Phillipine Ebony?

[KFU]

I recently picked up a few blocks of Phillipine Ebony. I don't know too much about it but picked it up because it was different. I was wondering if anyone has worked with it before and if it would benefit from stabilizing.

 

[elementfe]

Pretty.
Makes me wonder if there's such a thing as "North American Ebony."
Ebony is a persimmon tree, and persimmons grow all over the south...
Just wondering...
Andy G.

 

[tinkerer]

I saw some Texas Ebony at he wood store today.

Larry
Tinkerer

 

[NStricker]

From Wikipedia: "Kamagong or "Mabolo" is a fruit tree found only in the Philippines, the wood of which is extremely dense and hard, and famous for its dark color. It belongs to the ebony family (genus Diospyros), and like many other very hard woods is sometimes called "iron wood" so called because its wood is iron-like and nearly unbreakable, hence the term "ironwood". The word Mabolo is Filipino for hairy and describes the fruit's hairy exterior."

It's also illegal to export out of the Phillipines without special permits because it is a rare tree. . .

 

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I have had K&G stabilize a few different types of SE Asian Ebony for me and they all turned out great.