African Blackwood Pen Blanks, Turning Blanks & Stock

African Blackwood Dalbergia melanoxylon

African Blackwood heartwood is dark purple-brown with dark black streaks and the sapwood is creamy white. The small tree is reported to often develop more than a single stem. It usually grows to a height of 15 to 20 feet, but may occasionally reach 50 feet (15 m). The bole is often short, fluted, and rarely cylindrical, with diameters that are seldom more than 12 inches. The Wood is very nice to work, but very hard. Takes an exceptional polish and is the “Turning wood of Kings” for nothing holds fine detail as well as African Blackwood.

Source Region: Africa, from Sudan southward to Mozambique, westward to Angola, and northward to Nigeria and Senegal.

**This material is top turnery grade material.