[Thomp]

them taga nuts are beautiful in color, I like the ivory or corian might be better for , my question.

wonder if you could join them to make a knife handle in any way, like slicing them flat as possible and epoxy them together and turn them on lathe,?

anybody ever tried something that harebrained with them?

dang even the spell checker is giving me a rough time today....

[susieq]

I had been googling tagua nuts to find out more about them and they come from palm trees but none of the stuff on google told me what kind of palms....there are more than one variety that produce them. If I had found this out a few years ago, I would have been tempted to try to obtain some seeds to grow the palm...since palms do really well here. But since we are planning to leave the area in a year or two at the most, it hardly seems worth the effort now. But somebody should look into growing those palm trees here....
susieq

[Thomp]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivory_nut_palm
says its south american palm by the same name as the seed,

interesting link on taga nut work
http://home.att.net/~rspragg/

[kitaye]

http://www.oneworldprojects.com/products/tag_tips.shtml

Found this page while looking for tips on working the nut. The sites calls the palm the Tagua Nut Palm.

[EcuadorianHands.com]

Hi,
Please visit the Blog below. I am trying to write about the natural products we use in Ecuador for handcrafting.

I will post something with technical information about Tagua soon.
Meanwhile, the science name for Tagua is:

"...Evidently those similarities were not lost on early botanists who named the palm Genus Phytelephas-”elephant plant.”

http://www.ecuadorianhands.com/blog-...c-ivory-tagua/

If you need I can ship tagua nuts for carving to you.
https://ecuadorianhands.com/product_...roducts_id=292

I hope this would help.
Thanks,
www.EcuadorianHands.com
online store for Ecuadorian Handcrafts.

Originally Posted by susieq

I had been googling tagua nuts to find out more about them and they come from palm trees but none of the stuff on google told me what kind of palms....there are more than one variety that produce them. If I had found this out a few years ago, I would have been tempted to try to obtain some seeds to grow the palm...since palms do really well here. But since we are planning to leave the area in a year or two at the most, it hardly seems worth the effort now. But somebody should look into growing those palm trees here....
susieq

[EcuadorianHands.com]

How can a get a copy of this article?
I have a blog in which I write about all the natural materials we use in Ecuador for handcrafting.
https://www.ecuadorianhands.com/blog-en/

Please let me know. Thanks,
www.Ecuadorianhands.com
Online store for Ecuadorians Handcrafts!

[susieq]

Equadorian Hands....
if you click on the link in the post, it should bring you to that article right up on your computer so you can print it from there..... I just clicked on the link in the post post and it came right up.

I think these trees should be grown commercially. They would be a good crop to raise and feed a growing industry.....
susieq

[maddar]

http://images.google.ca/images?sourc...a+nut+carvings
Here is where I found some tagua nut carvings. There are quite a few pages that follow this one.

[EcuadorianHands.com]

Thanks for your post.
Actually these trees grow wild. But we are working with the communities of rural areas in Ecuador where tagua grows to protect the rain forest. These people are very poor. We are organizing them and promoting their products thru www.EcuadorianHands.com
We also ship tagua nuts for carving FYI

Thanks again.

Originally Posted by susieq

Equadorian Hands....
if you click on the link in the post, it should bring you to that article right up on your computer so you can print it from there..... I just clicked on the link in the post post and it came right up.

I think these trees should be grown commercially. They would be a good crop to raise and feed a growing industry.....
susieq

[EcuadorianHands.com]

Susieq,
Could you please give me the link for this article? I just couln't find it neither opened it. Thanks. Or a copy of the article?
Email it to me if possible. Thanks.
info@ecuadorianhands.com

WCI Issue #4
Carving Tagua Nuts - Create your own personal stamp from this popular carving material
By John Mignone

Thanks in advance