[WTB] Exotic woods from around the world with Bitcoin

[bitmarket.io]

can you make me a bitcoin symbol sculpture out of some fancy exotic wood blocks and gloss em up. if you can build it and make it look incredible (maybe the base to a lamp?) then i'll buy it.

[WoodCollector]

can you make me a bitcoin symbol sculpture out of some fancy exotic wood blocks and gloss em up. if you can build it and make it look incredible (maybe the base to a lamp?) then i'll buy it.

I can, but i would need more specifics. I dont do complete lamps myself due to insurance regulations and all that added expense but i could make a base for one and you could purchase the "guts" and assemble the lamp portion of it yourself with the pre-drilled wholes i can make for you.

I do have to warn you my inbox on BTCtalk is filling daily with requests for custom works so depending on the size, spices and budget of your project it could impact how soon i could get it done. I never anticipated that i would get so many commissions when all i really set out to do was buy some wood. If it keeps up like this i am going to have to hire someone to make me a website and just start cranking out bitcoin pieces. Personally if it were going to be a lamp i think rather than a sculpture, having a turned than carved base would give it a better overall durability and appeal.

If you can give me the info below i can work up something more specific for you.

Budget:
Preferred colors: (i.e. whites, yellows, reds browns, oranges, purples) that helps me narrow down the wood types
How soon you want it done:

Thanks again to all of you both selling me wood and commissioning custom work.

[bittawm]

I can get all NZ woods, but do you mind PMing me the prices you are paying

shipping is bloody expensive

[WoodCollector]

I can get all NZ woods, but do you mind PMing me the prices you are paying

shipping is bloody expensive

Let me know what you have access to and in what quantity and i will get you pricing. Unless you are a logger with a lot of permits some of the wood i use a lot from NZ will be off limits to you, so i need to know more about what it is you can get if not yourself, from someone you know who has all the stuff needed to get it legally.

Some parts of NZ have small clusters of Narra which is a wood i love to use and does not require a permit to harvest in NZ as it is considered invasive and they have tried many times to remove it from the country. It grows harder in NZ than Asia but is ultra rare because they have been trying so hard to eradicate it. 

I would also be interested in some Paulownia if you can find CLEAN well figured pieces, i would require that these be milled down to 4X4X14" pieces of stock as they hold a lot of water and shipping a log with bark still attached is not feasible. Also if you live near a coastal region i would be interested in some Pepper Tree blanks in the same size as above. I do have a regular shipping company in NZ so if you lived near the Waikato or Hamilton you could just drop them off and they would ship them and bill my account, otherwise we could work something out

Thanks

[robmob]

Would you be interested in any wood from Nova Scotia Canada. We have Betula Alleghaniensis or yellow birch here and a few other rare hardwoods and my parents own almost 100 acres

[WoodCollector]

Would you be interested in any wood from Nova Scotia Canada. We have Betula Alleghaniensis or yellow birch here and a few other rare hardwoods and my parents own almost 100 acres

Things i do not buy include (unless it is burl, spalted, curled, birds eye, or highly figured)

Oak
Birch
Pine
Cedar
Maple
Hornbeam
Hemlock
Spruce
Hickory
Aspen
Alder
Ash
Basswood
Walnut
Poplar
Pine

If it is not one of those, or it is spalted, burl, curly, birds eye or other high figure, i would be interested for sure.

[Saigonsmokes]

Thanks to all who got me wood last week, most of it has arrived already  !!!!!!!

I am back buying again and am especially interested in wood from Africa, Central or South America, or Hawaii this week as my stock levels are getting very low.

Anything from Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Burma?

What do you have access to? Its impossible to say without knowing what you can get. There is not much in the way of exotic wood in Vietnam, but Thailand, Cambodia and Burma have a ton of species of exotic trees some quite valuable if you have the permit to cut them. If you can get me a list of things you can get either yourself or through your friends shop i can tell you what i would like to buy.

I am meeting my friend for lunch this week - will see what he can get for you and let you know next week. He is collecting this wood at his workshop soon as well:

http://saigoneer.com/saigon-development/3162-photos-hcmc-begins-to-chop-down-old-trees-on-ton-d-c-th-ng

[WoodCollector]

Thanks to all who got me wood last week, most of it has arrived already  !!!!!!!

I am back buying again and am especially interested in wood from Africa, Central or South America, or Hawaii this week as my stock levels are getting very low.

Anything from Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Burma?

What do you have access to? Its impossible to say without knowing what you can get. There is not much in the way of exotic wood in Vietnam, but Thailand, Cambodia and Burma have a ton of species of exotic trees some quite valuable if you have the permit to cut them. If you can get me a list of things you can get either yourself or through your friends shop i can tell you what i would like to buy.

I am meeting my friend for lunch this week - will see what he can get for you and let you know next week. He is collecting this wood at his workshop soon as well:

http://saigoneer.com/saigon-development/3162-photos-hcmc-begins-to-chop-down-old-trees-on-ton-d-c-th-ng

WOW!!!!! Red Indian Mahogany and the one photo has a giant burl growth in it. I would buy almost all of that. I have more Mahogany than i know what to do with but very little Red Indian. If you could have him mill out some 6"x6"x18" pieces of stock from that i would for sure buy some. Going market price on turning blanks in RIM is $36 a blank. I would pay $42 a piece and arrange shipping. If he can cut them, please ask him to spray paint both ends of the blanks with latex paint for me so they do not crack or check during shipment. Let me know how many he can cut.

[Sir Lagsalot]

Lets get a list together of what you for sure have access to and we can work on pricing and getting an order in. Its hard to just give a price as different figure and grain determines price a lot so to just give a price would have to be the lowest possible price for the lowest grade of that spices.

Usually for people to have a regular supply i have them milled down to either 4"x4" by 14" pieces of stock or 8"X8" by 24" pieces of stock, as they are easier and more cost effective to ship larger quantities. That requires either someone with a large band saw, or their own saw mill. Also for larger orders the wood must be air dried out of the sunlight for 2-3 weeks prior to shipping as the water weight alone on even a small order can add $400 to the shipping cost.

As for pink ivory, you will not find any. Firstly its protected as it is on the top 4 list of most expensive and rarest woods on the planet, secondly it requires a few thousand dollars in permits to harvest legally. This i know as i just ordered an $8,000 piece of Watermelon Ivory ( an even more rare form of pink ivory) from south west Africa and the paperwork required to get it through customs was INSANE. Its not illegal to posses, you can get permits to harvest it for a pretty price tag, but it is very illegal to ship without paying about 4 different duties, 3 different taxes, half a dozen permits, and you have to provide a 1" square sample of the wood being shipped as customs requires it to be lab tested to verify its origin, age, legality.

I have more Mahogany than i could ever use as it is not ultra rare, unless you can get Indian Mahogany, I use some Ironwood, but only the darkest and closest to black as i can get. I do use Kiaata a bit mainly in turned wood projects. Only the reddish spices of it though, the blonde and yellow variants are as common as northern pine in America. Here is a bowl made from Jacaranda, Mahogany, and Kiaata. The bowl on top is the Type of Kiaata i would be interested in. The darker the better, This piece is made from a prime example of the type of Kiaata i would purchase.

Work on getting me a total list of what you can get. Let me know if you have someone who can mill it down to the lengths listed above, and then we will work on getting some prices together. If you can get high quality well figured cuts i would be willing to purchase $5k to $50k of product once i figure out the most cost effective shipping options.

OK, got it. I can certainly have it milled if we trade in bulk. I'm still searching for a good local source of Jacaranda and Imbuia, perhaps I'll also find other varieties. Here is the current list of woods I can get from Zimbabwe, in order of the easiest to hardest to acquire and transport to South Africa for international shipping:

Kiaat (red)
Ironwood (black)
Mopane & Tambootie
Olivewood

I've made it clear that you're only interested in specific, dark colours of Kiaat and Ironwood. Fungayi says this is assured if he sends only the heartwood, which will be free of other colours and imperfections ("checks?").

Some trees are on national park land and some on privately-held farms. Fungayi will obtain paperwork for any wood he cuts. He has the necessary permit to then bring the wood over the border into SA.

Fungayi has been working with wood for over 20 years so knows how to select only the best quality material.

He does not have his own transport or power tools. For larger quantities, he'll have to buy or rent a truck, pickup or even "scotch cart" (animal-drawn cart) and purchase a chainsaw and other tools. Finding labourers won't be a problem.

I suggest we start small and see how it goes. If everything runs smoothly, we can expand to shipping a container of any of the above woods (and perhaps source other varieties), milled to your stated dimensions. All these woods can be found in abundance.

To begin, Fungayi can bring me a log of Kiaat as darkly red and close to your dimensions of 24" x 6-12" (61cm x 15 - 30cm) as he can find. I will then dry it out and ship it to you, probably via DHL as I've worked with them before. The SA Post Office is not an option for shipping, as they're currently on strike (and unreliable in general).

Would you prefer a raw Kiaat log with the bark still on or the heartwood only? Given that, could you please let me know roughly what you'd pay for such a piece (excluding shipping) over the range of 6 to 12 inches in diameter? This will help me greatly in concluding a deal with Fungayi. I'll send a photograph before shipping and won't insist on the quoted price if the wood doesn't meet your expectations.

[Saigonsmokes]

Thanks to all who got me wood last week, most of it has arrived already  !!!!!!!

I am back buying again and am especially interested in wood from Africa, Central or South America, or Hawaii this week as my stock levels are getting very low.

Anything from Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Burma?

What do you have access to? Its impossible to say without knowing what you can get. There is not much in the way of exotic wood in Vietnam, but Thailand, Cambodia and Burma have a ton of species of exotic trees some quite valuable if you have the permit to cut them. If you can get me a list of things you can get either yourself or through your friends shop i can tell you what i would like to buy.

I am meeting my friend for lunch this week - will see what he can get for you and let you know next week. He is collecting this wood at his workshop soon as well:

http://saigoneer.com/saigon-development/3162-photos-hcmc-begins-to-chop-down-old-trees-on-ton-d-c-th-ng

WOW!!!!! Red Indian Mahogany and the one photo has a giant burl growth in it. I would buy almost all of that. I have more Mahogany than i know what to do with but very little Red Indian. If you could have him mill out some 6"x6"x18" pieces of stock from that i would for sure buy some. Going market price on turning blanks in RIM is $36 a blank. I would pay $42 a piece and arrange shipping. If he can cut them, please ask him to spray paint both ends of the blanks with latex paint for me so they do not crack or check during shipment. Let me know how many he can cut.

Hi, he text me back and said 6"x6"x18 are fine and he can provide as many as you need, he is buying the majority of the wood being chopped down by the city - drop me a PMH with details and I will discuss further with him when I meet him for lunch Wednesday. Thanks

[WoodCollector]

OK, got it. I can certainly have it milled if we trade in bulk. I'm still searching for a good local source of Jacaranda and Imbuia, perhaps I'll also find other varieties. Here is the current list of woods I can get from Zimbabwe, in order of the easiest to hardest to acquire and transport to South Africa for international shipping:

Kiaat (red)
Ironwood (black)
Mopane & Tambootie
Olivewood

I've made it clear that you're only interested in specific, dark colours of Kiaat and Ironwood. Fungayi says this is assured if he sends only the heartwood, which will be free of other colours and imperfections ("checks?").

Some trees are on national park land and some on privately-held farms. Fungayi will obtain paperwork for any wood he cuts. He has the necessary permit to then bring the wood over the border into SA.

Fungayi has been working with wood for over 20 years so knows how to select only the best quality material.

He does not have his own transport or power tools. For larger quantities, he'll have to buy or rent a truck, pickup or even "scotch cart" (animal-drawn cart) and purchase a chainsaw and other tools. Finding labourers won't be a problem.

I suggest we start small and see how it goes. If everything runs smoothly, we can expand to shipping a container of any of the above woods (and perhaps source other varieties), milled to your stated dimensions. All these woods can be found in abundance.

To begin, Fungayi can bring me a log of Kiaat as darkly red and close to your dimensions of 24" x 6-12" (61cm x 15 - 30cm) as he can find. I will then dry it out and ship it to you, probably via DHL as I've worked with them before. The SA Post Office is not an option for shipping, as they're currently on strike (and unreliable in general).

Would you prefer a raw Kiaat log with the bark still on or the heartwood only? Given that, could you please let me know roughly what you'd pay for such a piece (excluding shipping) over the range of 6 to 12 inches in diameter? This will help me greatly in concluding a deal with Fungayi. I'll send a photograph before shipping and won't insist on the quoted price if the wood doesn't meet your expectations.

I prefer milled stock for larger quantities, square cut to 4"x4"x14", 6"x6"x18" or 8"x8"x24" Below is some pricing assuming it is FAS grade lumber in order of size 4" 6" then 8" square cut

Red Kiaat: $14.85, $16.95, $19.71
Ironwood: $12.45, $15.88, $21.21
Mopane & Tambootie: Each piece needs to be graded to be priced so i would require a photo on each piece to grade it
Olivewood: He would have to have access to at least 50 trees in order to make it profitable for him to cut this. so lets leave this one out for now.

If you can have him square cut a piece of Kiaat to one of the above dimensions i will pay a little extra for a single sample just so i can ensure quality, Then if the quality is up to par i would like to order a small ISBU load of Red Kiaat which is roughly  1,000 pieces at 6x6x18" which would be $17,000 USD and i would arrange delivery of the container for him to fill and arrange having it picked up.

Both end grains on each cut would need to be spray painted with latex paint to ensure they do not crack during shipment, and each piece of stock would need to air dry for 3-4 weeks before being loaded into the container to cut back on shipping roughly 80 gallons of ground water from Africa to the United States.

[WoodCollector]

ATTENTION FLORIDA BITCOINERS

If you live close to, or know someone who owns an orange or mango farm i am looking for mango and osage orange wood. Mango farmers typically cut down the trees every 7-15 years and orange trees when they get over grown. Please contact me and let me know if you have access and in what quantity and we can work out pricing on it. i would be interested in anything from a few pieces to a truck load.

[alani123]

This must be the most unique offer I've seen.

I live in Greece, I can get you any kind of wood you can think of from here. We have some of the nicest olive trees where I live.

[WoodCollector]

This must be the most unique offer I've seen.

I live in Greece, I can get you any kind of wood you can think of from here. We have some of the nicest olive trees where I live.

Can you mill 6"x6"x18" square stock? If so i would be interested in some Olive Wood,  Also some Rose Wood if you have some that grows close to you.

[sionsandman]

Hi,

Have you made any work with black & white ebony that you can show?

I think I'm in love with that wood 

How expensive is it?

Do you also make furniture or just smaller pieces?

[WoodCollector]

Hi,

Have you made any work with black & white ebony that you can show?

I think I'm in love with that wood 

How expensive is it?

Do you also make furniture or just smaller pieces?

I have worked with black and white ebony before, i did a few pool cue's for a clients sons birthday gift, and a dildo for a female client and her husband. I am sure i can dig up some pictures over the next few days.

Pricing varies, the wood alone depending on grade and size can get rather expensive. If you were talking you wanted a Pen or a Cigar tube for storing your cigar you would be talking $150 or so, A pool cue would run about $500-$800. A guitar body would run around $4,500, small table - about $8,000. Exotic species don't sell by the b.f. in most cases as it is harder to find larger pieces so the price of a larger single piece of the wood could fetch as much as 600% per b.f. than one half its size in some cases.

I have made functional art for clients in the past, Dining tables, Desks, end tables and coffee tables, Wine racks, etc. but again i only work in exotic wood and prices for functional art start at $5,000 for the most basic like a end table.

[WoodCollector]

Ok all my South America friends, I need some blood wood within the next 3 weeks, Let me know if you got some growing close to you, i will buy it wet if you can get it cut and milled to size.

[Blazed]

So I was just shown my piece I commissioned...and WOW...just WOW. I had started out wanting a plain old BTC with a cool looking wood, and this is way more than I would have ever thought of! I will show it off once it is all the way done, but I am really happy with how it turned out.

[sionsandman]

So I was just shown my piece I commissioned...and WOW...just WOW. I had started out wanting a plain old BTC with a cool looking wood, and this is way more than I would have ever thought of! I will show it off once it is all the way done, but I am really happy with how it turned out.

What kind of wood have you chosen?

[Blazed]

So I was just shown my piece I commissioned...and WOW...just WOW. I had started out wanting a plain old BTC with a cool looking wood, and this is way more than I would have ever thought of! I will show it off once it is all the way done, but I am really happy with how it turned out.

What kind of wood have you chosen?

I told him to just surprise me and he selected Watermelon Ivory for it. The intricate designs on it are really amazing...I can only imagine how much time it must have taken him.