sample plank and end grain sold to me as camphor tree / Cinnamomum camphora --- looks like this is pure sapwood, which is NOT what one should get in a sample plank, but this is from the IWCS so you have to make allowances for crap.
end grain closeup of the piece directly above
sample piece and end grain listed as camphor / Cinnamomum camphoratum --- color as presented here is too orange
end grain closeup of the sample piece directly above
NOTE: all of the pieces from here down to the start of the veneer sheets were contributed by Bob Hunt, whom I thank for the generous donation to the site.
both sides of a small bowl blank
several views of an irregular chunk
two small planks
the other sides of the two planks above
end grain of the two planks above
misc pieces
two views of a small cube; there is a hair too much red/orange in the pics
later I sliced this cube into tiny planks and this is the one off of the top, sanded down; these colors are more correct than those of the full cube above
end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above
both sides of a small plank
later, I resawed the plank directly above and here are all 4 sides of the 2 resulting planks, sanded down. Note how sanding muted the color slightly; this is because there was a light patina on the unsanded plank that added color.
end grain and end grain closeup of the two planks directly above, with the end grain pieces showning how it was resawn; the end grain closeup pick has a pink tint that shouldn't be there
end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above
two small pieces and end grain of the two
end grain closeups of both of the pieces directly above
end of the samples contributed by Bob Hunt
burl veneer with a lot of sapwood --- it's possible this is redwood (vavona), not camphor
burl veneer and closeup
another veneer piece from the same flitch as the one directly above. All of the closeups below are from the same flitch (most are from this piece)
burl veneer closeups
another burl veneer piece from a different lot --- hm ... this looks more like redwood (vavona) burl than camphor.
bookmatched burl veneeer pairs with very accurate color (see web pic directly below)
the ebay posting pic of the samples directly above --- yeah, I know, they don't even look like the same wood. This vendor's ebay pics always look SO much better than the actual wood, including a shine that is never on the wood itself but always shows up in her pics.
web pics
planks
plank pic provided by Dave Davenport, whom I thank. Dave had it listed as camphor laurel with the botanical name Cinnamomum camphora)
The pics in this seciton were contributed by a Florida sawyer who goes by "Funktionhouse", whom I thank.
some freshly sawn slabs and then the same set with even more slabs in front
a slab and closeup
a slab, a bookmatched slab set, and a slab closeup
end of pics by Funktionhouse
two sides of a camphor burl
waxed burl plank and closeup
burls of all shapes, sizes and colors !
listed as camphor burl planks, but these looks awfully boring compared to pretty much every other camphor burl I've seen pictures of
burl turning stock
pen blanks
bookmatched burls
bookmatched burl sheets sold as guitar sets
bookmatched burl planks
burl veneer
burl veneer sheets and a closeup
burl veneer all from the same vendor and mostly in bookmatched pairs. This vendor exaggerates the pics of her offerings, and she adds a shine to the images which is never present in the actual wood. See my own samples up above to compare my pics to hers of the same veneer sheets.
quartermatched burl veneer from the same vendor as those directly above
