What type of wood is Tampisiran?

[Dennis Paish]

Greetings,
I can not find a lot of English information regarding a wood out of Mexico called Tampisiran. If anyone has any information to share, I would be thankful.

I have uploaded a picture for reference.

Happy Holidays.
Dennis

 

[amcardon]

I don't know anything about it but that is some beautiful wood! Where did you come across it?

 

[Los Angeles]

Looks a lot like ironwood to me, but I'm no expert.

 

[Dennis Paish]

It is from Mexico and the natives call it Tampisiran. They use it for carving animals and stuff for the tourists. I was searching for iron wood and they reply with Tampisiran. I thought maybe someone here might know.

Dennis

 

[Burl Source]

It is just a guess but the photos look a lot like Cocobolo or other variety of rosewood.

 

[safta]

Tampiciran is cocobolo.

 

[Larry D. Davis]

Yep...Dalbergia retusa..coco bolo in North America... and as been noted called Tampiciran (pronounced Tom-Pee-See-Ron) in some other countries.

For Desert Ironwood try searching for Palo-de-Hierro or Palo-de-Fierro.

 

[gusval]

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I find this

One of the world's most prized woods is Cocobolo. Words cannot describe how visually appealing this exotic hardwood is. What is cocobolo? Cocobolo is an exotic hardwood found in Mexico, Central American countries, and parts of northern South America. Cocobolo is also known as tampiciran, cocobola, cocobolo rosewood and its scientific name, Dalbergia Retusa also including the recent discovery of Dalbergia Granadillo. The heartwood is striking and multicolored with tones of red, orange, and sometimes purple, with darker to black contrasting grain lines. The wood's grain pattern is often swirly or burl like. Some cocobolo is strait grained, but often comes from large trees.

The cocobolo tree in Mexico tends to grow along ridges of the Sierra Madres up to 3 miles apart. To log cocobolo with modern equipment the forest would be devastated by roads, spilled fuel, and senseless cutting of trees just to get to a mature cocobolo. The local and indigenous people of Mexico work very hard with donkey chain saws and old fashioned man power to extract these gems. Cocobolo is very durable. Many trees lie dead in the forest, the sapwood will rot off the tree leaving the precious heartwood. Any standing or downed dead tree will be logged and fully utilized. The loggers are quite conscious of their environment and do what they can to protect it for future use.

Woodworkers pride themselves on using only the finest woods. This is why, when it comes to turning, woodworkers appreciate cocobolo not only for is beautiful color, but for the polish you can bring a piece to with no finishing. and the relative ease of cutting Wood turners use cocobolo turning squares, pen blanks, and bowl blanks to create high end products. Some products that are made of cocobolo include:


Pens
Flooring
Pistol grips
High end billiard cues
Bowls
Guitars
Knife handles
Fine furniture
Woodwind instruments
Sculptures

 

[Dennis Paish]

Thanks, everyone for your info.

Regards, Dennis.

 

[hellgap]

Very nice dennis

 

[COCOBOLORETUSA]

Greetings,
I can not find a lot of English information regarding a wood out of Mexico called Tampisiran. If anyone has any information to share, I would be thankful.

I have uploaded a picture for reference.

Happy Holidays.
Dennis

HI,TAMPISIRAN,COCOBOLO,FOSEHOLZ,PALO NEGRO,NAMBAR RED FOXWOOD,ETC(Dalbergia retusa syn Dalbergia granadillo spp) THIS WOOD SPECIE ARE TRUE ROSEWOODS.THEY ARE BETWEEN MORE DENSES WOOD IN THE ROSEWOODS.
THANKS

 

[elementfe]

Those lucky dogs in Central America sure have some nice woods to play with- a friend brought back a grab bag of scraps from a friend's cabinet shop in Costa Rica- lots of new woods, almost all hard as can be with beautiful varied grain and colors.
Tempting to set up shop down there in the hills...I like the USA too much though, for now.
Andy