Wangee wood?

hoosierhiver

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A friend of mine is in the fancy wood floor business and I just got alot of cool scraps. I found some black wood that looks like ebony, he said it was "Wangee wood"(sp?) from Africa and is related to ebony. Anybody know about this stuff. Looks like it'd be great for fret boards.
 
Wenge (Millettia laurentii) is a nice tonewood and hard as nails.
I always thought it looked like chocolate.

Wenge


BTW - It's not related to ebony
 
UKISOCIETY said:
vid, plz.


Or do you want me to invoke R2?
:rulez:
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R2?


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RevWill said:
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wood.
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*beavis voice* hmhmm hehhh hmhmmm WANG-EEEEe hmm heh WANG-EEEE




ANYWAYS... Theres a thread on someone doing a tenor build with wenge... Its about 10-12 threads down. I think pete said you would need a lot of epoxy pore filler as it is a very porous wood.
 
RonS said:
Wenge (Millettia laurentii) is a nice tonewood and hard as nails.
I always thought it looked like chocolate.

Wenge


BTW - It's not related to ebony
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Thanks for the link.
I might still use my spelling since it seems to cause a stir. :smileybounce:

and extra points for the latin name!!!~
 
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hoosierhiver said:
I might still use my spelling since it seems to cause a stir
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I keep admiring your marketing skills... Who would have thought about there being a market for Wangee ukuleles? Anyway, if you make 'em, we'll buy 'em.

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