Once sanded to 1000 grit a quick buff with No-Scratch pink gives it a real shine that shows off the rings.

The scalloped edge belts are great for handle sanding woods that burn easily, like gidgee. Actually, they are great for any handle sanding task, as they don't dig in at the edges.
 
You are on the money Stacey. Woods like Gidgee , sheeoak , Balar , Mallee and Mulga get that burnt effect because they are so dam tough they build up the heat before they abrade away. The temptation is to push harder and grind out the burnt bits but of course that just makes it worse. I use 50 grit belts to rough out and sharp new belts with a slower speed in the finer grits and keep it moving so not to build up heat in one spot. Go slow and you will reap the rewards of this wonderful wood.
 
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