Website with wood photos?

Bob W · May 3, 2005

I'm interested in pre-ordering a knife from a custom maker and he has sent me a list of natural wood handle materials. Unfortunately I have no idea what some of the woods look like and have never heard of them.

Does anyone know of a website with side-by-side photos of various woods? Bloodwood, bacote, Chetchen hardwood, bubinga, lemon wood...

-Bob

billf · May 3, 2005

Bob

gilmerwood.com and eisenbran.com have a bunch of good photos, but obviously each piece of wood is unique.

Bill

Plain ol Bill · May 3, 2005

www.alphaknifesupply.com has lot's of pictures of their wood and it is all top quality.

Bob W · May 3, 2005

Thanks for the links. www.gilmerwood.com was especially helpful.

But crap, now I'll never be able to decide...

-Bob

Keith Montgomery · May 4, 2005

Another great site is: www.lumberlady.com

gajinoz · May 4, 2005

The Coolabah Burl looks nice, but I could be slightly biased on this one.

fulloflead · May 4, 2005

If you had only asked that question in Whine & Cheese or Pirate's Cove.

nozh2002 · May 4, 2005

I have some and there are some English names there:

http://playground.sun.com/~vasya/wood.html

Thanks, Vassili

Quiet Storm · May 4, 2005

Click here.