Woods from Bali ?

[Buddha's Belly]

Chris,
it is very similar wood to the redwood but I'm not sure that is the same. As I'm in Los Angeles, if you PM me your mailing address, I'll send you a small strip so you can check what it is. Hopefully you be able to tell me wheter the wood is suitable for cue or not.

 

[Buddha's Belly]

My wood knowledge isn't that good, but thanks anyway. I know about 500 species out of the 40 000 on this planet. Over 8000 species are to be found in the Indonesian region alone. That's what makes the "quiz" so challenging.

The first one made me doubt already as I told you in the message because of the rougher grain.

The second one is Ziricote...

Third one was a give away...

The fourth square was my best guess, although I noted down already it did have many knots.

The last one tricked me... I really would have believed you if you had told me it was teak. Damn. I hate when I'm wrong about wood...
But thank you so very much for the lesson. I'm not gonna forget that name "Suar". Do you have anymore details about that wood? Like weight, latin name...etc?

I hope to hear from you soon.

Tom Penrose

Tom, I 'll try to find out. But one thing for sure I got HUGE supply of this wood, if you check my website and you see the bar counter. The whole counter top is made from 1 piece of Suar wood.
I just realized that you're located in Netherland that's probaly why you know so much about Indonesian wood. Let me see what I can do about the Suar wood, because I will be in LA for 4-5 months.

 

[Chris Byrne]

Buddah. Are you looking to sell wood or was your post just to show interesting woods you have? I am always buying wood so pm me prices if you are looking to sell. Chris.