Those wood samples at the end of the video are amazingly beautiful, those rose tones and dark brown striped woods.

@progressiveideasinwood6077

4 ай бұрын

you bet! too bad they are so expensive... & some pretty brutal on equipment. would love to build a bedroom set out of morado & pink ivory!

Fascinating video. I note your reference to a 'board foot'. Here in Australia the unit is a 'super foot' which is exactly the same thing. Having said that, since the introduction of the metric system about 45 years ago this unit has disappeared. Our official unit is cubic meters which is obviously extremely large and as such timber is usually referred to in lineal meters of a particular size.

@progressiveideasinwood6077

4 ай бұрын

sounds complicated! but I suppose you get use to whatever you are exposed to.thanks for watching & sharing!

I’m happy working with Vertical Grain Douglas Fir. Thanks for the video. It was educational for this old dog.

@progressiveideasinwood6077

4 ай бұрын

you betcha!

Helpful list of expensive woods. As a wood hobbyist and collector I would add that there is no upper limit. Your list refers to relatively common, expensive woods that can be purchased with ease. Bottom line more rare = more expensive. Things like Lignum vitae (Genuine not Argentinian), Brazilian Rosewood, Bois de Rose, Cocuswood, Camatillo will cost way more.

@progressiveideasinwood6077

4 ай бұрын

there is no upper list in what a particular person might pay,or what a particular dealer may charge.but lignum vitae is FAR less expensive than anything on the list.&Brazilian rosewood is expensive. but it is not $100.00 bf or more. it's around $70-85 bf. I developed this list so people wouldn't pay an exorbitant price to already expensive woods.if you are paying more.i encourage you to shop around. & I'm ambiguous on the others you mentioned. just haven't came across them. thanks for tuning in &sharing.

@RAREFORMDESIGNS

4 ай бұрын

You will never find any Brazilian Rosewood priced at 70-85 dollars a bf. @@progressiveideasinwood6077

Fascinating backgrounds to the various wood species as usual. I always learn something despite having used many of these for many years. And “we are not pot pourri assemblers”! Love it!

@progressiveideasinwood6077

4 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! nice to hear appreciation for all the set up time that usually equates to a 3-4 sec picture! have a good one & thanks for tuning in!

Kia Ora & Good Afternoon from North Shore, Auckland, New Zealand ...Great Video Bro.

@progressiveideasinwood6077

4 ай бұрын

you bet! thanks for tuning in& my regards to New Zealand!!

I use Ebony for fretboards and bridges but have not used any of the others. Nice rant Chris! !! "If you don't have anything nice to say don't say it"

@progressiveideasinwood6077

4 ай бұрын

thanks for tuning in&sharing as usual peter.im not sure if it was you or a different luthier,but my wife found a site...? do you have a platform? I still want to check out some of your guitars!

My father was a very skilled man, he was a Carpenter/Joiner, thatched roofs, was a cooper and wheelwright and worked for a time in Harland and Wolf's shipyards in Belfast. He had a block of Lignum Vitae and said to me that if I could make something from it, I might have some potential! Damn that wood was hard! I never did make anything from it. [I think he got it from the shipyard where it was used for ships propeller shaft bearings].

@progressiveideasinwood6077

4 ай бұрын

lignum is one of the hardest woods on the planet! I have not worked with it yet,but I will @some point. it sounds like you come from a family similar to mine.blue-collar hard working & self sufficient. thanks for tuning in &sharing!

When you mentioned Snakewood, I thought initially "Ahh here is one from my home state of Western Australia. But it is a different species. Ours is Pilbara Snakewood, or Acacia xiphophylla. This is beautiful, and I have a piece in my shed to be used as a knife handle. Curious about its hardness, I looked it up to find it is 4150! I am going to need to keep my sharpening gear handy when I start this one by the looks😂 Such a beautiful timber too. But that pile in your video has some stunning pieces. No wonder they are expensive

@progressiveideasinwood6077

4 ай бұрын

yes.snakewoods min. is 3900.but I believe there were janka tests w/results up to 4350! does your snakewood have the "snakeskin" patterns on it as well? or is it just in the name?

@emceeboogieboots1608

4 ай бұрын

@@progressiveideasinwood6077 No, not snakeskin patterned, but quite varied between very light to very dark now that I have searched for some images online

Ebony makes a great inlay or accent piece on wooden rifle stocks. I had years back had a forend cap made from ebony. It works great for stuff like that.

@progressiveideasinwood6077

4 ай бұрын

you betcha! it is the ultimate for dark highlights, once finished, you have that stunning, sharp black contrast! thanks for tuning in &sharing!

ohhh,yeahhhhh!

You tell em man!

@progressiveideasinwood6077

4 ай бұрын

you betcha! 💪

I use ebony for detail and accent. Many years ago, I was getting it at a great price. I could get a box of pieces around 3 or 4 inches wide, about a quarter of an inch thick and varying in length from 4 to 7 inches. Well seasoned, very stable, very black and just the right size for the stuff I was making. And cheap. I never calculated the board-foot price, but I think I was paying $25 for a ten pound box, so it was cheap. These were the end cuts from fingerboards from a guitar manufacturer. I knew it was a great deal but I only bought it as I needed it, thinking it would always be there. Alas, it was not to be. I wish I had stockpiled it. That was 30 years ago. I occasionally still run into some pieces in my shop now and then.

@progressiveideasinwood6077

4 ай бұрын

hindsight is always 20/20 my friend!we live,we learn!thanks for tuning in and sharing!

thank you

@progressiveideasinwood6077

4 ай бұрын

You're quite welcome!thanks for tuning in!

I remember back in the pre-internet days when one of the most expensive woods where I am used to be Birdseye maple. Now it seems like everyone ignores it for just about anything.

Tulip wood is so amazing

@larryrobinson08

4 ай бұрын

I was impressed as well. In the past I’ve heard people refer to poplar, as tulip wood. Which obviously was just debunked.

@codeandroad3020

4 ай бұрын

In the 1930s a Hispano Suiza H6 car had a body made entirely of tulipwood. Beautiful car

My favorite pink ivory story (told to me at our exotic wood store in OKC) was that pink ivory was reserved for young royalty, who were allowed to fell a sacred pink ivory tree to fashion their royal spear... i.e., when they came of age...

@progressiveideasinwood6077

4 ай бұрын

yes,there was more to the story,just didn't know if anyone would care! thanks for tuning in & sharing!

Hawaiian Curly Acacia Koa should be in the top 5

@progressiveideasinwood6077

4 ай бұрын

Koa is expensive, but if I remember correctly, it go's for around $85.00 per board. it's always going to depend where you are&what your dealer asks for.if you buy African blk wood in Africa, it won't make the list.but American blk walnut would probably make it over there. remember, if people will pay it...they will charge it! thanks for tuning in &sharing!

I've tured snakewood a few times on the lathe, it is so hard and brittle that it has a tendency to just explode when turning. But its beautiful and can be polished to a high shine with no finish

@progressiveideasinwood6077

4 ай бұрын

it does seem like it would make a really nice tool handle! I may use the piece in the video for some thin sliced inlay...still debating! thanks for tuning in &sharing!

❤

Nice video! What about Lignum Vitae? It seems it has gotten rather hard to find. I just used my last piece I bought 10 years ago or so. I make wooden toys and like it as accent wood like bumpers or airplane propellers. It also turns very well. Regards, Kevin

lignum tends to go in &out of circulation. "Rare woods usa" may have some.

I used some "Paduk" 40 years ago that looked just like your Tulipwood. Same species perhaps?

@progressiveideasinwood6077

4 ай бұрын

paduck is a different tree all together. much less expensive &will turn a darker red/brown over time.&it isn't as hard as tulipwood. (unless they accidentally sold you tulip as paduck &you got really lucky!!)

Great video. Where does IPE stack up on the list of expensive woods?

@progressiveideasinwood6077

4 ай бұрын

ipe is mid to upper on how expensive it is.its hard to give you a figure since I've wanted to purchase it twice already &had issues sourcing it.if you get it from a 'siding/decking' place,it's not that bad in price,but...you need to purchase large quantities. thanks for tuning in and sharing!

Don't waste your life trolling. LOVE IT. Thank you again❤👍

@PiercesPerfectPieces

4 ай бұрын

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@PiercesPerfectPieces

4 ай бұрын

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@PiercesPerfectPieces

4 ай бұрын

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@PiercesPerfectPieces

4 ай бұрын

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@PiercesPerfectPieces

4 ай бұрын

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If people just got together and stopped paying the amount of money these lumber yard and mills ask, i assure you the prices would drop.

@progressiveideasinwood6077

4 ай бұрын

100%

Definitely good list. Just like you said, we are woodworkers (and luthiers are kind of that). I got 3 of the five in my shop, and they are beautiful, though very hard to work with, and have very specific roles in my woodworking, Although, U am still playing with the idea to make an all-solid-rosewood (it will probably be kingwood) box in my shop. What do you think of this idea ? I'd love to hear !

@progressiveideasinwood6077

4 ай бұрын

what kind of box? i personally love kingswood (even though my equipment shudders upon seeing it!) would love to see it if you go thru with it! should hold up for generations! i would just though out there that if its a very large box,u might consider working in birch ply or a secondary wood just on the cost side.the plywood would also help with stabilizing but im not sure of the actual piece. good luck w/it!

@udiraz3

4 ай бұрын

@@progressiveideasinwood6077 Beauté of the price and the workability, I guess it will be a small (i guess seeing 15cm×10). Just for doing it, you know. I don't use plywood in my shop, I actually don't know the best practices of working with it, so it will be solid rosewood... Good luck for me on that one 😅

an honorable mention would be Phoebe zhennan. it grows mostly in china. anything timber sized would go for millions of dollars per board foot. but it is impossible to get. smaller pieces that are good for beads are way cheaper, but still in the thousands if not tens of thousands per board foot range. it has a stunning golden fiddleback patten. it used to be considered a "royalty only" wood in ancient china as well. i was told most of the Phoebe zhennan that are larger than 1m in diameter are guarded by the chinese military out of fear of poaching

@progressiveideasinwood6077

4 ай бұрын

wow! never heard of it.but I will take the name&see what I can find! thx for sharing!

Can you make a list of good quality woods marketed around the world corresponding to their geographical location and intended use?

@progressiveideasinwood6077

4 ай бұрын

thats actually not a bad idea! though i would have to sort thru for a bunch of other countries,since i am only aware of some outside of usa, south america & canida. i'll have to give that one some thought! but thank you for the suggestion!

great content, As a botanist I think species names would make it better(spelled) for further studying.

@progressiveideasinwood6077

4 ай бұрын

you are correct.sometimes i work them in when it seems appropriate,but theres enough that are a real pain to pronounce & for most people,they never actually use the latin name. appreciate the comment.

@luisledesma586

4 ай бұрын

Maybe it is just me. You might have noticed that I am ESL.

Too bad you missed Pernambuco, used almost exclusively for musical instrument bows. On the endangered list and up to a few hundred dollars for a single stick, like 1/2" x 1" x 36" if you can find it. It's presently being substituted with Ipe and also very dense and bendable over heat and suitable for musicians. I'll send you a stick of each ifyou care to add it to your list.

@jaimethiessen

4 ай бұрын

Hi. Would ou have a couple small quarter sized pieces of that to sell me? I'd like to make some cuff links out of that.

@progressiveideasinwood6077

4 ай бұрын

I will say I've never heard of that species! I debated mun ebony for the list(a cool ebony that can have green streaks in it) but I figured if nobody can buy it,why tease everyone! plus I could only show a mallet handle,since I have no more!😢 thanks for tuning in&sharing. as far as the wood you so generously offered. send an email to progressiveideasinwood@gmail.com &we'll talk further.

he's not joking snakewood/leopardwood is indeed extremely hard

@progressiveideasinwood6077

4 ай бұрын

you betcha!

Brazilian rosewood. My favorite expensive hard wood.

@progressiveideasinwood6077

4 ай бұрын

I like it as well! beautiful grain&coloring.

Having a different opinion is not trolling. Cheers Gray

@progressiveideasinwood6077

4 ай бұрын

different opinion is of course fine.but honestly I save myself 30-45mins of work responding to such comments.... so I nip it in the bud! thanks for tuning in &sharing!

@grahammewburn

4 ай бұрын

@progressiveideasinwood6077 please have an excellent day Squire. Cheers Gray, Australia

I recommend that you have a look at Tasmanian Huon Pine

@progressiveideasinwood6077

4 ай бұрын

thats one i never heard of? do you know where its from?

@chrislockhartsmith9469

4 ай бұрын

@@progressiveideasinwood6077Tasmania Australia.

@kevinhuddleston6438

4 ай бұрын

​@@chrislockhartsmith9469lol

What about amboyna burl? I know it's not a species, but it's something that's distinguished enough that it's called something different than the species of tree is comes from. I know that there can always be some special boards from certain trees like pomele figure, or burls etc that are very expensive. But amboyna is listed as it's own and not a padauk burl (which it technically is). Did you not list other rosewood because they are too hard to find like, Brazilian, Siamese, or king wood?

@urmelausdemeis3495

4 ай бұрын

Das würde mich auch interessieren

@progressiveideasinwood6077

4 ай бұрын

I will probably cover burls as a separate video in the future, as far as the other rosewoods...they are expensive, but aside from tulipwood, they range from about $65.00-90.00 per board foot.so couldn't make top 5 simply because the cheapest started@$100.00 per BF. u sound like you know a little something if you are aware that amboyna burl comes from the paduck tree!👍

@Uniquewoods_ca

4 ай бұрын

@@progressiveideasinwood6077 yes I know a bit, I foolishly imported some heavily burled Burmese padauk trees, along with a couple other species from Thailand. I am surprised that you could find some of those rosewood for less than $100 since they were banned before that mass dalbergia ban a fee years ago.

What about huon pine, if you can ever buy it per meter

@progressiveideasinwood6077

4 ай бұрын

never heard of that pine species, where is it from?

we use a lot of swamp Kauri in New Zealand, buried in Peat swamps for up to 50,000 yrs. Starts to get pretty pricey for larger slabs. Interesting video.

@progressiveideasinwood6077

4 ай бұрын

havent heard of that one,but i would imagine its a very similar process as bog oak, just a different tree species? thanks for tuning in!

I can't believe how much Black Walnut has gone up ... around here is is now $14 a board foot.

@royramey5659

4 ай бұрын

Here in Northern Ca. it goes anywhere from $ 4 to $ 24 a BF . Where are you located?

@jonlanier_

4 ай бұрын

@@royramey5659 Indiana.

@alanroberts3153

4 ай бұрын

When I first got into woodworking it was about $3.00 and I thought that was outrageous.....I guess that was a couple of years ago.LOL

@jonlanier_

4 ай бұрын

@@royramey5659 I'm in Indiana.

@royramey5659

4 ай бұрын

@@jonlanier_ Theres different black walnut, here the most expensive is Caroul black walnut , that spellings wrong but something like that

👍❤️ Edit: If you can, try getting a flag that has your logo on it

@live4aliving

4 ай бұрын

interesting!!

@progressiveideasinwood6077

4 ай бұрын

not a bad idea!

What about Kauri wood

@progressiveideasinwood6077

4 ай бұрын

where is it from?none of my dealers carry it&it's one I don't think I heard of....(&it doesn't grow locally so I'm not milling it!

180 a board foot,wow , $300 a board foot insane. Whats the most expensive a board foot?

@progressiveideasinwood6077

4 ай бұрын

snakewood to my knowledge. unless you are purchasing wood for others reasons (extracting oil for fragrance, ect)

The purple heart is beautiful but doesn't stay purple. Turns kind of a poop brown...

@StephensPenTurnings

4 ай бұрын

You can torch it then put a CA finish on it. well for pens at least, that seals it.

@progressiveideasinwood6077

4 ай бұрын

yes,the vibrant purple or purplish-pink after milling/sanding doesn't last forever, but it will keep a purple hue.like a brown/purple. 👍

How about rose wood?

@progressiveideasinwood6077

4 ай бұрын

there are many rosewood varieties. (a couple hundred)but only about a dozen or so we use as lumber.tulipwood is a rosewood (#2 on list) &only about 3 videos before this one,we did a video on Rosewood.check it out&you can see a variety. thanks for tuning in &sharing!

@danwittels5542

4 ай бұрын

@@progressiveideasinwood6077 Will do, Thanks!

"Painters"? People would...paint any of these?!? Well, yeah..."people"...

@progressiveideasinwood6077

4 ай бұрын

THEY BETTER NOT!!