As the name implies, i am an avid wood collector / woodworker. I have been in the Luxury furniture and wood art making business for several years. Recently i got bitten by the Bitcoin bug and over dinner with my wife tonight we figured out that since Bitcoin'ers are all over the world, and love making bitcoin, that mixing my passion with my new obsession might be a fruitful and fun adventure.

What i am looking for:

Exotic wood from; Africa, Hawaii, New Zealand, Southeast Asia, Madagascar, India, Morocco, Laos, Central America, South America, and many other places.  
Domestic featured wood from the USA: Naturally Spaulted, Ambrosia Maple, Burl, or other "featured/figured" hardwoods woods.


What i am proposing;

In America where i live there are few suppliers that have ready access to a lot of exotic woods that i like to use, as where knowing people in the regions where these trees grow puts them within reach. I learned quickly a few years ago when i made a few old friends in Hawaii that it was 300% more cost effective for me to have them simply cut down a tree in the woods behind their house and ship me a chunk of it to the mainland then it was for me to go through a broker. A list of the woods i use most often can be found HERE and if you live somewhere in the region any of them grow i probably have a use for your services.

As most of the products i make are turned on a lathe, it makes more sense for me to have round chunks of tree rather than boards as there is a lot of work in matching grain when gluing boards. So literally what i am looking for is chunks of trees, or "logs" as we call them here. Usually 24" in length with an average diameter of 6-12".

What i would like do do is pay you in BTCitcoin for a chunk of wood that probably grows less than a few miles from your house if not right in your back yard and have you ship it to me. Escrow is required for both your protection and mine until we have done enough transactions that we feel comfortable in trusting each other, and any trusted forum escrow is fine by me.

A few stipulations;

1: some trees are protected in certain regions and not in others, i will not buy logs from protected trees in protected regions.
2: as freight charges are based on weight i ask that you find a dry cool place to store the log chunk for 1-2 weeks until some of the moisture drys out of it to reduce its weight.
3: If you have bulk access to a species of exotic tree, ( Like Mango wood in Hawii ) i am very much interested in buying bulk lots and having them freighted in.
4: On occasion if the wood i am purchasing from you is a higher end exotic wood, i may request a photo of the end grain from both sides of the cut.
5: If you wont agree to escrow, it had better be because you are sending me free wood as i will not transact in BTC on this forum without escrow unless i have known you and been doing business with you for a long time.

For transparency and to avoid answering the same questions multiple times, lets please keep communication in this thread not PM's for the most part.

By chance do you sell items made from these exotic woods?

I would love a BTC made of some exotic wood...something to hang on my office wall or on my desk etc..

I live in New Zealand, let me know what woods you are after and I can arrange shipment when funds are in escrow.

I can also help you source from Laos & South East Asia as I lived there for a time.

Did you have a particular wood in mind? What size would you like it? What sort of budget do you have? I have a LARGE selection of woods on hand from something that would cost you $25 usd, all the way up to Bois de Rose which would run you about $500. for a 1 foot tall BTC. If you can give me rough dimensions on how large you want, and a budget i can send you a list of woods that i can do it for in your budget.

Are you interested in kiln dried smaller pieces of milled material at all? I have some Teak, Wenge, Lace, and Zebra Wood laying around. Most of it is .75" thick with varying widths.

This looks like a great thread. Wouldn't you need a lot of wood if its for woodworking?
How would you be taking care of shipping?

How can you ensure the wood you are selling hasn't been obtained illegally?

I'm from South Africa I can try to help.

If a wood species falls under the protected list, i would require a copy of the permit used for harvesting it, if it is protected in only certain regions i would require a copy if you were shipping from that region. If not shipping from that region, just a signed statement that you did not obtain the wood from a region where it is illegal to harvest.  


Not entirely true, If i knowingly bought a piece of wood which is protected and did not have a copy of the permit used to harvest it, i could be in serious hot water. Gibson guitar and Lumber Liquidators have both felt the wrath of the Lacy Law which protects against import of illegal harvested wood. Although if i had a copy of the permit, and the seller faked it, although the wood would be confiscated, the seller would be facing charges i would only get a fine for possession of it which in most cases is rather small.



You sir just became my favorite forum member, about 80% of my favorite woods come from south Africa. Are you familiar with your local trees and know whats legal to harvest or do you need a list? Do you own a chainsaw? and are you close to someplace to ship from?