Blackwood / Swarthout
Very difficult to work with hand or machine tools, with an extreme blunting effect on cutters. African Blackwood is most often used in turned objects, where it is considered to be among the very finest of all turning woods—capable of holding intricate details, and is reported to hold screw threads nearly as well as metal.
Product Details
Dalbergia melanoxylon
- Colour / Appearance
- Black with occasional dark brown hue and with thin pale yellow sapwood
- Uses
- Musical instruments (guitars clarinets oboes etc.) inlay carving tool handles and other turned objects
- Grain / Texture
- Straight grain with a fine even texture
- Janka Hardness
- 3670 lbf (16320 N)