Comments on: Bois de Rose

By: Osama

Osama — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 10:07:03 +0000

Light purple in color, changes color to brown when exposed to the sun.

By: Jarek

Jarek — Tue, 18 Apr 2023 23:22:55 +0000

I was fortunate to buy large stock of this wood. In my free time I like planing or sanding it just for a smell or to admire the “beetroot like” shavings.
Beautiful wood.

By: antSor

antSor — Mon, 01 Aug 2022 07:15:51 +0000

Bois de Rose is NOT the french for rosewood. The reality is a bit more complex. Bois de Rose is a traduction word for word of rose wood but thephrase/name apply only to D. Maritima.
Most other rosewoods are Palissandre in french

By: Carla Kelly

Carla Kelly — Thu, 07 Jul 2022 19:38:09 +0000

As a follow up While I never had a chance to work with the wood from the billet I pictured four years ago (having sold it), I did have a small piece of very thin dalbergia maritima that I bent and it a lot like Brazilian rosewood (dalbergia nigra) in that it’s oily and bends well with a bit of care. The oily rosewoods can burn rather easily and great care must be taken respecting any oily wood in this regard. Ditto for gluing. It’s lovely to French polish and rings like a bell! I would say it’s even better than BR, IMO, but I might be prejudiced. c:

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Goodnight Photos Instagram — Tue, 12 Sep 2017 01:19:00 +0000

In reply to Nate. Musical instruments

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watch mayweather fights — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 00:14:00 +0000

In reply to Nate. Bois de Rose is listed on CITES appendix II under the genus-wide restriction on all Dalbergia species—which also includes finished products made of the wood. It is also listed on the IUCN Red List as endangered due to a population reduction of over 50% in the past three generations, caused by a decline in their natural range, and exploitation.

By: Carla Kelly

Carla Kelly — Sun, 09 Jul 2017 03:53:00 +0000

Always wanted some Bois de Rose, [dalbergia maritima] and finally got a great billet @16 years ago. Freshly sanded it is vivid purple–tyrian purple to be exact, and pink. French polished, it shines like a black opal. Breathtaking! None has come up on my radar since, except one warped thinwood piece sent as a sample. Brazilian is quite plentiful by comparison. No other rosewood can compare to this rare, gorgeous wood. I’ve been known to sand it just for the smell. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/a965827ac767450ac24abfc9ed404e4fe127d997c09e13cb1933a61ad20d661d.png

By: Benjamin

Benjamin — Fri, 04 Nov 2016 13:36:00 +0000

You don’t mention sapwood in this article,but this wood does indeed have a very, very, thin sapwood that is rarely seen, but it is there, it is creamy white, and often separated from heart wood with a dark black line. I had never seen this woods sapwood until I got my hands on an very old live edge piece.

By: Nate

Nate — Fri, 07 Oct 2016 20:43:00 +0000

I strongly disagree. This wood is not brittle. “Bois De Rose” wood
has more elasticity than “African Blackwood”. I am sure of it. “African Blackwood” is more stiff on the other hand and far less elastic.

By: Stan

Stan — Sun, 15 Feb 2015 19:49:00 +0000

I just worked with this species this morning. It works a lot like African blackwood – hard and somewhat brittle. The results can be beautiful. You have to “machine” it like stone or metal, more than cut it. Careful about overheating it. Burns easily.