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03-14-2017, 10:44 AM
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Pretty! I made a pen out of some Texas ebony a couple of years ago. My sister works for a county parks & recreation department near Austin, and one of the employees was a woodworker. He'd salvage a lot of wood from projects around the county, so I got a stash of native and non-native woods that he'd collected. Texas ebony turns well. Texas Ebony is native to far south Texas and Mexico.
Texas Ebony: Ebenopsis ebano
![[Image: 800px-TexasEbony.JPG]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/TexasEbony.JPG/800px-TexasEbony.JPG)
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Looks great. I love the character of the wood.
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Really pretty stuff. Nice job on the rolling pins.
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03-15-2017, 11:02 AM
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Very nice!
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They actually look like some of the Cocobolo I have with the orange/ yellow coloring. Very nice.
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I love the color and also the rollers, of course. Looks very similar to Cocobolo blanks I've seen. Where did you find/ buy the wood?. I would love to have some.
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I get my texas ebony from guy that goes by Bluestingray. He has been here and woodbarter
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Those look great.
I thought the wood looked familiar.
I've gotten some of it from him.
Pretty sure he sells on Lumberjocks.
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Yeah see him there too. Also on e bay
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I have not seen him here for a few years it seems.
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