I have some nice blocks of black and white I hav3 b3en meticulously drying for a few years now, and once they test dry I will have them stabilized by k&g. A lot of people have a very poor opinion of black and white because they bought some, used it, and it cracked apart. It's not a bad wood, but it is a wood that needs a lot of processing, and the finished product after all the voids are cut out, the wood is dried, everything is done it is PRICY stuff. And the wood is in the cost range of gaboon ebony while it's still wet.