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CAROB
botanical name unclear
There are at least 15 species from 7 or 8 different genera that have carob as all or part of one or more of their common names. I don't know which are represented on this page except as specifically stated.
my samples:
NOTE: all 3 of the planks in this section were donated to the site by Ira Matheny, whom I thank for this and other contributions.
This was the first I had ever seen of this wood in person and it's clear that with a finish added, this is going to be a really beautiful wood, especially the pieces with the red streaking.
plank
end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above
plank and a new pic of it after it sat on the shelf for a couple of years and gained a patina
end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above
END GRAIN UPDATE from directly above but taken after the plank had sat on the shelf for a couple of years and gained a patina
plank and a new pic of it after it sat on the shelf for a couple of years and gained a patina
end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above
END GRAIN UPDATE from directly above but taken after the plank had sat on the shelf for a couple of years and gained a patina
both sides of a small plank that has really terrific color. HUGE enlargements are present
face grain closeup and side grain closeup of the piece directly above (these were not particularly well sanded)
end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above
END GRAIN UPDATE from directly above
web pics:
log ends
slabs
planks
plank and closeup, moistened for the pic
plank, dry
sticks and their end grains --- pics contributed to the site by Barry Richardson, who also contributed a couple of the bowl pics at the bottom of the page.
pen blanks
both sides of a bowl blank and the end grain
pics from the BogusColorVendor ... assuming the wood is moistened for the pics, this color "correction" is not as bad as their usual dishonesty
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planks, most likly moistened for the pics
both sides of a plank and a closeup
pens
slab table with a finish that I think has enriched the color considerably
log cross section table --- not sure if the dark color is due to a finish or ageing.
spittoon
box and turned box
vases
hollow forms
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beautiful turned and carved vase
crotch bowl
bowls
turned and carved bowls
natural edge bowls
bowls by Barry Richardson, whom I thank for the pics.
two views of a bowl --- both enlargements are available and they show the grain very nicely
two views of a bowl by Ira Matheny, who also contributed my own samples of carob, pictured up at the top of this page. Ira used a wax finish on this so the colors are much more true to the raw wood than would be the case had he used a grain-poping polyurethane or shellac or other penetrating liquid type of finish.