Very Dense African Hardwood

3 use synthetic non water based glues.

Very dense african hardwood.

Indeed among some 285 species tested including lignum vitae gabriel janka originally found african blackwood to be the very hardest. It is indigenous to madagascar and southern africa. I have two elephants from south africa they do not float. Since water is repelled by the wood s oils using water based glues like titebond can pose problems though titebond ii or iii are usually better at gluing oily woods than titebond original.

It has the same fire rating as steel and concrete making it a more fire resistant choice than softwoods. African blackwood as its name implies is another black colored wood. African blackwood is considered to be among the hardest and densest of woods in the world. Three times harder than cedar.

Iron wood ironwood is a common name for a wide variety of african trees or shrubs that have exceptionally hard or dense wood. Ebony wood is a dense black brown hardwood which is dense enough to sink in water. African blackwood is an exotic wood native to eastern africa and is also known as mozambique ebony or senegal ebony. Although the name is applied generally to trees of three unrelated genera scores of other trees are also called ironwood in local usage.

Formerly classified as a member of the acacia genus this south african hardwood is a tough customer. It is an extremely hard wood strong and stiff very stable with a fine texture. Mold fire weather and pest resistant. Guibourtia spp also known as african rosewood is a beautiful dense hardwood with a rose colored background and darker purple striping.

It features a dark brown even purplish heartwood with dark streaks. Due to its extreme hardness it is commonly used for the fretboard on a guitar. African blackwood as its name implies is another black colored wood. 100 percent natural wood.

One of the most famous african woods ebony is a very dark almost black wood that is also very dense. Instead use glues that aren t water based and or glues that can bond a wider variety of materials like plastics and other non porous surfaces. It says elsewhere that black ironwood african ironwood is called olea capensis and according to the guinness book of records is the heaviest wood with a specific gravity of 1 49 whatever that means.