Bloodwood bowl blank source?

[Gary Herrmann]

Anyone have a source for bloodwood bowl blanks? SWMBO has commissioned a bloodwood bowl, but wants one out of a 3"+ thick blank. She likes the shape of the bowls from the thicker ones as opposed to the 2" thick blanks. I asked about glueups and she'd prefer not. :rolleyes:

I've tried a couple places locally and on the web and haven't had much luck. Thanks in advance for your help.

[Neal Addy]

Amazon Exotic Hardwoods has a few different sizes. Good guy to work with too.

http://www.amazonexotichardwoods.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=TB-SA

[John Hart]

Ask Jim King. I bet he has a warehouse full of it.

[Mark Pruitt]

Ask Jim King. I bet he has a warehouse full of it.
Yeah. Sickening, isn't it? Kinda makes me want to pack my things and move to Peru. Except that I wouldn't be able to take the heat!:eek:

[Keith Cope]

Gary,

Just in case it wasn't one of the local places you tried, Hibdon may have something. (If you don't see it in the showroom, ask--they have a huge building full of stuff...)

Keith

[Gary Herrmann]

Keith, Hibdon was the first place I called. They don't carry any bloodwood over 4/4. Good thought tho.

[Keith Cope]

My other 2 thoughts would be ebay and Rockler (they actually had a lot of turning blanks at the WW show). Good luck!

[Curt Fuller]

If you look at the photo references on this site http://www.exotic-wood.com/bloodwood.htm it seems that theres almost no difference between bloodwood and african pauduk. I think the pauduk is a lot easier to get too.