For your woodworking projects 4Redheart 1.5"x1.5"x24" woodworking turning blanks. Redheart hardwood aka Chakte kok from South America is a valuable timber which is highly sought after for quality products including guitar building, walking sticks making, pepper mills, musical instruments, turkey, goose and duck calls, knife handles, gun grips, pool cues, cabinetry, chess parts, turnery and carving. Redheart has excellent strength properties, and can be used in applications where strength is important—a wood for both form and function.
Redheart is rated as being very durable, and resists both decay and most insect attacks.
You will receive a similar 4pieces as shown in the pictures.
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About Redheart Wood:
Aptly named, in some instances freshly surfaced Redheart can be a very bright, watermelon red—though color can vary in intensity and hue from board to board: anywhere from a light orange/pink, (similar to Pink Ivory), to a darker brownish red. In some cases, it can look quite similar to Bloodwood though usually with a more visible and figured grain pattern. Redheart’s vibrant color quickly fades to a reddish brown in direct sunlight, though this color change can be slowed (but usually not stopped entirely) by using a finish with UV inhibitors, and keeping the wood away from strong lighting.
Redheart has good working characteristics, and planes, machines, and sands well. Turns, glues, and finishes well, though a brown color shift is to be expected.
Scientific name: Erythroxylum spp. and Simira spp.
Origin: Southern Mexico to southern Brazil and Paraguay
