Source for Wood

C_Kyle

C_Kyle

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I found this place, Rockler.com, that carries a pretty good variety of unstabilized wood. The thing that I like is they carry thin-sized boards, like 1/8". That's more important for straight razors; but they have other thicknesses, 1/4", 1/2", 3/4" in a variety of woods. They also carry turning blanks in a ton of varieties.

Anyways, I though I would share what I think is a good find.
 
Depending on what quantities you are looking for try your local cabinet shop or woodworkers. What ever woodworker tool shop you have around should be able to put you in touch with local woodworkers. You may also try hanging a flyer on their board telling people what you are looking for. They will have scrap pieces of the common woods like maple, oak, walnut and cherry. You should be able to get a truck load for the cost of a six pack.

Also try a local lumber supplier. Austin Hardwoods also mills moldings and misc items for their customers. They always have scrap ends left over they will give away. Quite often they are the pieces that won't mill very well like small burls and knots.

Otherwise you can try online from places like Hearne Hardwoods. They sell most stuff by the board foot and are generally very pleasant to deal with.

Half the reason I have started making knives is to find something to do with all the purpleheart, ebony, rosewood etc that is to small for anything else but to valuable to just through away.
 
Thanks I will take a look, Woodcraft has quite a selection of wood many exotics in the same thickness range, they also sond out some great discount coupons which make it a good value. The nice think about Rockler and Woodcrraft is its dried and crack free.
 
If you ever come through Atlanta, give me a call. Carlton's Rare Woods is the sweetest wood store I've ever stepped into.
 
Thanks for the tip, Eddarr. We used to have a great little woodcraft shop that carried all sorts of woods; but, it's gone now...economy, I guess.

We have a couple places that mill out custom doors and timber for log cabins; I want to check with them for cypress.

I already ordered a bunch of wood from Rockler; but hopefully, I'll be needing some more soon.
 
Lumberyards that supply instrument-woods often have leftover thinwoods. There's a lot of scrap leftover from cutting fingerboards and the like.
 
Though difficult to acces for those from the states, I have a local wood place in South Africa called Prosono (www.prosono.co.za) that offers the most amazing African blackwood, wild olive and Tamboetie (looks like desert iron wood). I made friends with the factory manager and visit on regular occasions and can spend hours sorting through their stock for awesome handle material.
 
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