Shirley’s Lancewood, Turning or Carving Blank

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Description

   

Photos are of the exact item you are buying.

Size: 166mm x 51mm x 37mm

This woodwork blank is from the ‘Shirley’s Lancewood’ tree which is another one of Australia’s highly sought after native hardwoods.

As you can see from the photos, the grain is just amazing.

These images are of the bare wood, no water or oil applied.

The tree is found in temperate and semi-arid parts of north eastern Australia in the state Queensland and the Northern Territory.

 

The below information was sourced from the www.wood-database.com 

Common Name(s): Shirley’s lancewood, lancewood

Scientific Name: Acacia shirleyi

Distribution: Australia

Average Dried Weight: 62.9 lbs/ft3 (1,010 kg/m3)

Janka Hardness: 3,350 lbf (14,900 N)

Comments: Most commonly simply called lancewood in Australia—a common name that can refer to a host of other tree species depending on location. The species name shirleyi is named after scientist and educator John Shirley. Shirley’s lancewood is a small to medium tree yielding tough, dense, and darkly colored wood.

 

 

Additional information

Weight .383 kg
Dimensions 23 × 18 × 8 cm

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