long ago I carved some mountain mahogany and loved it, but can't find it for
sale.
any ideas?
it turns out there are several species with that name...the one I carved in
the past was from Idaho.
maybe the others are just as good?
rich

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Tue, Nov 2, 2004, 3:36am (EST+5) (res055a5) moans:
long ago I carved some mountain mahogany and loved it, but can't find it
for sale.
any ideas? snip

Where'd ya look?

Woodfinder.



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I'm guessing it's this tree ??? which does not appear
to produce much in the way of wood...

http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/mountain_mahogany.htm


res055a5 wrote:

long ago I carved some mountain mahogany and loved it, but can't find it for
sale.
any ideas?
it turns out there are several species with that name...the one I carved in
the past was from Idaho.
maybe the others are just as good?
rich

"Pat Barber" wrote in message
...
I'm guessing it's this tree ??? which does not appear
to produce much in the way of wood...

http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/mountain_mahogany.htm

nope, that's one of the other species with the same name: mountain
mahogany.
i found the last piece i carved on the Salmon River in Idaho.
rich

"J T" wrote in message
...
Tue, Nov 2, 2004, 3:36am (EST+5) (res055a5) moans:
long ago I carved some mountain mahogany and loved it, but can't find it
for sale.
any ideas? snip

Where'd ya look?

Woodfinder.
thanks, i found two listings there, but one didn't seem to list any of
the wood. i emailed both.
i guess i'm going to have to spend some vacation time in idaho, picking up
fallen trees.
rich

res055a5 wrote:


"J T" wrote in message
...
Tue, Nov 2, 2004, 3:36am (EST+5) (res055a5) moans:
long ago I carved some mountain mahogany and loved it, but can't find it
for sale.
any ideas? snip

Where'd ya look?

Woodfinder.
thanks, i found two listings there, but one didn't seem to list any of
the wood. i emailed both.
i guess i'm going to have to spend some vacation time in idaho, picking up
fallen trees.
rich

you can find it in south west Idaho in the Owahyees, it's fairly common, but
they don't grow very big, most of the Owahyees are BLM land so it's permits
costs $7 per coard. also you can find Desert, or scrub Mahogany thoughout
the southern Idaho desert, but it's even smaller, but it's VERY hard,
almost to the point of being unworkable, but it's very attrative. my wifes
Grandpa made a grandfather clock out of some, it's nice.

Have you had any luck finding this wood? I've been watching with
fascination.


"res055a5" wrote in message
news:EIRhd.3723$KL4.1132@trnddc07...

"Pat Barber" wrote in message
...
I'm guessing it's this tree ??? which does not appear
to produce much in the way of wood...

http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/mountain_mahogany.htm

nope, that's one of the other species with the same name: mountain
mahogany.
i found the last piece i carved on the Salmon River in Idaho.
rich

nope, been searching hard on the internet without success.
i think i'll have to spend some vacation time looking for it myself.
if so, then it will be next summer before i can go over to idaho and look
for it.
a place in oregon sells one form of mountain mahogany, but i don't think it
is
the same species. i've emailed them without success.
rich
"Dave" wrote in message news:v4gkd.14549$V41.8015@attbi_s52...
Have you had any luck finding this wood? I've been watching with
fascination.

Dave wrote:

Have you had any luck finding this wood? I've been watching with
fascination.

"res055a5" wrote in message
news:EIRhd.3723$KL4.1132@trnddc07...

"Pat Barber" wrote in message
...
I'm guessing it's this tree ??? which does not appear
to produce much in the way of wood...

http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/mountain_mahogany.htm

nope, that's one of the other species with the same name: mountain
mahogany.
i found the last piece i carved on the Salmon River in Idaho.
rich



I can't imagine anyone finding mountain mahogany (the kind that grows
in Idaho) any place except in the field. It is essentially a bush and
certainly no one would cut it for commercial use. Of course it isn't
mahogany and the mountains can just be hills. The scientific names is
Cercocarpus ledifolius.

res055a5 wrote:

nope, been searching hard on the internet without success.
i think i'll have to spend some vacation time looking for it myself.
if so, then it will be next summer before i can go over to idaho and look
for it.
a place in oregon sells one form of mountain mahogany, but i don't think
it is
the same species. i've emailed them without success.
rich
"Dave" wrote in message
news:v4gkd.14549$V41.8015@attbi_s52...
Have you had any luck finding this wood? I've been watching with
fascination.

hey if you do, drop me a line, I have been trying, with out much success, to
talk from friends into going out and looking for some. I'm just out side of
Boise