Eastern Red Cedar - Aromatic Cedar Eastern Red Cedar or "aromatic" Cedar are one and the same and have the species name - Juniperus Virgiania. This cedar should not be confused with western red cedar which is a completely different species. Aromatic red cedar heartwood is generally a beautiful salmon pink which ages to reddish brown. Some of our Texas Eastern Red Cedar is also known as "Purple Heart Cedar" due to the dramatic purple color of the Heartwood. Unfortunately - both the lovely heartwood colors, the salmon pink and purple, eventually fade to reddish brown. The sapwood is a creamy white; it also changes color with time; the final color is generally a light tan. Eastern Red Cedar is widely distributed throughout the eastern United States and is cut and milled for flooring, paneling, fencing, cedar chest or decking. Here in Texas, Cedar is primarily used for fenceposts, but we feel that is attractive enough to offer for your woodturning. You can see examples of various bowls and vessels turned from Cedar and other "exotic" Texas woods on my companion website, www.prairiesend.com. As elsewhere, the dimensions given below are Length x Width x Depth of the blank. Theoretically these numbers indicate the dimensions of the largest bowl, box/goblet or spindle that might be turned from that piece if no flaws are encountered. The approximate weight (in pounds) as well as obvious physical features (checks, etc) are also indicated. Note also that most of these are rough cut. I do not have the time or equipment to routinely surface the cut sides - although sometimes I think that the grain is interesting enough that I will take it to the jointer before I take the photo. Note - the active links below are an aid to quick navigation on this page. Just click on the Cedar size range that are of interest to you: Smaller end-grain blanks - 1" to 2" square Larger end-grain blanks - 2" to 3" square Largest end-grain blocks - 3" to 6" square Bowl blanks - square and smaller half-log blocks Miscellaneous rectangular blanks and small boards Smaller end-grain blanks - 1" to 2" square click to enlarge click to enlarge Aromatic Purple Heart Cedar lot 248 1-1/2" x 1-1/2" x 15" 3/4 lb. This is a very nice small end-grain block of our Purple Heart Eastern Red Cedar. It is primarily deep reddish-purple heartwood with a strip of creamy-yellow sapwood along a portion of one edge, and several small pockets of creamy-yellow residual sapwood near one end. The overall grain pattern is smoothly linear to gently curving, with a bit more complexity toward one end (both photos). I see no cracks, checks or other significant flaws. There are a couple of shallow grooves in that strip of sapwood that are the remains of old borer holes, but they, along with all of that sapwood will turn off as the block is roughed to round. Sold Aromatic red Cedar lot 248 $12.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Aromatic Purple Heart Cedar lot 249 1-1/2" x 1-1/2" x 15" 3/4 lb. This is another nice end-grain block of our Purple Heart Eastern Red Cedar. It is also primarily deep reddish-purple heartwood but includes a thin section of creamy-yellow sapwood along a portion of one side and adjacent edge (top photo), along with a long, narrow stripe of creamy-yellow residual sapwood on one side (bottom photo). The overall grain pattern is smoothly linear to gently curving, with a bit more complexity and a nice bit of chatoyance toward one end (both photos). Again, I see no cracks, checks or other significant flaws. There are several shallow grooves at the edge that strip of sapwood, the remains of old borer holes, but they, along with most of that sapwood will turn off as the block is roughed to round. Sold Aromatic red Cedar lot 249 $10.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Aromatic Purple Heart Cedar lot 250 1-1/2" x 1-1/2" x 12" 1/2 lb. This is another nice end-grain block of our Purple Heart Eastern Red Cedar. It is also entirely deep reddish-purple heartwood but includes a long, narrow stripe of creamy-yellow residual sapwood on one side (top photo) as well as several small, irregular patches of additional residual sapwood. The overall grain pattern is smoothly linear to gently curving. Again, I see no cracks, checks or other significant flaws. Aromatic red Cedar lot 250 $8.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Aromatic Purple Heart Cedar lot 251 1-1/2" x 1-1/2" x 11-3/8" 1/2 lb. This is another nice end-grain block of our Purple Heart Eastern Red Cedar. It is essentially all deep reddish-purple heartwood with only a couple of small patches of creamy-yellow residual sapwood (on end corners, both photos). The overall grain pattern is generally linear to gently curving but is strongly deflected around and over a large imbedded limb that passes thru the central portion of the block. That complex grain pattern is interesting and very attractive. I see no cracks, checks or other significant flaws. Aromatic red Cedar lot 251 $8.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Aromatic Purple Heart Cedar lot 252 1-1/2" x 1-1/2" x 11-3/8" 1/2 lb. This is another nice, small end-grain block of our Purple Heart Eastern Red Cedar. It is essentially all deep reddish-purple heartwood with only a small stripe of creamy-yellow residual sapwood (on one end) and an area of lighter purple on a portion of one face. The overall grain pattern is linear to gently curving. I see no cracks, checks or other significant flaws. Aromatic red Cedar lot 252 $8.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Aromatic Purple Heart Cedar lot 221 1-3/4" x 1-3/4" x 12-3/4" 3/4 lb. This is an interesting end-grain block of Eastern Red Cedar. The color includes the deep reddish-purple heartwood and cream to beige-colored sapwood of Purple Heart Cedar, along with a section of darker brown Cedar bark on one edge. Most of the bark will turn off as the blank is rounded. There are absolutely no cracks or drying checks in this block. However, there are a number of small borer holes in the sapwood and one (visible in the end-grain end on the bottom photo) appears to be quite deep. These provide an opportunity for some colorful infill if desired. I see no other flaws. Aromatic red Cedar lot 221 $10.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Aromatic Purple Heart Cedar lot 222 1-1/2" x 1-1/2" x 13-1/4" 1/2 lb. This is another interesting end-grain block of Eastern Red Cedar. The colors are approximately 50/50 deep reddish-purple heartwood and cream to beige-colored sapwood of Purple Heart Cedar. There is also a thin strip of darker brown Cedar bark on one edge. All of that bark will turn off as the blank is rounded. Again, there are absolutely no cracks or drying checks in this block. However, there are a number of small borer holes in the sapwood. Those that remain after roughing-out would provide another opportunity for some colorful infill. I see no other flaws. Aromatic red Cedar lot 222 $8.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Aromatic Purple Heart Cedar lot 223 1-1/4" x 2" x 13" 3/4 lb. This is a nice rectangular block of Eastern Red Cedar. It is mostly deep reddish-purple heartwood with a thin strip of cream to beige-colored sapwood on one edge. There two long, very thin and likely quite shallow drying checks in the sapwood. I see no other flaws. Aromatic red Cedar lot 223 $10.00 Larger end-grain blanks - 2" to 3" square click to enlarge click to enlarge Aromatic Purple Heart Cedar lot 231 2-3/4" x 2-3/4" x 11-1/4" 1-3/4 lbs. This is a nice end-grain block of the Purple Heart variety of aromatic Texas Eastern Red Cedar. It is essentially all deep reddish-purple heartwood with a small oval area of residual creamy yellow sapwood. The grain forms a pleasant linear to gently curving pattern. The main pith of the log lies well outside this blank and I see no pith-related cracks. However, there is a single thin and tight crack running right up the center of the annotated face. That face is generally parallel to the underlying grain pattern (plane-sawn) and close to the outer portion of the log. That very small crack appears to be the tail end of a drying check. Probing with a corner of a piece of thin paper suggests that it is no more than 1/4" deep. I would reinforce this with thin CA glue before turning. Also, located on one edge (lower portion of left side, bottom photo) a small knot has a ~1/4" decay hole in the center. On that edge, one might assume that it would turn off completely when the blank is roughed to round. But ... not so - probing with a piece of wire reveals a depth of ~2 inches into the center of the block. So this feature will likely be present in the finished turning - either as a flaw or as an eye-catching character feature! The price below reflects the presence of that hole and the small drying check. Aromatic red Cedar lot 231 $15.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Aromatic Purple Heart Cedar lot 232 2-3/4" x 2-3/4" x 11" 1-3/4 lbs. This is a beautiful end-grain block of Texas aromatic Purple Heart Eastern Red Cedar. It is essentially all deep reddish-purple heartwood. It was cut from a crotch and includes a prominent crotch flame figure (top photo) with a very nice chatoyance (internal light reflection). The pith of the log lies well outside this blank and I see no cracks, pith-related or otherwise. There are several very small borer holes on one face (left side, bottom photo, but not really visible in the photo). Probing (thin wire) reveals that several extend at least 3/4" into the block. I see no other significant flaws. Aromatic red Cedar lot 232 $30.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Aromatic Purple Heart Cedar lot 233 2-3/4" x 2-3/4" x 10" 1-1/2 lbs. This is another beautiful end-grain block of Texas aromatic Purple Heart Eastern Red Cedar. It is primarily deep reddish-purple heartwood, but includes large, irregular and very attractive patches of creamy-yellow residual sapwood. Cut from a within a crotch, the grain pattern of this block is complex and includes a prominent crotch flame/feather figure (top photo) and several areas of very nice chatoyance (internal light reflection). It also includes an angular, slightly-gappy patch of included bark from within the overgrown crotch (top photo). You might want to reinforce (with CA glue) and possibly fill this gappy feature to preserve it before and/or during turning. The pith of the log lies well outside this blank and I see no cracks, pith-related or otherwise. There are two thin crack-like features extending from the pointy ends of that crotch gap bark inclusion (not readily visible on the photos). I do not think that they are true cracks or checks, rather very thin, non-barky extensions of the overgrown crotch gap. I see no significant flaws. Aromatic red Cedar lot 233 $35.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Aromatic Purple Heart Cedar lot 234 2-1/2" x 2-1/2" x 19-1/2" 2-1/2 lbs. This is a very nice, longer end-grain block of our Purple Heart Eastern Red Cedar. It is essentially all deep reddish-purple heartwood with just a few small patches of creamy-yellow residual sapwood. The middle portion of the block was located close to a crotch and includes a fairly complex and attractive grain pattern. Elsewhere, the pattern is smoothly linear to gently curving. I see no cracks, pith-related or otherwise. There are several very small borer holes on one edge (not visible on the photos). Probing (thin wire) reveals that they are quite shallow (less than 1/4") and located where they are on an edge, they should turn off immediately as the block is rounded. I see no other significant flaws. Aromatic red Cedar lot 234 $30.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Aromatic Purple Heart Cedar lot 235 2-1/2" x 2-1/2" x 14-1/2" 1-3/4 lbs. This is another nice, longer end-grain block of our Purple Heart Eastern Red Cedar. It is essentially all deep reddish-purple heartwood with just a few stripes of creamy-yellow residual sapwood along one edge. The grain pattern is generally smooth and linear to gently curving. I see no pith-related cracks, but there is one thin and crack or check within one of the yellow sapwood stripe on the edge of the annotated face. It extends and becomes thinner, following the linear grain pattern from that side edge back toward the edge of the end-grain face. It seems to be quite shallow and most will turn off as the block is rounded. I would reinforce that check with thin CA glue before turning. There is also a single small open knot on one edge - it too will turn off (lower edge of the left side, bottom photo). And last, a single small borer hole is present near one end of one face (barely visible on the left side, ~1" from the end-grain face, bottom photo). Probing (thin wire) reveals that it is at least 1" deep so it is likely to be part of a turning. I see no other significant flaws. Aromatic red Cedar lot 235 $20.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Aromatic Purple Heart Cedar lot 236 2-1/2" x 2-1/2" x 12-1/4" 1-3/4 lbs. This is another beautiful end-grain block of our aromatic Purple Heart Eastern Red Cedar. It is primarily deep reddish-purple heartwood, but includes numerous small, irregular and very attractive patches of creamy-yellow residual sapwood. Cut from a within the inner portion of a old crotch, the grain pattern for much of this block is complex and includes two prominent areas of very nice chatoyance (internal light reflection). The pith of the log lies well outside this blank, but the smaller pith of the old limb is present. However, I see no cracks, pith-related or otherwise. There are several very small borer holes at three locations, and probing (thin wire) reveals that two are at least 3/4" deep so they may become a part of your turning. I see no other significant flaws. Aromatic red Cedar lot 236 $35.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Aromatic Purple Heart Cedar lot 237 2-1/2" x 2-1/2" x 9-3/4" 1-1/4 lbs. This is another very nice, end-grain block of our Purple Heart Eastern Red Cedar. It is primarily deep reddish-purple heartwood but does include two large sections of creamy-yellow sapwood (primary sapwood, the outer portion of the log) as well as several closely-spaced stripes of creamy-yellow residual sapwood on one side. The grain pattern is generally smooth and linear to gently curving, but is quite rippled to complex in areas - very attractive. I see no cracks but there are two very thin drying checks, one each in the two areas of primary sapwood. As these areas of sapwood with their internal checks are located on two edges of the block, those cracks will likely turn off as the block is rounded. There are also several small borer holes within those two sapwood areas. Probing (thin wire) reveals that they are shallow and confined to the sapwood sections - they too should turn off immediately. I see no other significant flaws. Aromatic red Cedar lot 237 $20.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Aromatic Purple Heart Cedar lot 238 2-1/2" x 2-1/2" x 8" 1-1/4 lbs. This is another very nice end-grain block of our aromatic Purple Heart Eastern Red Cedar. It is almost entirely deep reddish-purple heartwood with just two small patches of creamy-yellow residual sapwood one opposite ends. Cut from a small, side limb crotch, the grain pattern for much of this block is nicely figured and includes areas of moderate chatoyance (internal light reflection). The pith of the log lies well outside this blank, but a portion of the smaller pith of the old limb is present (top photo). However, I see no pith-related cracks. There are two small drying checks, one each in the sapwood at the ends of the block. Both being on corners, these checks should turn off completely. I see no other significant flaws. Aromatic red Cedar lot 238 $25.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Aromatic Purple Heart Cedar lot 239 2" x 2" x 14-1/2" 1 lb. This is a very nice, longer, 2x2 inch, end-grain block of our Purple Heart Eastern Red Cedar. It is essentially all deep reddish-purple heartwood with just a few small patches of light, creamy-yellow residual sapwood. The overall grain pattern is smoothly linear to gently curving, with a bit more complexity in the lower portion (both photos). I see no cracks, pith-related or otherwise. There is a single, very small borer hole on one side (bottom photo, left side, nearer 1/4 but only faintly visible). Probing (thin wire) reveals that it is quite shallow (less than 1/8"). I see no other significant flaws. Aromatic red Cedar lot 239 $15.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Aromatic Purple Heart Cedar lot 240 2" x 2" x 14-1/2" 1 lb. This is another very nice, longer, 2x2 inch, end-grain block of our Purple Heart Eastern Red Cedar. It is essentially all deep reddish-purple heartwood with just a few small patches of creamy-yellow residual sapwood. The overall grain pattern is smoothly linear to gently curving, with a bit more complexity in the middle portion (both photos). I see no cracks, pith-related or otherwise. There is a single, very small borer hole on one side (bottom photo, top side, 1" down from the far end). Probing (thin wire) reveals that it is 1/2" deep. I see no other significant flaws. Aromatic red Cedar lot 240 $15.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Aromatic Purple Heart Cedar lot 241 2" x 2" x 13-1/2" 1 lb. This is another very nice, longer, 2x2 inch, end-grain block of our Purple Heart Eastern Red Cedar. It is mainly deep reddish-purple heartwood but does include a single small, irregular patch of creamy-yellow residual sapwood (top photo) and several inter-grain stripes of very light, creamy-yellow color. The overall grain pattern is smoothly linear to gently curving, with a bit more complexity toward one end (both photos). I see no cracks, borer holes or other significant flaws. Aromatic red Cedar lot 241 $15.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Aromatic Purple Heart Cedar lot 242 2" x 2" x 13" 1 lb. This is another very nice 2x2 inch, end-grain block of our Purple Heart Eastern Red Cedar. It is almost all deep reddish-purple heartwood with only light shadings of creamy-yellow and a couple of small pockets of residual sapwood at one end (top photo). The overall grain pattern is smoothly linear to gently curving, with a bit more complexity toward one end (both photos). I see no cracks or checks, but there are three small borer holes in one face (left side, top photo, but only faintly visible). They are shallow with the deepest one at about 1/2". I see no other significant flaws. Aromatic red Cedar lot 242 $15.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Aromatic Purple Heart Cedar lot 243 2" x 2" x 12-1/4" 1 lb. This is another very nice 2x2 inch, end-grain block of our Purple Heart Eastern Red Cedar. It is also almost all deep reddish-purple heartwood with only light shadings of creamy-yellow and one thin strip of sapwood on one corner edge (both photos). The overall grain pattern is smoothly linear to gently curving. I see no cracks, checks or other significant flaws. Aromatic red Cedar lot 243 $15.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Aromatic Purple Heart Cedar lot 244 2" x 2" x 10-3/4" 1 lb. This is another very nice 2x2 inch, end-grain block of our Purple Heart Eastern Red Cedar. It is essentially all deep reddish-purple heartwood with a thin strip of creamy-yellow sapwood and brown bark on one edge (both photos). The overall grain pattern is generally linear to gently curving. I see no cracks, checks or other significant flaws. One small old limb is imbedded in the central portion of one side (top photo). Most of that limb will turn off, but it feature appears to be quite sound (although I would reinforce it with thin CA glue). The remaining portion could make an interesting eye-catching feature in a finished turning. Aromatic red Cedar lot 244 $12.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Aromatic Purple Heart Cedar lot 246 2" x 2" x 10-1/2" 1 lb. This is another very nice 2x2 inch, end-grain block of our Purple Heart Eastern Red Cedar. It is primarily deep reddish-purple heartwood with a scattering of small pockets and lenses of creamy-yellow residual sapwood at one end (top photo). The overall grain pattern is smoothly linear to gently curving, but is more complex on three sides of the lower half (both photos). That complexity includes a small but very nice flame figure (top photo) with a high degree of chatoyance. I see no cracks, checks or other significant flaws. Aromatic red Cedar lot 246 $15.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Aromatic Purple Heart Cedar lot 247 2" x 2" x 10-1/4" 1 lb. This is another very nice 2x2 inch, end-grain block of our Purple Heart Eastern Red Cedar. It is essentially all deep reddish-purple heartwood with only a couple of small patches of creamy-yellow residual sapwood (both photos). The overall grain pattern is generally linear to gently curving but is strongly deflected around and over a large imbedded limb that passes thru the center of the block. That complex grain pattern is interesting and very attractive. I see no cracks, checks or other major flaws. However, there are five small borer holes that penetrate the block - the bugs are gone but their holes remain! Probing (with my thin wire probe) indicates that several extend between 1/4" and 3/4" into the block and are located where they will not readily turn off (as on edges). They are likely to be present in the finished turning. Aromatic red Cedar lot 247 $14.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Aromatic Purple Heart Cedar lot 207 2-3/4" x 2-3/4" x 7-1/2" 1-1/4 lbs. This is another nice square-section, end-grain block of aromatic Texas Eastern Red Cedar. It is the Purple Heart variety - a deep reddish-purple heartwood with a small portion of contrasting cream to beige colored sapwood along one edge. There is one prominent Cedar knot on one face and another on one edge. This blank was cut completely away from the pith of the log and I see no pith-related cracks. There is one prominent drying check in that sapwood section, as well as two very thin and apparently shallow drying checks in the annotated face (top photo). Most, if not all, of those checks will turn off as the blank is rounded. I see no other cracks or obvious flaws. Aromatic red Cedar lot 207 $10.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Aromatic Purple Heart Cedar lot 210 2-1/4" x 2-1/4" x 13-1/4" 1-1/2 lbs. This is a nice square-section, end-grain block of aromatic Texas Eastern Red Cedar. It is the Purple Heart variety - essentially all deep reddish-purple heartwood. There are several Cedar knots scattered throughout the blank. It was cut well clear of the main pith of the log and exhibits no pith-related cracks. There is one small and tight drying check in one end (end-grain face, top photo, but too small to see). I see no other cracks or obvious flaws. Aromatic red Cedar lot 210 $12.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Aromatic Purple Heart Cedar lot 214 2" x 2" x 11-3/4" 1 lb. This is another nice square-section, end-grain block of aromatic Texas Eastern Red Cedar. It is entirely a deep reddish-purple heartwood of our Texas Purple Heart variety. There is one prominent Cedar knot on one edge and a matching pair on opposide faces (an enclosed juvenile branch). This blank was cut completely away from the pith of the log and I see no pith-related cracks. I also see no drying checks or other obvious flaws. Aromatic red Cedar lot 207 $12.00 Largest end-grain blanks - 3" to >6" square click to enlarge click to enlarge Aromatic Purple Heart Cedar lot 206 3" x 3" x 7-1/4" 1-1/2 lbs. This is a nice square-section, end-grain block of aromatic Texas Eastern Red Cedar. It is the Purple Heart variety - essentially all deep reddish-purple heartwood. There are several Cedar knots scattered throughout the blank, one of which is fairly large. The pith of the log passes thru one edge of this blank. There is one small and thin radial crack associated with that pith (visible on the end-grain face and left side, top photo). Most, if not all, of that crack will turn off as the blank is rounded. I see no other cracks or obvious flaws. Sold Aromatic red Cedar lot 206 $10.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Aromatic Purple Heart Cedar lot 225 3" x 3" x 12" 2-1/2 lbs. This is a beautiful end-grain block of aromatic Texas Eastern Red Cedar - the Purple Heart variety. It is essentially all deep reddish-purple heartwood with occasional thin lenses of creamy yellow residual sapwood. It was cut from within the crotch of a large side limb and a portion of that limb is visible crossing thru one end of the block (end-grain face, top photo and far end of left side, bottom photo). The overall grain pattern is complex to highly figured in approximately one-half of this block, and generally strongly linear elsewhere. The main pith of the log lies outside this blank but the pith of that side limb described above is present. However, I see no pith-related cracks, or for that matter, any other cracks or checks. There is a single small borer hole on one edge that should turn off as the block is rounded. Aromatic red Cedar lot 225 $30.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Aromatic Purple Heart Cedar lot 226 3-3/8" x 3-3/8" x 10-1/2" 2-1/2 lbs. This is another beautiful and very complex end-grain block of the Purple Heart variety of aromatic Texas Eastern Red Cedar. It is essentially all deep reddish-purple heartwood with occasional thin lenses of residual creamy yellow sapwood. It was cut from within the area of several large side limbs which resulted in a complex, highly-figured, crotch-related grain pattern thru most of the block. A portion of one limb is visible crossing thru the upper half of the block (top photo). The main pith of the log lies outside this blank but the pith of that side limb described above is present. I see no cracks related to that pith, or for that matter, any other cracks or checks. However, several other interesting and possibly complicating features are present, as follows: - a long, partially open vein of included bark is present at one end (end-grain face and end of the annotated face, top photo) - this the result of bark overgrowth within the crotch of a side limb. - a second gappy lens of included bark visible on one side (the left side, top photo). This also appears to be an overgrown patch of bark within a crotch, and is likely to be an extension of the other nearby patch of included bark. So these bark patches may be connected within the block and have to be dealt with during turning. - There is a small but deep open hole in the dead center of the side-limb pith on the left side of the top photo. This may be the result of some type of borer, and will likely be present in the finished turning. I see no other significant flaws in this block. Aromatic red Cedar lot 226 $35.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Aromatic Purple Heart Cedar lot 227 3" x 3" x 10" 2 lbs. This is another beautiful end-grain block of aromatic Purple Heart Texas Eastern Red Cedar. It is essentially all deep reddish-purple heartwood with occasional thin lenses of residual creamy yellow sapwood. It was cut from close to several side limbs and a portion of one overgrown limb is visible crossing thru one end of the block (end-grain face, top photo and far end of left side, bottom photo). The grain pattern is complex to highly figured on two faces of this block, and generally strongly linear on the other two. The main pith of the log lies outside this blank but the pith of that side limb described above is present. However, I see no pith-related cracks, or for that matter, any other cracks or checks. Aromatic red Cedar lot 227 $30.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Aromatic Purple Heart Cedar lot 229 3" x 3" x 10" 2 lbs. This is another beautiful end-grain block of aromatic Purple Heart Texas Eastern Red Cedar. It is essentially all deep reddish-purple heartwood with occasional thin lenses of residual creamy yellow sapwood. The grain pattern is complexly figured on three faces of this block, and generally strongly linear on the other one. The main pith of the log lies outside this blank and I see no pith-related cracks or other significant flaws. Aromatic red Cedar lot 229 $30.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Aromatic Purple Heart Cedar lot 230 3-3/8" x 3-3/8" x 10-1/2" 2-1/2 lbs. This is another beautiful and very complex end-grain block of the Purple Heart variety of aromatic Texas Eastern Red Cedar. It is essentially all deep reddish-purple heartwood with only occasional small, thin lenses of residual creamy yellow sapwood. It was cut from within the area of several large side limbs which resulted in a complex, highly-figured, crotch-related grain pattern thru most of the block. It even includes a section (or two?) of crotch "flame" figure and an eye-catching degree of chatoyance (left and top faces, bottom photo). The main pith of the log lies outside this blank and I see no pith-related cracks. There are however, two small and very tight cracks/grain separations within one portion of the flame figure. These should be reinforced with thin CA glue before turning. I see no other significant flaws in this block. Aromatic red Cedar lot 230 $30.00 Bowl blanks - square and smaller half-log blocks click to enlarge click to enlarge Aromatic Purple Heart Cedar lot 257 6" x 6" x 2-3/4" 2-1/4 lbs. This is a beautiful and very complex square bowl blank of Texas Purple Heart Eastern Red Cedar. The color is mainly a deep reddish-purple heartwood but includes numerous irregular stripes, patches and small lenses of residual creamy yellow sapwood within a complex, crotch-influenced grain pattern. Cut from an area of several side limbs, that complex grain pattern includes a portion of crotch "flame figure" with an eye-catching degree of chatoyance (top photo). Note - that beautiful creamy color "character" is prominent when wet (as for these photos) but not so when the block is dry. I believe that it will also be that brilliant color in the final turning after the final finish has been applied. The main pith of the log seems to lie outside this blank, but the piths of two side limbs are present. One pith includes a small central area of decay (lower left side, top photo). It looks as if the bowl/hollow-form is turned with the annotated side as the bottom, that area will be removed. There are also several thin radial cracks or checks that will have to be addressed - none are large and I would reinforce these features with thin CA glue before and/or during turning. I see no other significant flaws in this block. Aromatic red Cedar lot 257 $35.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Aromatic Purple Heart Cedar lot 204 6" x 6" x 4" 2-1/2 lbs. This is another nice (and deeper) square bowl blank of aromatic Texas Eastern Red Cedar. It is also the variety locally known as Purple Heart, with a deep reddish purple heartwood and a small area of nicely contrasting cream to beige colored sapwood. This block was cut from the inner portion of the log and the pith is present on the very edge of one side (left side, top and bottom photos). There are several very thin pith-related cracks and drying checks that are too small to be visible on the photos. I would just reinforce those small cracks with thin CA glue before turning. I see no other cracks or significant flaws in this piece. Sold Aromatic red Cedar lot 204 $12.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Aromatic Purple Heart Cedar lot 205 6" x 6" x 4" 2-1/2 lbs. This is another nice (and deeper) square bowl blank of aromatic Texas Eastern Red Cedar. It is also the variety locally known as Purple Heart, with a deep reddish purple heartwood and a small area of nicely contrasting cream to beige colored sapwood along one edge. There are a couple of Cedar knots scattered throughout the blank. This block was cut from the inner portion of the log and the pith is present on the very edge of one side (near side, top and bottom photos). There are several very thin pith-related cracks and drying checks that are generally too small to be visible on the photos (No - those dark stripes in the end-grain faces are not cracks - they are the trails of juvenile branches radiating out from the original center of the log). I would reinforce those small cracks with thin CA glue before turning. I see no other cracks or significant flaws in this piece. Sold Aromatic red Cedar lot 205 $12.00 click to enlarge This small Cedar bowl was recently turned from the same tree as the other pieces of cedar offered here. Additional examples of turnings from our local Texas woods are presented on Prairie's End Woodshop. click to enlarge click to enlarge Aromatic Purple Heart Cedar lot 154 18" x 14" x 6" 25 lbs. This is a very nice, large rectangular bowl blank in aromatic Texas Eastern Red Cedar - the variety locally known as Purple Heart, with a gorgeous deep purple heartwood; the sapwood is a nicely contrasting cream to beige color. That dark bark is loose so a "barky" natural-edge bowl is unlikely in this case. The pith in this log was off-center and that pith is present within this half and is visible on both end-grain faces (both photos). However, that pith appears to be quite tight and crack-free. There are several thin drying checks at one end, where the blank was cut from the end of the log. These checks appear quite shallow and I allowed extra length such that these should trim off when the blank is roughed to round. That is a 14" (max bowl diameter) circle scribed on the top face. I see no significant cracks or other structural weakness in this piece. Sale pending Aromatic red Cedar lot 154 $50.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Aromatic Purple Heart Cedar lot 155 15-1/2" x 17" x 6-1/2" 36 lbs. This is another very nice, large rectangular bowl blank in aromatic Texas Eastern Red Cedar - the variety locally known as Purple Heart, with a gorgeous deep purple heartwood; the sapwood is a nicely contrasting cream to beige color. That dark bark is loose so a "barky" natural-edge bowl is unlikely in this case. If you examine the grain pattern in the top photo, you can see that this piece was cut from the area of a major side limb. I suspect that some nice crotch-related grain is present close to this face (flame or feather??). I would mount and turn this blank for a natural-edge bowl (without bark but with a nice sapwood rim) so that if a nice crotch figure is present, it would be maintained in the lower portion of the bowl. This blank was cut from close to the pith but none of that pith is present (top photo). However, there is one thin, pith-related radial crack in a portion of the top face and upper end-grain face (not really visible on the photos). That feature should be reinforced with CA glue when turning. In a NE bowl form, that pith-crack looks like it would turn-off completely. Both ends are fresh-cut and I see no drying checks. There do not appear to be any other significant structural weaknesses in this piece. Sold Aromatic red Cedar lot 155 $60.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Aromatic Purple Heart Cedar lot 156 15" x 16" x 4-6" 28 lbs. This is another very nice, large rectangular bowl blank in aromatic, Purple Heart Texas Eastern Red Cedar - the half-brother to lot #155 above. The heartwood is a gorgeous deep purple heartwood and the sapwood is a nicely contrasting cream to beige color. That dark, stringy Cedar bark is also loose and absent in portions, so a "barky" natural-edge bowl is also unlikely in this case. Two secondary limbs were present in this section of the living tree and should make for a very interesting grain pattern in the finished bowl. Those limbs are apparent from the grain pattern visible on the cut top face (the other half of that one on lot #155) and the stub of a second large limb on the backside (bottom photo). Note, that "stub" is a separate limb from the one that formed the swirling grain on the top face. There is even a third small limb on one corner (left edge of the end-grain face, bottom photo), but that will come off as the blank is roughed to round. Again, this blank could be mounted and turned for a natural-edge bowl to take advantage of both of those crotch-related grain patterns. The pith in this log was off-center and a short portion of that pith is present at one end of this half. The pith is visible on the end-grain face of the bottom photo and as the dark round spot at the upper edge of the annotated face on the top photo. There is one small and thin, pith-related radial crack on the end-grain portion of pith but it does not carry thru to the top face. I don't see that minor feature as any constraint to turning. Both ends are fresh-cut and I see no drying checks. There do not appear to be any significant structural weaknesses in this piece. Aromatic red Cedar lot 156 $60.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Aromatic Red Cedar lot 121 10-1/2" x 11" x 4" 9 lbs. This is another very nice half-log bowl blank in aromatic Texas Eastern Red Cedar. The heartwood is a beautiful salmon to dark red; the sapwood is a nicely contrasting white to cream color. It includes a major side limb and results in a very nice flowing figure at the cut surface with complex grain patterns and colors. Typical of Cedar, there are a number of juvenile branches that appear to extend outward from the heartwood into the adjacent sapwood - these will make for interesting patterns in any turned form. The log that yielded this half-log piece was cut thru the pith and the shallow portion of that pith is included at the cut surface. However, the pith is tight and the blank exhibits no visible structural weakness. I did not round this into a bowl blank shape but left it intact such that you can cut it into smaller turning blanks - for goblets, pepper mills, pens, bowls or the like - if desired. However, I did scribe a circle on the cut face so that you can see the extent of the largest (10") bowl form that is likely from this piece. Sold Aromatic red Cedar lot 121 $25.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Aromatic Purple Heart Cedar lot 151 11" diameter x 5" deep 9-3/4 lbs. This is another beautiful half-log bowl blank in aromatic Texas Eastern Red Cedar. This is the variety locally known as Purple Heart, with a gorgeous deep purple heartwood; the sapwood is a nicely contrasting cream to beige color. As is usual with Eastern Red Cedar, there are a number of juvenile branches that appear to extend outward from the heartwood into the adjacent sapwood - these will make for interesting patterns in the sides and bottom of a turned bowl. The pith was cut completely out of this half-log blank and it exhibits no visible structural weakness. It was roughly-rounded and flattened on the back to reduce shipping weight, to reveal some of the internal figure, and to make it ready to mount on your lathe and begin turning. Sold Aromatic red Cedar lot 151 $30.00 Miscellaneous rectangular blanks and small boards click to enlarge click to enlarge Aromatic Purple Heart Cedar lot 253 8-1/2" x 3" x 2-1/2" 1-1/2 lbs. This is a beautiful and very complex, rectangular end-grain block of the Texas Purple Heart Eastern Red Cedar. It is primarily deep reddish-purple heartwood but includes numerous irregular stripes and small lenses of residual creamy yellow sapwood within a complex, crotch-influenced grain pattern. Cut from an area of several large side limbs, that complex grain pattern includes a beautiful section of crotch "flame figure" with an eye-catching degree of chatoyance (bottom photo). The main pith of the log seems to lie outside this blank, but a portion of the pith of one side limb (or two?) is present (top photo). However, I see no pith-related cracks or any other significant flaws in this block. Aromatic red Cedar lot 253 $25.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Aromatic Purple Heart Cedar lot 254 14-5/8" x 2-3/4" x 7/8" 3/4 lb. This is a nice small quarter-sawn board of Texas Purple Heart Eastern Red Cedar. It is entirely deep reddish-purple heartwood with a smoothly linear to gently curving grain pattern. I see no cracks, checks or other significant flaws. Please ignore the third dimension annotated on the top photo - it is really 7/8" thick, not the 14-5/8" that I mistakenly noted. Aromatic red Cedar lot 254 $8.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Aromatic Purple Heart Cedar lot 255 9-1/4" x 3" x 1" 1/2 lb. This is a nice small quarter-sawn board of Texas Purple Heart Eastern Red Cedar. It is almost entirely deep reddish-purple heartwood but does include several very small patches of creamy-yellow residual sapwood on the back side (bottom photo). The grain pattern is generally smoothly linear to gently curving, but is a bit more complex in a portion of the back side, where a small branch/twig seems to have had some influence. There is even a small pocket of included bark in the center of what was probably a small crotch associated with that branch. I see no cracks, checks or other significant flaws. Aromatic red Cedar lot 255 $6.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Aromatic Purple Heart Cedar lot 256 8" x 2" x 1-1/4" 1/2 lb. This is a nice small block of Texas Purple Heart Eastern Red Cedar. It is entirely deep reddish-purple heartwood with a smoothly linear to gently curving grain pattern. I see no cracks, checks or other significant flaws. Aromatic red Cedar lot 256 $6.00 Listing last updated 10 June 2013 Nothing here that suits your needs? Then send me an email at: l.stahl@maroon.com or a telephone call at: 281-392-5336 (home/shop w/ans. machine) 281-782-0185 (cell, but w/o voice mail or texting) There is a possibility that I have more, either cut into blocks or in the rough log, so I may be able to meet your specific requirements. If not - send an email with your requirements and I will put it into my "wood requested by species" files and see if I can cut it next time I have a log of that species up on the mill. © 2000 to 2011, Texas Woodcrafts