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Steve Friedman
03-23-2010, 6:17 PM
I was about to buy some wood from Justin Holden of Exotic Woods of the World in Middleton TN. Has anyone had any experience with him or his company?

Thanks
Homer Faucett
03-23-2010, 7:06 PM
I was about to buy some wood from Justin Holden of Exotic Woods of the World in Middleton TN. Has anyone had any experience with him or his company?

Thanks

I've bought 2 pallets of lumber from him (jatoba and cumaru). Great guy to work with, very honest, timely, and the wood I have received from him has been as described. Understand, I believe he draws on wood from different brokers, so keep that in mind. The prices I received were almost unbelieveable.
Steve Friedman
03-23-2010, 10:12 PM
Thanks. It sounded almost too good to be true.

Steve
Steve Friedman
03-23-2010, 10:34 PM
Understand, I believe he draws on wood from different brokers, so keep that in mind.

Homer, I'm not sure what the significance of this is. Is it just that the wood is not well matched for furniture or is there some other reason that's important?

Steve
Dan Bowman
03-24-2010, 7:54 AM
I bought a pallet of sapele and was very pleased with it. Obvioiusly I would rather see and feel the wood before buying, but his prices (at least on eBay) make up for that.
Charles Green
03-24-2010, 11:30 AM
I bought 300 bdft of Sapele several years ago from him. It was cut very thick for 4/4 but did have some waves in it. I still have about half of it left. I am usually able to get 7/8" finished thickness from it. I was very happy with my dealings with Justin.
Homer Faucett
03-24-2010, 1:28 PM
Homer, I'm not sure what the significance of this is. Is it just that the wood is not well matched for furniture or is there some other reason that's important?

Steve

If he gets the wood from several different sources, and you don't see the wood before hand (and if he doesn't either), that is something you should consider. Of the two purchases I made, I saw pictures of one and not the other before purchase. I was happy with both.
Dan Bowman
03-24-2010, 4:22 PM
Justin's got almost 18000 feedbacks on eBay, with 99.8% positive. He must be doing something right.