8″ olive wood bowl blank #008

Description

imported directly from Tunisia

you will receive the blank shown

Olive wood bowl blank, 8″ diameter X 3″ thick, these blanks have amazing figure and will turn like butter, with a very pleasant odour. You will receive a randomly picked blank from my limited supply, each one is as nice as the next, considered a green bowl blank with some moisture content, each blank is wrapped in plastic to prevent it from cracking. There may be small inclusions or imperfections but that will either turn away or add to the character of whatever you make

pricing is subject to my cost plus import duty and taxes, i try to keep the price as low and fair as possible. I also have available many finished items made from olive wood click here to check them out . you may contact me or comment on the video if interested.

Heartwood is a cream or yellowish brown, with darker brown or black contrasting streaks. Color tends to deepen with age. Olive is sometimes figured with curly or wavy grain, burl, or wild grain. Grain may be straight, interlocked, or wild. Fine uniform texture with moderate natural luster. Somewhat easy to work, though wild or interlocked grain may result in tearout during surfacing operations.  Turns superbly. Glues and finishes well. Has a distinct, fruity scent when being worked.

Because of the fruit’s economic importance, healthy, cultivated Olive trees (O. europaea) aren’t felled for lumber; availability is generally limited to pruned branches, trimmings, and diseased/storm damaged orchard trees. Short lumber, turning squares, and burls are occasionally available from wild trees, as well as the closely related East African Olive (O. capensis). Prices are very high.

Common Uses: High-end furniture, veneer, turned objects, and small specialty wood items.

Olivewood (Olea spp.) is sometimes confused with Russian Olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia), though it bears little relation to true Olive and is in an entirely different family of trees. Technically, Olive is a part of the Oleaceæ family and is more closely related to Ash (Fraxinus spp.) and Lilac (Syringa vulgaris).