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Acacia wood

glenpen

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A friend in the south is knocking down a Acacia tree and has asked me if some of the wood would be suitable for pen making, he says it looks red.
Advice please
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Acacia is one huge family of timber, if its red and bleeds sap could be a Wattle tree (Acacia)might be an indicator to follow up. Acacia was used in the Ark of The Covenant.

Peter.
 

Phil Dart

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Yes, very suitable for pen making, however, both acacia and pseudo-acacia in the UK are both yellow as far as I know.

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Phil Dart

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Glen said his friend was in the south Peter, and admittedly he didn't specify just how far south, but I kind of got the impression he wasn't quite YOUR far south:whistling:

I'm only teasing - that's a nice timber.
 

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Acacia is also the wood of the Freemasons I'm turning a couple of slimlines for some Masonic handshake colleagues, both of which are a gorgeous Yellow colour.
 

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Glen said his friend was in the south Peter, and admittedly he didn't specify just how far south, but I kind of got the impression he wasn't quite YOUR far south:whistling:

I'm only teasing - that's a nice timber.

At what point does South become North again?

I keep having to look up these woods you all keep talking about to see what the XYZ tree looks like...



Kevin:banana:
 
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