Bought some Ebony on line

[Shovel Man]

Bought 3 pieces of Gabon Ebony 1 1/2 square x 18" long from Bell Forest. It's a company in way northern Michigan. It came in today. This is really good stock. Just a little brown along one corner, the rest is all jet black. A couple of other suppliers offer slightly lower prices but this was definitely worth the cost.

[2beast]

Good to hear.

thanks for the info

[Axehandle]

That place comes highly recommended by The Wood Whisperer.

[packerguy®]

Ive bought from Bell a few times.....good outfit to deal with.

[Steve N]

Prices on smalls look pretty good too. Now some of the larger pieces go way up real quick though.

[Guest]

You might want to check the moisture content of your ebony. I bought some 8/4 ebony from Gilmer Wood Products a year or so ago. They represented it as having been air dried for 15 years. I checked it when it arrived and it had 18% MC. Not saying Gilmer misrepresented it, but it was sure wetter than I expected. Glad I checked!

Hank

[Arlin Eastman]

I am on their news letter which they send out every month or when they get something new. I get it in hopes I can buy some of it some day.

Arlin

[Halfathumb]

I would love to make the journey up there but the money spent on travel could buy a lot more wood. Thanks for posting their info.

[Ken Vick]

I used to travel to the SF bay area on business. I would run over to Oakland/Berkely area to the MacBeath store and hand pick what ebony I needed. They always had a good supply from boards to small pieces and you got to pick what you needed. Reasonable (for ebony) prices, too. I think they mail order also, but then you don't get to pick. Ken