What type of wood?

Rob Wilson · #1 03-12-2006, 05:09 PM

What is "Kingwood". I live in Ottawa, Ontario. Canada, and have never heard of it.

I was looking at a stylized hummingbird in The Art of Stylized Woodcarving and the picture said it was carved from Kingwood.

I have lots of lcoal access to basswood, walnut, cherry, butternut. Which might be closest to Kingwood?

Thanks for any help.

Hi_Ho_Sliver · #2 03-12-2006, 05:31 PM

Never heard of it, but the picture looks a little like butternut if I had to match it to a good carving wood? take a look http://www.hearnehardwoods.com/xcart...ufacturerid=26

Ron Davidson · #3 03-12-2006, 05:37 PM

I did a web search for kingwood and found that it is a south american tree. It has hard fine textured,purplish-brown wood used for making cabinets. There is alot of kingwood veener on ebay for sale. It's a beautiful wood. It might be worth try a sample peice.

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