Cocobolo Identification

B

Busbee Cue

AzB Silver Member
Silver Member
Hello,

By looking at the pictures can you tell if this would be costa rican or mexican cocobolo? I am thinking costa rican because my mexican has more of a redish brown rather than the yellow brown like the pictures.

Any information would be appreciated.
 

Attachments

  • DSCN0722.jpg
    DSCN0722.jpg
    99.5 KB · Views: 666
  • DSCN0723.jpg
    DSCN0723.jpg
    99.1 KB · Views: 654
  • DSCN0725.jpg
    DSCN0725.jpg
    100.6 KB · Views: 654
  • DSCN0726.jpg
    DSCN0726.jpg
    99.1 KB · Views: 663
  • DSCN0727.jpg
    DSCN0727.jpg
    97.9 KB · Views: 655
The difference between costa rican & mexican could be as simple as the trees growing only 250 miles apart and it would be virtually impossible to know the difference. Stuff growing on the southern edge of Mexico would be the same as the stuff at the northern edge of Costa Rica. That said, you stuff looks like Mexican to me. Give it a few weeks & it'll be dark orange & brown.
 
cocobolo

I was in panama looking at crafts carved out of cocobolo, and it was all dark reddish in color with brown and black lines all threw it.. I have seen wood that glimer wood co. sells as panama colcobolo that is very light in color.. none of the cocobolo I have ever seen in panama has been light in color. I guess each tree is different where ever it might grow.
 
There is also Nicaraguan. I have coco from Guatemala also, which isn't widely sold commercially.

Kelly
 
bapage said:
I was in panama looking at crafts carved out of cocobolo, and it was all dark reddish in color with brown and black lines all threw it.. I have seen wood that glimer wood co. sells as panama colcobolo that is very light in color.. none of the cocobolo I have ever seen in panama has been light in color. I guess each tree is different where ever it might grow.
Click to expand...

The crafts you seen were finished products. But in lumber form, the fresher cut it is, the more brilliantly colored it'll be. The stuff Gilmer has is dang fresh. It turns much darker once it sits a while.
 
Hi,

Some of the Mexican Cocobolo comes from the arid side of the mountain range and is drier, is less oily and has more orange hues in it.

Rick
 
like my friend who is very knowledgeable in regard with wood told me right now, Mexican is more orange-reddish. This piece is mostly yellow and lighter tones than Mexican he used to work with. So it must be from Costa Rica.
 
Mexican cocobolo

Here is a nice piece of Mexican Cocobolo I got from Kent
at KD cues. I call it "landscape" coco as you can see, with a
little imagination, a landscape scene in the grain.



MEXCOCOJPEG-1.jpg
 
QMAKER said:
Here is a nice piece of Mexican Cocobolo I got from Kent
at KD cues. I call it "landscape" coco as you can see, with a
little imagination, a landscape scene in the grain.



MEXCOCOJPEG-1.jpg
Click to expand...

No that is a cool piece of coco. The grain looks like ziricote, but obviously is coco. Very nice Bob.

Kelly
 
QMAKER said:
Here is a nice piece of Mexican Cocobolo I got from Kent
at KD cues. I call it "landscape" coco as you can see, with a
little imagination, a landscape scene in the grain.



MEXCOCOJPEG-1.jpg
Click to expand...

Very nice piece. I think it is more of a Tsunami. :thumbup:

How long is this piece?
 
that's definitely a masterpiece by that cocobolo wood! And by nature basically. Thanks for a pic QMAKER!
 
Vahmurka said:
like my friend who is very knowledgeable in regard with wood told me right now, Mexican is more orange-reddish. This piece is mostly yellow and lighter tones than Mexican he used to work with. So it must be from Costa Rica.
Click to expand...

Give that piece a month & it will be orange/red. Coco darkens as it ages from a fresh cut until it's nearly ebony dark. But slice away the surface & it's bright again. It's almost impossible to know where coco came from when it's fresh cut.
 
It Lives !!!:D

qbilder said:
Give that piece a month & it will be orange/red. Coco darkens as it ages from a fresh cut until it's nearly ebony dark. But slice away the surface & it's bright again. It's almost impossible to know where coco came from when it's fresh cut.
Click to expand...
 
Definitely a landscape scene Bob. Rolling hills with fields in the back ground.

Coming from Saskatchewan, which is a farming province, you wouldn't believe how many paintings there are in existence that look exactly like that. When an artist goes out with canvas and brush in hand, that is exactly what they come back with, cause that all there is to look at.
Very nice.
PS - Just think, CNC some little John Deere green tractors in the back ground and you'd be able to sell it to a farmer for big bucks.
Just kidding of course.
 
Last edited:
Cocobolo

qbilder said:
Give that piece a month & it will be orange/red. Coco darkens as it ages from a fresh cut until it's nearly ebony dark. But slice away the surface & it's bright again. It's almost impossible to know where coco came from when it's fresh cut.
Click to expand...

Yes, I have seen that happen with Boise de Rose, Pink Ivory, Blood wood
as well as others. I have tried many different methods to keep the original
fresh cut color but have not been successful. Has anybody got any ideas
that they would care to share? I do not know how old that piece is as I
acquired it from Kent Davis several months ago, just as it is. I'll ask him
if he knows when it was cut.
 
QMAKER said:
Yes, I have seen that happen with Boise de Rose, Pink Ivory, Blood wood
as well as others. I have tried many different methods to keep the original
fresh cut color but have not been successful. Has anybody got any ideas
that they would care to share? I do not know how old that piece is as I
acquired it from Kent Davis several months ago, just as it is. I'll ask him
if he knows when it was cut.
Click to expand...

Unless you NEVER expose the wood to air, and/or light, it IS going to darken over time. I would be surprised if there was any way around this natural occurrence.
 
i have some Nicaraguan that look similar in color,it is a true orange color with more yellow than red.it also stayed very light orange in color,it never got close to the mexican red stuff i usually get.

i cut a big board up 2 years ago into squares and it is still noticeable lighter in color.it's actually denser than the mexican too.i like it for cues even though the yellow/orange isn't as pretty as the red/orange imo.

the board i bought was from Gilmer and i also bought some mexican boards at the same time that were much darker and redder and cheaper that the Nicaraguan.the mexican Cocobolo is about half the price.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top