Quote Originally Posted by JSmith1983 View Post
Very nice. I recently made some knife scales from desert ironwood and I was really surprised at how heavy it was. I thought ebony was heavy till I got some. Its a beautiful wood. I have a block and some burl slabs lying around that I have been wanting to use. After seeing this I might have to stop being lazy and finally get my lathe running.
Your right, it is heavy and one of the premier woods in my opinion. The trees don't grow very big making the wood rare and prized for small projects like ours.
I'm sure glad the customer didn't want CA on this one. Oil makes this wood puff out its chest and say, look at me!!