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Also, cocobolo tends to be more porous than ironwood. Ironwood will be really smooth. Cocobolo sometimes has little nicks and notches dispersed throughout.
Sorta like this:
~ P.
Also, cocobolo tends to be more porous than ironwood. Ironwood will be really smooth. Cocobolo sometimes has little nicks and notches dispersed throughout.
You gotto rub it a bit first to warm it up and get some oil going....
Also, cocobolo tends to be more porous than ironwood. Ironwood will be really smooth. Cocobolo sometimes has little nicks and notches dispersed throughout.
Sorta like this:
~ P.
thats bocote Kalsu
because bocote is yellowish w/ black grain running through itNice, Thanks. I wasn't quite sold on it being cocobolo. How can you tell from my less than stellar picture?
because bocote is yellowish w/ black grain running through it
Red and Osage look great together.This today.
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Finally nice out.
To be fair, both bocote and cocobolo are referred to as "rosewood."
Bocote is in the genera Cordia and Cocobolo is Dalbergia. Most folks refer to Dalberga species as "true rosewoods".
Over time bocote will change to a deeper red.
It has been suggested that several different Dalbergia species are mislabeled as cocobolo, and vice versa.
When Esnyx released a knife with the reformed j.b. champlin co. with "rosewood" from the cataraugus NY factory, I believe there was some miscommunication about the species and it ended up being cocobolo.
When I read rosewood, I typically think of Dalbergia stevensonii. Whereas Cocobolo is Dalbergia retusa...
We also come across Dalbergia latifolia quite a bit, which is "indian rosewood", or "satisal".
In any case, I would agree that looks more like bocote in the light.
But for that matter, it also looks like Pau Ferro (Machaerium scleroxylon).
I have a suspicion that a lot of wood is coming across the southern border a bit casually marked.