Ziricote Billets

It's amazing what a little cleaning up can do to the wood.
Check out these Ziricote billets! Here are the before and after pictures.

(3 Ziricote billets in the rough and all waxed up.)

A few passes through the jointer, a thin slice from the ends and...

(This is what they end up looking like after all this.)

We have these pieces already listed on our Online Store if you'd like to view more pictures.

Otherwise, feel free to stop by the shop and look at these and much more!
We have also resawn some 2" and 1.5" squares of different woods!

(Pau Amarello/Yellowheart, Purpleheart, Marblewood, and more...)

Remember, we're here tomorrow Saturday, from 9:30 am to 1:00 pm PDT.

Do you like Ziricote?

Three Ziricote billets added to the online store.

Click here to check out online store.

Neat piece of Ziricote!

While we were pulling an order for a customer, we came across this unique looking piece.

We decided to run it through the thickness planer to check out the figure and we were definitely not disappointed!

1" (thickness planed to 7/8") x 4" x 36"-$50.00

Give us a call if you would like to snag it or you can drop by the shop and check it out in person (sitting in the front showroom)
760.434.3030.

To view available lumber click here.

Our wood spotted at a boutique!

We thought this wood looked a little familiar...

Exotic wood bracelets by Phil Audia and Jill Dedominicis of Wood and Silver on display at a small boutique in downtown San Diego.

Look at that bottom picture. Solid Masur Birch about 1/4" thick!

Looks like some Rose Myrtle Burl and Ziricote bracelets as well.

These two do some amazing work, check out all their pieces at woodandsilver.com

Exotic Wood Pepper mills by Pepper-Passion

Nice collection of Exotic Pepper mills-
Cocobolo, Purpleheart, Ebony, and other assorted exotics.

Here is a nice matching set out of Masur Birch

Looks like a set out of Ziricote

A lineup of Bocote pepper mills

Jarrah Burl

Pepper-Passion is a source for gourmet peppercorns and sea-salts.

They also manufacture heirloom quality salt and pepper mills, handcrafted in elegant designs from rare and exotic hardwoods.
To see some of their work, please visit their website:

www.pepper-passion.com




On a side note:



Make sure you check out the new November e-newsletter by clicking the following link-

November Newsletter

A bunch of new exotics that are available for purchase on the Online Store



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Black & White Ebony/Ziricote Walking Cane by John Butts

Customer John Butts from Northern California recently dropped by the shop and showed us one of his recent pieces.

We remember selling John this piece of Black & White Ebony and we think he did a great job of displaying the amazing figure on his cane.

Black & White Ebony is a tough one to find, especially in these longer lengths (36-40")

We still have a few dozen of these long pieces in stock which come in handy when 18" and 24" lengths just don't get the job done.


Black & White Ebony is definitely one of our personal favorites here at the shop.




The figure on Black & White Ebony is just amazing!






The Ziricote handle is a nice touch that contrast well with the Ebony.


Besides the longer lengths of Black and White Ebony (2" x 2" x 36"), we still have plenty of stock in the shorter lengths-

1.5" x 1.5" x 18"
2" x 2" x 18"
2" x 2" x 24"

If your interested in Ziricote, we have a plenty of that material in stock as well-including some hard to find billets.

Give us a call if you have any questions
760-434-3030

Game Board by Al Kalian

Al Kalian from Roseville California just sent us these pictures of his game board/table he made using some of our woods.

He used some Ziricote and Olive, and Macassar Ebony for the base.

Design in Wood '09

The "Design in Wood" exhibit just opened up the San Diego County Fair last week.

Its always fun heading down to the show to see what some of our customers have been up to with some of our woods. Year after year we are always amazed with the work that is on display. With everything from intarsia to furniture there is a little bit of everything at the display.

Here is Dean Moore's entry for this year-"Jewelry Armoire" out of Cocobolo and Curly Koa. Our pictures do not do it justice, this Jewelry box is pretty incredible-

To see Dean's box from last year Click here

19 year old Kyle Toth had one of his bats on display out of Bloodwood and Maple

Check out his Purpleheart bat by Clicking here, very nice work.

Here are a couple sculptures by Kenneth Glaze out of Pink Ivory and Mexican Kingwood

Here is a chest by Local Woodworker Terry Hansen. The Cherry and Walnut didn't come from us but we are pretty sure most of the woods on the top came out of our shop.

It easy to get lost checking out all the different woods in his designs, a little bit of everything-Cocobolo, Bocote, yellowheart, bloodwood, wenge, black palm, goncalo alves, marblwood and more-Its seems as though he has every type of exotic in his boxes.

Del Cover is one of the most highly respected woodworkers in our area. Here we see a floating seat rocker out of wenge and some figured Bubinga.

Check out the massive Cluster Maple Table he made a while back by clicking here

We are almost positive this is one of our 1.5" thick Bubinga Slabs in a table by Rick Moen. Check out the figure in this piece! We still have a couple of these slabs left as of 6-21-09

Here is a Cabinet by local woodworker Jose Eguez out of some of our Wenge and a nice figured piece of Black & White Ebony-that stuff sure is pretty.

Here are some other nice pieces at the show. Can't remember who they are by but we remember having a similar piece of zebrawood in our shop with that sap line-it wouldn't surprise us if it was indeed our wood, either way its a pretty piece.

Look at this piece out of Padouk, it reminds us of a bar that was constructed down in Little Italy in Downtown San Diego in a high end restaurant out of our Padouk with a similar design, very nice.

Another piece by Terry Hanson, we love that design.

Looks like some tulipwood and some curly euc. What else do you see?

Look at this desk out of Ziricote by Jerry Beaudry. Looks like solid Ziricote throughout no Veneers!

Everywhere you look different pieces of all shapes and sizes-

Several turned objects at the show as well, we tried taking some pictures but its kind of tricky taking pictures of objects behind glass-sorry...

Here is another amazing piece by Del Cover that won the Woodcraft Magazine "Award for Excellence in Design".

Its is titled "Balboa Park Bench" and is modeled after the historic Balboa park area here in San Diego.

Tons of different woods in this piece-Check out the wenge in those seats...


Jason Lane actually stoped by the shop earlier in the day and mentioned he had this piece in the show.

This piece is titled "Bow-Tie Lectern" and is constructed out of some of our Ziricote.

There was also a very nice display at the front of the exhibit honoring the late Sam Maloof.

Two of his rockers were also on display which was a nice to see.

The show is going on through the first week of July- we recommend checking it out if your in the area.