Texas Ebony Wood For Sale I have begun cutting, hauling and selling Texas Ebony wood from deep south Texas. This beautiful wood is hard and very dense, and reportedly oily or waxy (although I haven't noticed that so far). References suggest that it machines and turns very well, and finishes to a high natural luster, and I can certainly confirm that - have a look at some of the finished Texas Ebony turnings at my Prairie's End Woodshop. Weighing approximately 63 pound per cubic foot, it is heavier than water (i.e. - it will not float in water). The colors of Texas Ebony heartwood range from a dark chocolate brown (almost coal black) to a dark brown with thin stripes of lighter brown. This banded and somewhat swirling pattern of light brown streaks in the dark matrix resembles cream poured into coffee. When this very dark wood spalts, linear inter-grain areas turn to a light orange-brown, and (rarely) includes small closed, orange-brown circles (spots). The sapwood is a bright golden yellow color, an attractive contrast to the heartwood. I generally water-dampen the surface before taking photos, to suggest what each piece might look like once a finish is applied. As you can see in the example turned vase below, the bark of fresh Texas Ebony is tight and excellent for natural-edge turning. Note : 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. Please note - the wood that I presently have is fresh and green - it is not kiln-dried or yet air-dried - so it may not be suitable for turned boxes or any other form that involves precision-fitting parts (unless you employ "green-wood turning techniques or plan on drying them yourself). Each block is sealed on the end-grain faces (and sometimes on all cut surfaces) to reduce drying and possible cracking of the wood during storage and shipment. That "waxy" surface you see in some photos (taken after sealing the blank) is just that - a wax emulsion - not an oily Ebony surface. You can see examples of various bowls and vessels that I have turned from these "exotic" Texas woods on our companion website, www.prairiesend.com. Texas Ebony blanks: Pen Blanks Rectangular blocks and boards Small end-grain pieces, less than 2" square Medium end-grain pieces, ~2 to 3" square Larger end-grain pieces, 3" square or bigger Square and half-log bowl blanks click to enlarge Texas Ebony Pen Blanks 1"x 1"x 6"" I have recently cut and dried a number of Texas Ebony pen blanks. The wood is beautiful and can be finished to a beautiful, high luster. These blanks include a mix of Ebony colors and patterns that ranges from the full dark Chocolate brown of the heartwood to a combination of dark brown heartwood and the bright golden yellow of sapwood, and some include the intergrain bands and the numerous "spots" of dark brown to orange areas of spalted heartwood. If you have a preference, please let me know when you place your order, otherwise you will get a "run-of-the-mill" mix. Texas Ebony Pen Blanks $4.00 each, no minimum. click to enlarge I just finished turning this delicate vase from some of the same Texas Ebony listed on this site. Additional examples of Texas Ebony turnings are (or will be) presented on our companion website Prairie's End Woodshop. Rectangular blocks and small boards click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony Lot 740 2" x 8" x 1/2" 1/2 lbs. This is a very nice small, rift-sawn (between quarter-sawn and plain-sawn) board of Texas Ebony. It is entirely dark-chocolate brown heartwood. The grain pattern is tight, strong and linear. I see it as useful for pistol grips, knife handles and the like. I see no cracks, checks or other visible flaws. SOLD Texas Ebony Lot 740 10.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony Lot 741 2" x 7" x 1/2" 1/4 lbs. This is another very nice small, rift-sawn (between quarter-sawn and plain-sawn) board of Texas Ebony. It is also entirely dark-chocolate brown heartwood with a tight, strong and linear grain pattern. I see it as useful for pistol grips, knife handles and the like. I see no cracks, checks or other visible flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 741 10.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony Lot 745 2-7/8" x 19-1/2" x 1/2" 1-1/2 lb. This is a very pretty plain-sawn board of Texas Ebony. It is a very dark-chocolate brown heartwood with a gently complex grain pattern on the plain-sawn faces. There is a small wedge of sapwood on one back corner. I see it as useful for pistol grips, knife handles and the like, or even to re-saw for small boxes. There is one small bark inclusion near one end (bottom photo, lower end) - prominent on the back side, but does pass thru the board and is subtly visible on the annotated side. It is quite tight at the moment but I recommend reinforcing it with CA glue. Otherwise, I see no cracks, checks or other significant flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 745 20.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony Lot 747 2-7/8" x 18-1/2" x 1/2" 1-1/4 lb. This is another pretty plain-sawn board of Texas Ebony. It is roughly 50/50 dark-chocolate brown heartwood and creamy yellow sapwood, with a gently complex grain pattern on the plain-sawn heartwood face. Again, I see it as useful for pistol grips, knife handles and the like, or even to re-saw for small boxes. There are two small bark inclusions, one in the center and one near the annotations on the top photo. They both pass thru the board and are apparent on each side. They are quite tight at the moment but I recommend reinforcing both with CA glue. Otherwise, I see no cracks, checks or other significant flaws. SOLD Texas Ebony Lot 747 12.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony Lot 749 3" x 9-3/4" x 1/2" 3/4 lb. This is another very pretty plain-sawn board of Texas Ebony. It is almost all dark-chocolate brown heartwood with only a small, thin strip of creamy yellow sapwood on one corner. The grain pattern is gently complex. Again, I see it as useful for pistol grips, knife handles or small boxes and the like. I see no cracks, checks or other significant flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 749 12.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony Lot 750 3" x 7" x 1/2" 1/2 lb. This is another pretty, plain-sawn board of Texas Ebony. It is mostly the dark-chocolate brown heartwood typical of Texas Ebony, but includes with a tapering wedge of creamy yellow sapwood on one side. Again, the grain pattern is gently complex and I see it as useful for pistol grips, knife handles or small boxes and the like. I see no cracks, checks or other significant flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 750 10.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony Lot 752 2-1/2" x 7-1/2" x 3/4" 1/2 lb. This is a very nice, quarter-sawn board of Texas Ebony. It is approximately 60% dark-chocolate brown heartwood 40% creamy yellow sapwood on one side. The grain pattern is strong, tight and linear. Again, I see it as useful for pistol grips, knife handles or small boxes and the like. I see no cracks, checks or other significant flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 752 12.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony Lot 753 2-1/2" x 7-1/2" x 1/2" 1/2 lb. This is another very nice, quarter-sawn board of Texas Ebony. It is approximately 80% dark-chocolate brown heartwood 20% creamy yellow sapwood on one side. The grain pattern is strong, tight and linear. Again, I see it as useful for pistol grips, knife handles or small boxes and the like. I see no cracks, checks or other significant flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 753 10.00 click to enlarge Texas Ebony Lot 754 2" x 13" x 1/2" 1/2 lb. This is a nice, plain-sawn board of Texas Ebony sapwood. It is approximately 95% creamy yellow sapwood with something like 5% dark-chocolate brown heartwood on one side. The grain pattern is gently complex. I see it as useful for a distinctively set of pistol grips or knife handles. Sorry, I somehow lost the 2nd photo. I see no cracks, checks or other significant flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 754 10.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony Lot 790 3" x 8" x 1/2" 1/2 lb. This is another nice little plain-sawn board of Texas Ebony. It is entirely dark-chocolate brown heartwood with a gently complex grain pattern on the plain-sawn heartwood faces. This is unique in that it has a large area of black, round to very elongated spots (both photos). On this board, these figures resemble something from a Chinese alphabet. The area of these "alphabetic" figures covers most of the back side (bottom photo), but some clearly pass thru the board and are visible on the lower portion of the annotated face (top photo). I suspect that these spots are related to spalting but they are relatively new to me. Despite the apparent spalting activity, the wood is quite sound and those unique spots may look very interesting on the finished piece. Again, I see it as useful for pistol grips, knife handles and the like, or even to re-saw for small boxes. There is one small crack (check?) at one end of this board (the lower end, top photo and the upper end of the bottom photo). It extends into the board ~3/8" and I would reinforce it with CA glue. I see no other cracks, checks or significant flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 790 12.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony Lot 724 2-1/2" x 9" x 1" 1 lb. This is a very pretty small, plain-sawn to rift-sawn board of Texas Ebony. It is entirely dark-chocolate brown heartwood with lighter brown stripes in a gently undulating linear grain pattern. I see it as useful for pistol grips, knife handles and the like, or even to resaw for small boxes. There are two small imbedded twigs, one near each end (both photos). These appear to be a little loose so I recommend reinforcing them with CA glue. Otherwise, I see no cracks, checks or other visible flaws. Sold Texas Ebony Lot 724 12.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony Lot 726 2-1/2" x 7-1/2" x 1" 3/4 lb. This is another very pretty small, quarter-sawn to rift-sawn board of Texas Ebony. It is almost entirely dark-chocolate brown heartwood with lighter brown stripes in a gently to dramatically undulating grain pattern. There is a small patch of golden-yellow sapwood on one corner. I see it as useful for pistol grips, knife handles and the like. Three very small circular knots form a line that extends diagonally across the annotated face of the board - within the apex of a tight bend in the grain pattern (top photo). These knots appear to be quite sound but I recommend reinforcing them with thin CA glue. I see no cracks, checks or other visible flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 726 12.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony TE-789 3" x 12" x 2-1/2" 3-1/2 lbs. This is a very nice rectangular block of quarter-sawn Texas Ebony heartwood. It is almost entirely dark chocolate-brown heartwood, with just a thin strip of sapwood along the narrow side. The dark heartwood is shaded with a reddish-brown spalt staining on one-half of the backside (bottom photo). The block is quite sound and that area of spalt staining does not appear to correlate with any weakness of the wood. I see no cracks, checks or other structural flaws. There is a curving tunnel-like feature on one end-grain face (visible on the end-grain face, bottom photo). I am not sure what that is but it may be a frass-filled beetle bore. I see no others like it in this block. Sale pending Texas Ebony TE-789 $20.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony Lot 723 2-3/4"x 4-1/2"x 2" 1-1/4 lbs. This is another attractive, small rectangular block of Texas Ebony. It is primarily a dark chocolate-brown Texas Ebony heartwood but includes a thick wedge of golden-yellow sapwood on one edge and the two adjacent sides, as well as a section of brown bark along the outside of the sapwood. It was cut from close to the pith of the log and the pith was completely removed. There is a small oval knot or imbedded small branch on the backside (lower portion of left side on the bottom photo, but difficult to see). That knot is associated with a small open gap that appears to be due to a separation of old bark from the imbedded limb. I see no cracks, drying checks or significant flaws. Sold Texas Ebony Lot 723 $8.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony Lot 698 2-3/4" x 9" x 1-1/2" 1-1/2 lbs. This is another very nice rectangular, quarter-sawn board of Texas Ebony. It is also primarily dark-chocolate brown to near black heartwood with a small wedge of golden-yellow sapwood on one corner. It appears useful for pistol grips, knife handles, bottle stoppers and the like, or even to resaw for small boxes or a number of pen blanks. There is a small, shallow and curved drying check on the back side of the board. You can see it on the bottom photo, on the left side just below the far end of the sapwood wedge. This is the extreme tail-end of a small drying check that was trilled off and I consider it to be a very minor "flaw". I see no other cracks, checks or significant flaws. Sold Texas Ebony Lot 698 20.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony Lot 700 2" x 12" x 1/2" 1/2 lbs. This is another very nice small, quarter-sawn board of Texas Ebony. It is primarily dark-chocolate brown heartwood with lighter brown stripes in a gently undulating linear grain pattern. There is a wedge of golded-yellow sapwood along a portion of one side. I see it as useful for pistol grips, knife handles and the like, or even to resaw for small boxes. There is one small tight knot on one edge of the board (partially visible on the right edge, bottom photo). I do not consider it to be significant. I see no cracks, checks or other significant flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 700 8.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony TE-656 3"x 12"x 1" 1-1/2 lbs. This is a very attractive, highly-figured board of Texas Ebony. It is all heartwood - primarily dark chocolate brown but with a shading of reddish brown spalt-stain color on the back side. That complex grain varies from quarter-sawn, to rift-sawn and to plain-sawn in different areas. I can see this being suitable for small box construction or resawing for a number of pen blanks, pistol grips, knife slips or the like. There are two short and tight cracks on the backside (left side, bottom photo - through those small circular grain patterns). The tight grain area on the back is associated with a small nearby limb, the pith of which is exposed on the side of the board (right side, bottom photo, but not really visible on either photo). There is a small, 1-1/4" long, radial crack centered on that pith. I see no other cracks, checks or significant flaws. Sold Texas Ebony TE-656 $25.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony Lot 636 1-1/2" x 9-1/4" x 1" 1/2 lb. This is a very nice small rectangular block of Texas Ebony. It is primarily dark-chocolate brown to near black heartwood with a small section of golden-yellow sapwood on one side. The grain pattern is strong, linear and tight. I see no cracks, checks or other significant flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 636 $10.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony Lot 600 1"x 2-1/2"x 11" 1 lb. This is an attractive plain-sawn Texas Ebony board. It is all heartwood - primarily dark chocolate brown but with an overall shading of reddish brown spalt-stain color. I see no cracks, checks or other significant flaws. Sold Texas Ebony Lot 600 $20.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony Lot 573 1-7/8"x 2-7/8"x 7-3/8" 2 lbs. This is a very attractive rectangular block of plain-sawn Texas Ebony. It is all Texas Ebony heartwood with a strong linear to swirling grain pattern. The colors include the usual (for this tree) beautiful dark chocolate brown and laminated "coffee-cream" light-brown, but also includes a light reddish shading on one half that is related to spalt-staining (right side, bottom photo). There are also two small, imbedded juvenile twigs visible on the annotated face (top photo) - one toward the center within the circular grain pattern and one smaller on the upper edge on the end-grain face (barely visible on the top photo). Both of these appear to be sound. There is also a single, very small and tight crack along a portion of the right edge of the annotated face (marked by my small arrows on the top photo). It is not evident in the nearby side of this blank and I expect it to be quite shallow - a minor feature. I see no other cracks, drying checks or significant flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 573 $20.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony Lot 575 1-3/8"x 2-7/8"x 11-1/4" 2 lbs. This is another very attractive rectangular block of quarter-sawn Texas Ebony. It is primarily heartwood with a strong linear, quarter-sawn grain pattern and the usual (for this tree) beautiful dark chocolate brown and laminated "coffee-cream" light-brown overlain by a light reddish shading, spalt-staining on one half (lower half, bottom photo). There is a thick wedge of creamy-yellow sapwood on one corner capped by a thin strip of dark brown bark (bottom photo). There is a single small and very tight drying check in one end of the block - passing thru the corner of the sapwood section and angling deeper toward the left side (as viewed on the end-grain face) at right angle to the grain. That crack is also annotated with my arrows on the end-grain and nearer end of the block in the top photo, but they are hard to see due to light reflection on the wood. I consider this check to be a minor flaw that can be readily secured with thin CA glue. I see no other cracks, drying checks or significant flaws. Sold Texas Ebony Lot 575 $20.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony Lot 576 1-1/2"x 2-3/4"x 10" 1-3/4 lbs. This is a very nice rectangular block of rift- to plain-sawn Texas Ebony. It is all Texas Ebony heartwood with a strong linear to swirling grain pattern. The colors include the usual (for this tree) beautiful dark chocolate brown and intra-grain "coffee-cream" light-brown stripes. It is essentially perfect - I see no cracks, drying checks or other significant flaws. Sold Texas Ebony Lot 576 $25.00 Small end-grain pieces, less than 2" square click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony TE-792 1-1/2" x 1-1/2" x 17" 1-1/2 lb. This is a very nice 1-1/2" square end-grain block of Texas Ebony. It is approximately 70% dark-chocolate brown heartwood and 30% creamy-yellow sapwood that forms a tapering wedge of on one edge (top photo). The grain pattern is strong, tight and linear. I see no cracks or other significant flaws. Sold Texas Ebony TE-792 $18.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony TE-793 1-1/2" x 1-1/2" x 15" 1-1/2 lb. This is another very nice 1-1/2" square end-grain block of Texas Ebony. It is roughly 50/50 dark-chocolate brown heartwood and creamy-yellow sapwood. The grain pattern is strong, tight and linear. I see no significant cracks or checks, but there are two other significant features: 1) There is a large, elongated bark inclusion near the upper end of the blank that extends thru the sapwood portion from the annotated face (top photo - far portion) to one adjacent side (bottom photo - near portion). Much of this bark inclusion will turn off as the blank is rounded, but some will remain. I would reinforce it with thin/medium-thickness CA glue before turning in anticipation of it being an interesting feature in the finished piece. 2) There also is a small open (and barky?) gap on one edge (also visible toward the middle of the bottom photo). It looks like that entire knot and gap will turn off when the blank is rounded. I see no other significant flaws. Texas Ebony TE-793 $15.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony TE-758 1-1/2" x 1-1/2" x 14-3/4" 1-1/2 lb. This is a very nice 1-1/2" square end-grain block of Texas Ebony. It is approximately 60% dark-chocolate brown heartwood and 40% creamy-yellow sapwood that forms a fairly thick wedge of on one side (top photo). A thin section of bark is present atop the sapwood on a portion of one edge. The grain pattern is strong, tight and linear. I see no cracks or other significant flaws. Texas Ebony TE-758 $15.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony TE-781 1-1/2" x 1-1/2" x 11" 1-1/4 lb. This is another nice 1-1/2" square end-grain block of Texas Ebony. It is approximately 70% dark-chocolate brown heartwood and 30% creamy-yellow sapwood (both photos). The grain is strong, tight and linear. I see no cracks, checks or other structural flaws. However, there is small, spalt-stained depression on the back side (bottom photo, middle of left side). I do not recognize what this feature is but it is approximately 3/16" in diameter and less than 1/8" in depth. Sold Texas Ebony TE-781 $12.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony TE-782 1-1/2" x 1-1/2" x 11" 1-1/4 lb. This is a very interesting 1-1/2" square end-grain block of Texas Ebony. It is 100% dark-colored heartwood but includes patchy areas and bands of reddish-brown color (spalt staining I suspect) and an overlying pattern of black round and oval spots (both photos). I suspect that these spots are also related to spalting but they are relatively new to me. Despite the apparent spalting activity, the wood is quite sound and those unique colors and spots may look very interesting on the finished piece. There is a single small and tight crack very close and sub parallel to one edge (top photo, left side, ~middle of lower edge - but only barely visible on that photo). Located on that edge (max. 1/4"), it should turn off completely as the blank is roughed to round on your lathe. I see no other cracks, checks or significant flaws. Sold Texas Ebony TE-782 $15.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony TE-783 1-1/2" x 1-1/2" x 11" 1-1/4 lb. This is another nice 1-1/2" square end-grain block of Texas Ebony. It is approximately 80% dark-chocolate brown heartwood and 20% creamy-yellow sapwood with a strong, tight and linear to gently curving grain pattern (both photos). I see no cracks, checks or other significant flaws. However, there is small depression on the top end of the annotated face (top photo, just above the annotations) that is the result of the popping-out of a small pocket of bark. Texas Ebony TE-783 $15.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony TE-784 1-1/2" x 1-1/2" x 10-1/2" 1 lb. This is another nice 1-1/2" square end-grain block of Texas Ebony. It is approximately 50% dark-chocolate brown heartwood and 50% creamy-yellow sapwood with a strong, tight and linear to gently curving grain pattern (both photos). There is a small touch of bark on one corner (top photo, just left of the annotations) and a bit of gray-black spalting in the sapwood (again top photo, lower end). I see no cracks, checks or other significant flaws. Texas Ebony TE-784 $12.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony TE-785 1-1/2" x 1-1/2" x 7-1/2" 3/4 lb. This is another very interesting 1-1/2" square end-grain block of Texas Ebony. It is all heartwood - mostly dark brown with stripes and irregular areas of lighter brown. But, it also includes indistinct areas of reddish-brown color (spalt staining I suspect) and an overlying pattern of red and black, round and oval spots (both photos). I suspect that these spots are also related to spalting but they are relatively new to me. Despite the apparent spalting activity, the wood is quite sound and those unique colors and spots may look very interesting on the finished piece. There is a single small crack associated with a small knot near one end (top photo, left side, near end - but only barely visible in that cluster of spots). This may require reinforcing and filling during turning. I see no other cracks or significant flaws. Sold Texas Ebony TE-785 $12.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony TE-786 1-1/2" x 1-1/2" x 6-1/4" 1/2 lb. This is a small 1-1/2" square end-grain block of Texas Ebony. It is approximately 50% dark-chocolate brown heartwood and 50% creamy-yellow sapwood with a strong, tight and linear to gently curving grain pattern (both photos). There is a small wedge of bark on one corner (top photo, lower left corner) and a bit of gray-black spalting in the sapwood below the bark. I see no cracks, checks or other significant flaws. Texas Ebony TE-786 $10.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony TE-787 1-3/8" x 1-3/8" x 11" 1 lb. This is a smaller, 1-3/8" square end-grain block of Texas Ebony. It is essentially all heartwood with two small and thin sections of sapwood on one face. The heartwood color is the dark chocolate brown common in TE, but includes a prominent cluster of round black spots on one face and the near edge of both adjacent faces (bottom photo), as well as a general overlay of light, reddish brown spalt staining in the "spot" area. Other than spalting, I am not sure of the origin of these spots and I have yet to turn a similar piece of wood, but I anticipate that they will result in interesting features in the finished piece. Note - the spalt staining and presence of the black spots does not appear to degrade the wood at all. I see no cracks, checks or other significant flaws. There is a small cluster (of three) shallow (less than 1/8") holes on the back side of the blank (bottom photo). Located on or close to that edge, I anticipate that these and the adjacent spalt staining will turn off with minimal loss of diameter. Texas Ebony TE-787 $12.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony Lot 738 1-1/2" x 1-1/2" x 9-1/2" 1 lb. This is a nice 1-1/2" square end-grain block of Texas Ebony. It is primarily dark-chocolate brown heartwood with a fairly thick wedge of yellow sapwood on one edge and most of the two adjacent sides. A thin section of bark is present atop the sapwood on a portion of that edge. All of that bark and most of the sapwood should turn off as the blank is roughed to round. The grain pattern is strong, tight and linear. I see no cracks or other significant flaws. Sold Texas Ebony Lot 738 $15.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony Lot 739 1-1/2" x 1-1/2" x 10" 1 lb. This is another nice 1-1/2" square end-grain block of Texas Ebony. It is also primarily dark-chocolate brown heartwood with a fairly thick section of yellow sapwood on one side. A thin section of bark is present atop the sapwood on a portion of one edge, all of which should turn off as the blank is roughed to round. The grain pattern is strong, tight and linear. I see no cracks or other significant flaws. Sold Texas Ebony Lot 739 $15.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony Lot 716 1-1/2" x 1-1/2" x 11" 1-1/4 lbs. This is a very nice 1-1/2" square end-grain block of Texas Ebony. It is almost entirely dark-chocolate brown heartwood with one very thin wedge of yellow sapwood on one edge and part of one side. Most of that sapwood will turn off as the block is roughed to round. The grain pattern is strong, tight and linear. I see no cracks or other significant flaws. SOLD Texas Ebony Lot 716 $15.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony Lot 717 1-1/2" x 1-1/2" x 8-1/2" 1 lb. This is a very nice 1-1/2" square end-grain block of Texas Ebony. It is almost entirely dark-chocolate brown heartwood with a fairly thick wedge of yellow sapwood on one edge and most of one side. A thin section of bark is present atop the sapwood on a portion of one edge. The grain pattern is strong, tight and linear. I see no cracks or other significant flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 717 $15.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony Lot 718 1-1/2" x 1-1/2" x 8" 1 lb. This is another very nice 1-1/2" square end-grain block of Texas Ebony. It is almost entirely dark-chocolate brown heartwood with a fairly thick wedge of yellow sapwood on one edge and part of the two adjacent sides. A small patch of bark is present atop the sapwood on a portion of one edge. The grain pattern is strong, tight and linear. There is one large and prominent knot or imbedded, bark-ringed included branch in one side. That feature appears to be quite tight and sound. I see no cracks or other significant flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 718 $15.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony Lot 721 1" x 1" x 11-1/2" 1/2 lb. This is another nice 1" square end-grain "stick" of Texas Ebony. It is primarily dark-chocolate brown heartwood but with a fairly thick wedge of yellow sapwood and bark on one edge and parts of the two adjacent sides. The grain pattern is strong, tight and linear. Again, I see possibilities for pen blanks, ornament icicles and/or finials and small jewelry pieces. I see no cracks or other significant flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 721 $6.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony TE-788 1" x 1" x 13" 1/2 lb. This is a 1" square end-grain "stick" of Texas Ebony (pen blanks anyone?). It is approximately 40% dark-chocolate brown heartwood and 60% creamy-yellow sapwood with a strong, tight and linear to gently curving grain pattern (both photos). I see no cracks, checks or other significant flaws. However, a subtle curve has developed in this long, skinny stick as it air dried. Cutting down to shorter turning blanks would probably be appropriate. Texas Ebony TE-788 $6.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony TE-759 1" x 1" x 13-1/2" 1/2 lb. This is another 1" square end-grain "stick" of Texas Ebony (pen blanks anyone?). It is approximately 50% dark-chocolate brown heartwood and 50% creamy-yellow sapwood with a strong, tight and linear to gently curving grain pattern (both photos). I see no cracks, checks or other significant flaws. However, a subtle curve has also developed in this long, skinny stick as it air dried. Cutting down to shorter turning blanks would probably be appropriate. Texas Ebony TE-759 $6.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony TE-706 1-1/2" x 1-1/2" x 8-1/2" 3/4 lb. This is another beautiful 1-1/2" square end-grain block of Texas Ebony. It is also mainly heartwood, a dark-chocolate brown to near black with intra-grain stripes of light brown. There is a large wedge of golden-yellow sapwood on one edge and parts of the two adjacent sides. Most of that sapwood will turn off as the block is roughed to round. I see no cracks, checks or other significant flaws. Texas Ebony TE-706 $15.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony TE-708 1-3/8" x 3/8" x 12" 1 lb. This is another beautiful end-grain block of Texas Ebony. It is entirely heartwood, a dark-chocolate brown to near black with intra-grain stripes of lighter brown. That grain pattern displayed on the top photo is pretty complex. I see no cracks, checks or other significant flaws. There is one small knot close to one edge (middle of right edge, top photo). It appears quite sound but I would reinforce it with thin CA glue before turning - just to be sure. Sold Texas Ebony TE-708 $15.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony Lot 686 1-1/2" x 1-1/2" x 12" 1 lb. This is another very nice 1-1/2" square end-grain block of Texas Ebony. It is mainly dark-chocolate brown to near black heartwood with a thin strip of sapwood on one edge and part of one face. Most of that sapwood will turn off immediately as the block is roughed to round. The grain pattern is strong, tight and linear on two quarter-sawn faces and moderately complex on the two plain-sawn faces. I see no cracks, checks or other significant flaws. Sold Texas Ebony Lot 686 $15.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony Lot 688 1-1/2" x 1-1/2" x 11-1/2" 1 lb. This is another nice 1-1/2" square end-grain block of Texas Ebony. It is mainly dark-chocolate brown to near black heartwood with a fairly thick strip of sapwood on one edge. Most of that sapwood will turn off as the block is roughed to round. The grain pattern is strong, tight and linear. I see no cracks, checks or other structural flaws. However, there are two small open holes, one each on two adjacent faces, of uncertain origin. They may connect through the block and, if so, may require some filling. The price below reflects this possible complication. Sold Texas Ebony Lot 688 $12.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony TE-660 1-1/2"x 1-1/2"x 7" 1 lbs. This is another small end-grain block of dark-chocolate brown to black Texas Ebony heartwood. I see no cracks, checks or other significant flaws. Sold Texas Ebony TE-660 $10.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony TE-778 1-3/4"x 1-3/4"x 14-1/4" 2 lbs. This is a very nice end-grain section of spalted Texas Ebony with an attractive linear to gently undulating grain pattern. The colors are primarily a striped, dark-chocolate brown and black with light red spalting staining in areas and with two thin patches of golden-yellow wood on corner and one adjacent face. It also has an unusual pattern of very black spots on three faces near on end (both photos). I am not sure about the origin of these spots, but they are likely related to spalting. I see no cracks, checks or other significant flaws. Sold Texas Ebony Lot TE-778 $25.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony TE-779 1-3/4"x 1-3/4"x 8-3/4" 1 lbs. This is another nice end-grain block of Texas Ebony. It is approximately 40% dark-chocolate brown to black heartwood and 60% creamy-yellow sapwood. I see no cracks, checks or other significant flaws. Texas Ebony TE-779 $15.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony Lot 614 1-3/4"x 1-3/4"x 10-1/4" 1-1/2 lbs. This is a nice end-grain block of Texas Ebony. It is primarily dark-chocolate brown to black heartwood, but with a wedge of sapwood on one side. Most of the sapwood will turn off as the block is roughed to round, but a tapering strip of golden-yellow will remain along one side of the rounded form if the full 1-3/4" diameter is required. There is a small elongated pocket of included bark in the center of the sapwood (top photo). My probing suggests a depth of less than 1/2" but it too will remain if a full 1-3/4" diameter is required. Some filling may be necessary. I see no other significant flaws. SOLD Texas Ebony Lot 614 $15.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony Lot 591 1-3/4"x 1-3/4"x 10" 1-1/4 lbs. This is a very nice end-grain section of spalted Texas Ebony. It is primarily Texas Ebony heartwood with two thin "slabs" of yellow sapwood on one face. The grain pattern is linear to gently swirling where influenced by several old juvenile branches (especially visible on the bottom photo). The heartwood colors are the typical dark brown of Texas Ebony for most of the blank (the younger wood from the outer portion of the log) and a beautifully spalt-stained reddish-brown area and intra-grain laminations within the rest of the blank (from the older portion of the log) - very nice. I see two minor flaws: The remains of a small, imbedded juvenile "twig" on one edge (left edge, bottom photo) and two small, tight and shallow drying checks within one "patch" of sapwood and the underlying heartwood (marked with arrows on both photos). Most, if not all, of these flaws will turn off. I see no other cracks, checks or structural flaws. Sold Texas Ebony Lot 591 $20.00 Medium end-grain pieces, ~2 to 3" square click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony TE-756 2"x 2"x 13-1/4" 2-1/2 lbs. This is a very nice 2" square end-grain section of Texas Ebony. It is about 70% dark-chocolate brown heartwood with a thick wedge of golden-yellow sapwood on one edge (top photo). The heartwood includes a strong and attractive linear grain. I see no cracks, checks or other significant flaws. Sold Texas Ebony TE-756 $25.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony TE-757 2"x 2"x 11" 2 lbs. This is another nice 2" square end-grain section of Texas Ebony. It is approximately 50/50 dark-chocolate brown heartwood and golden-yellow sapwood, with a thick wedge of bark on edge (top photo). All of that bark should turn off as the blank is roughed to round. The heartwood includes a strong and attractive linear grain. I see no cracks, checks or other significant flaws. Texas Ebony TE-757 $20.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony TE-768 2"x 2"x 15" 3 lbs. This is another nice 2" square end-grain section of Texas Ebony. It is approximately 60% dark-chocolate brown heartwood with a thick wedge of golden-yellow sapwood on one side (top photo). The heartwood includes a strong and attractive grain pattern that is linear over most of the block but nicely swirling at one end (bottom photo). There is an interesting pattern of black spots within the heartwood that appear to be related to spalting. I see no cracks, checks or other significant flaws. There is one shallow, open borer hole on one edge. That feature will turn off immediately as the block is roughed to round. Sold Texas Ebony TE-768 $30.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony TE-769 2"x 2"x 14" 3 lbs. This is another nice 2" square end-grain section of Texas Ebony. It is also approximately 60% dark-chocolate brown heartwood with a thick wedge of golden-yellow sapwood on one side (top photo). The grain is a strong and attractive linear pattern. I see no cracks, checks or other significant flaws. Sold Texas Ebony TE-769 $30.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony TE-770 2"x 2"x 12" 2-3/4 lbs. This is another nice 2" square end-grain section of Texas Ebony. It is approximately 90% dark-chocolate brown heartwood with a thin wedge of golden-yellow sapwood on half one face (top photo). The heartwood includes a strong and attractive grain pattern that is linear to gently undulating (bottom photo). Once again there is an interesting pattern of black spots within the heartwood at one end (left side, near end of the top photo and the far end on the bottom photo). The nature of those spots is not clear but they appear to be related to spalting. I see no cracks, checks or other significant flaws. There is one small, lens-like feature on one side that appears to be a bark inclusion with a small central gap. Located close to an edge (left side, far end, bottom photo), that feature will likely turn off as the block is roughed to round. Sold Texas Ebony TE-770 $25.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony TE-773 2"x 2"x 27" 5-1/4 lbs. This is another nice, relatively long 2" square end-grain section of Texas Ebony. It is roughly 60% heartwood with a thick wedge of sapwood on one side and a fairly large slab of bark atop the sapwood. The colors are basically the classic, dark-chocolate brown of Texas Ebony heartwood, the golden-yellow of TE sapwood and the dull, dark brown of TE bark. I cannot tell the thickness of that bark slab (third photo down). Most if not all of that bark will turn off, but some may remain at the full 2" potential turned diameter. Note, as I write this, the bark is loosening and curling up. I expect it to be gone in a few days and I will know more about its depth. The heartwood does include a large golden-yellow "patch" that looks to be an isolated pocket of sapwood, as well as a large shadowy area and several narrow stripes of reddish spalt-stained heartwood. And, as common with a number of piece from this tree, it includes an interesting pattern of dark-colored spots (rusty-brown in this case) of likely spalt-related origin (far third of the right side, 2nd photo, but not distinctive in the photo). Again - an interesting combination of likely spalt-related features, but the wood is still quite sound. I see no cracks, checks or other significant structural flaws. However, I do see two cosmetic flaws: - One is a small, slightly hollowed patch of apparent included-bark close to the lower end (bottom photo). No idea how deep it is. - The second is a pattern of small borer holes, both open and frass-filled, at the edge of (and under?) that slab of bark. These may turn off, depending on the final desired diameter of the turning. I see no other significant flaws. Texas Ebony TE-773 $50.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony TE-774 2"x 2"x 16" 2-3/4 lbs. This is another nice 2" square end-grain section of Texas Ebony. It is approximately 60% dark-chocolate brown, lightly spalt-stained heartwood with a thick wedge of golden-yellow sapwood on one side. There are two small and thin strips of inner bark on one edge of the sapwood wedge. The heartwood includes a strong and attractive linear grain pattern. I see no cracks, checks or other significant flaws. Sold Texas Ebony TE-774 $30.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony TE-775 2"x 2"x 10-1/4" 1-3/4 lbs. This is another nice 2" square end-grain section of Texas Ebony. It is approximately 55% dark-chocolate brown, lightly spalt-stained heartwood with a thick wedge of golden-yellow sapwood on one side. The heartwood includes a strong and attractive linear grain pattern. I see no cracks, checks or other significant flaws. Texas Ebony TE-775 $20.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony TE-776 2"x 2"x 8-3/4" 1-3/4 lbs. This is a very nice 2" square end-grain section of Texas Ebony. It is essentially 100% dark-chocolate brown, lightly spalt-stained heartwood with just a tiny strip of sapwood on one edge that will turn off immediately. I see no cracks, checks or other significant flaws. Sold Texas Ebony TE-776 $20.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony TE-734 2"x 2"x 9" 1-3/4 lbs. This is a nice 2" square end-grain section of Texas Ebony. It is primarily dark-chocolate brown heartwood with a thick wedge of golden-yellow sapwood on one edge and one side (top photo). There is a thin section of bark (along with several very shallow bugholes) atop the sapwood on one edge. All of that bark and most of the sapwood will turn off as the block is rounded. The heartwood includes a strong and attractive linear grain pattern. I see no cracks, checks or other significant flaws. Sold Texas Ebony TE-734 $20.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony TE-736 2"x 2"x 7-1/2" 1-1/2 lbs. This is another nice 2" square end-grain section of Texas Ebony. It is primarily dark-chocolate brown heartwood with a fairly thick wedge of golden-yellow sapwood on one edge and half of the two adjacent sides (top photo). Most of the sapwood will turn off as the block is rounded. The heartwood includes a strong and attractive linear grain pattern. I see no cracks, checks or other significant flaws. Sold Texas Ebony TE-736 $20.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony TE-737 2"x 2"x 7" 1-1/4 lbs. This is another nice 2" square end-grain section of Texas Ebony. It is also primarily dark-chocolate brown heartwood with a variably thick wedge of golden-yellow sapwood on one edge and portions of the two adjacent sides (top photo). Most of the sapwood will turn off as the block is rounded. The heartwood includes a strong and attractive linear grain pattern. There is one small hole on one edge that appears to be the decayed remains of a small imbedded twig. There is also one shallow, open borer hole on one edge (near edge, top photo). Both of these features are minor and, located close to edges, will turn off immediately as the block is roughed to round. I see no cracks, checks or other significant flaws. Texas Ebony TE-737 $20.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony TE-713 2"x 2"x 6-1/2" 1 lbs. This is a very nice 2" square end-grain section of Texas Ebony. It is entirely dark-chocolate brown heartwood with a very attractive grain pattern. There is one small crack at one end, close to one edge (barely visible on the near end of the left edge, top photo). It seems to be minor and, located close to the corner, should turn off as the block is rounded. I see no other cracks, checks or significant flaws. Sold Texas Ebony TE-713 $15.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony TE-714 2"x 2"x 5-3/4" 1 lbs. This is another very nice 2" square end-grain section of Texas Ebony. It is entirely dark-chocolate brown heartwood with a very attractive grain pattern. I see no cracks, checks or other significant flaws. Texas Ebony TE-714 $15.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony TE-669 2-1/2"x 2-1/2"x 10" 2-1/2 lbs. This is a nice end-grain section of Texas Ebony. It is primarily dark-chocolate brown heartwood with a thin strip of golden-yellow sapwood on one edge that will turn off as the block is rounded. There are several small and fairly tight drying checks on one edge thru and immediately below that strip of sapwood (sapwood edge, bottom photo). They appear to be shallow, and I believe that they will turn off as the blank is rounded with minimal loss of diameter. There is also one small, pith-related crack on the opposite edge (middle of the left edge, annotated face, top photo). It too will turn off as the block is roughed to round. I would reinforce all of these small cracks with thin CA glue before turning in case the tail ends do extend deeper than anticipated. The price below reflects the presence of these minor flaws. I see no other cracks, checks or significant flaws. Sold Texas Ebony TE-669 $20.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony TE-670 2-1/2"x 2-1/2"x 8-1/4" 2-1/4 lbs. This is another nice end-grain section of Texas Ebony. It is also primarily dark-chocolate brown heartwood with a thin wedge of golden-yellow sapwood on the back side. Most, if not all, of this sapwood will turn off as the block is rounded. There are also several small and fairly tight drying checks on the outer portion of two sides, just below the sapwood (or where the sapwood was before trimming to the final block dimensions). These are the thin tail-ends of larger checks that were outside the limits of this block and they appear to be shallow. They should turn off as the blank is rounded with minimal loss of diameter. There is also two small and very thin/tight pith-related cracks on the opposite face (middle of the annotated face, top photo). These too are the extreme tail-ends of larger cracks lying outside the limits of this block. I would reinforce all of these small cracks with thin CA glue before turning in case the tail ends do extend deeper than anticipated. The price below reflects the presence of these minor flaws. I see no other cracks, checks or significant flaws. Sold Texas Ebony TE-670 $20.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony TE-676 2"x 2"x 8" 1-1/4 lbs. This is a very nice 2" square end-grain section of Texas Ebony. It is also primarily dark-chocolate brown heartwood with two thin areas of golden-yellow sapwood on the back side. That heartwood includes a strong and attractive linear grain pattern. I see no cracks, checks or other significant flaws. Sold Texas Ebony TE-676 $20.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony TE-677 2"x 2"x 7-1/4" 1-1/4 lbs. This is another very nice 2" square end-grain section of Texas Ebony. It is also primarily dark-chocolate brown heartwood with two thin strips of golden-yellow sapwood on the edges of the back side. That heartwood includes a strong and attractive linear grain pattern. I see no cracks, checks or other significant flaws. There is what appears to be a small hole where a small old twig may have been imbedded. That appears to be a surficial feature and, located on the edge, should turn off immediately as the blank is roughed to round. Texas Ebony TE-677 $20.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony TE-679 2"x 2"x 6-3/4" 1 lbs. This is another very nice 2" square end-grain section of Texas Ebony. It is about 70% dark-chocolate brown heartwood and 30% golden-yellow sapwood. The grain pattern is very attractive with an eye-catching "wishbone" shaped figure on one face (top photo). I see no cracks, checks or other significant flaws. Texas Ebony TE-679 $15.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony TE-680 2"x 2"x 6-3/4" 1 lbs. This is another very nice 2" square end-grain section of Texas Ebony. It is primarily dark-chocolate brown heartwood but includes a large wedge of golden-yellow sapwood on one corner. The grain pattern is very attractive. I see no cracks, checks or other significant flaws. Sold Texas Ebony TE-680 $15.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony TE-647 2"x 2"x 7" 1-1/4 lbs. This is another nice end-grain section of Texas Ebony. It is almost all dark-chocolate brown heartwood with a tinge of reddish spalting throughout. There is one thin strip of sapwood on one edge (top photo) that will turn off as the block is rounded. There are also two broad "swaths" of orange-yellow color on one face. I do not know from where this color comes - possibly related to the conversion of the nearby sapwood to heartwood? I see no cracks, checks or other significant flaws. Sold Texas Ebony TE-647 $18.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony Lot 589 2"x 2"x 7-1/2" 1-3/4 lbs. This is another nice end-grain section of Texas Ebony. It is essentially all dark brown Texas Ebony heartwood with only a tiny strip of yellow sapwood on one edge. Several small cracks were present in the original log when I cut this block and I was able to avoid all but two. One however, just grazed the side at one end (left side, top photo and close-up photo, marked with a circled area plus arrows) and a second just "nicked" one corner (second and third photos - as marked with arrows). All of those minor cracks lie on the outer portions of the block and should turn off as it is roughed-out. However, there is one small and tight drying check on one end that will not turn off (marked with an arrow on the close-up photo at the bottom). I would reinforce that thin check with thin CA glue before turning. The price of this block reflects the presence of those minor cracks and checks. I see no other cracks, checks or structural flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 589 $15.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony Lot 659 2-1/2" x 2-1/2"x 4" 1 lb. This is a nice end-grain block of Texas Ebony. It is essentially all Texas Ebony heartwood with only thin strips of yellow sapwood on two edges. The heartwood colors are the classic dark brown with intra-grain laminations of the light, coffee-cream brown. This would be suitable for a bottle stopper or the globe of a nice Christmas ornament. Note, that irregular light blue to gray patch on the surface of the block is just a thin sheen of water applied during photography (the wood is too dense for the water to soak in quickly). The only visible flaws are two thin drying checks thru the sapwood areas and into the underlying heartwood. Located on the edge and close to the edge and ends, these checks look as if they will turn off as the block is roughed to round. I see no other cracks, checks or structural flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 659 $8.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony Lot 663 2" x 2"x 4-1/4" 3/4 lb. This is another nice end-grain block of Texas Ebony. It is about 70% Texas Ebony heartwood and 30% yellow sapwood. The heartwood colors are the classic dark brown with intra-grain laminations of the light, coffee-cream brown. This would be suitable for a bottle stopper or the globe of a nice Christmas ornament. The only visible flaw is a single thin drying check on one corner. Located on the edge, that check will turn off as the block is roughed to round. I see no other cracks, checks or structural flaws. Texas Ebony Lot 663 $8.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony Lot 561 2-7/8"x 2-7/8"x 10-5/8" 4 lbs. This is another very nice ~3" end-grain section of Texas Ebony. It is approximately 95% heartwood and 5% sapwood with a strong linear grain pattern. It appears to have been cut from close to a crotch, as that grain includes a large portion of flame-figure on one end (upper end, bottom photo). The heartwood is a beautiful chocolate brown with numerous intra-grain laminations of a "coffee-cream" color. There is a bit of reddish spalt-staining of the heartwood within that flame-figure area (upper right-hand corner, top photo). The sapwood is an attractive golden-yellow. Confined to corners/edges, all of the sapwood and spalt-stained heartwood will turn off if the block is mounted for spindle turning. The block was cut well away from the pith and I see no pith-related cracks. There is a single, very small drying check in the sapwood that does not penetrate the nearby heartwood. That check should also turn off completely as the blank is roughed to round. Sold Texas Ebony Lot 561 $40.00 click to enlarge This is a small, delicate goblet turned from a 2 inch-square piece of my Texas Ebony. It is approximatly 2" wide and 5" tall. Additional examples of Texas Ebony turnings are (or will be) presented on our companion website Prairie's End Woodshop. Larger end-grain pieces, 3" square or more click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony Lot 795 3"x 3"x 7-3/4" 3-1/4 lbs. This is a very nice 3" end-grain block of Texas Ebony. It is primarily dark-chocolate brown heartwood with a strong linear grain. There is a thick section of golden-yellow sapwood on one face. I see no true cracks in this block but there are three very thin checks in one end-grain face (end-grain face of the bottom photo, but checks are too tiny to be visible). These checks appear to be very shallow and are certainly very tight - I would simply reinforce it with thin CA glue. I see no other significant flaws. Sold Texas Ebony Lot 795 $25.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony Lot 755 3"x 3"x 10-1/2" 4 lbs. This is a nice 3" end-grain block of Texas Ebony. It is primarily dark-chocolate brown heartwood but includes a thick section of golden-yellow sapwood. A thick section of bark is also located atop the sapwood on one edge. All of that bark will turn off as the blank is roughed to round. I see no cracks, checks or other significant structural flaws. However, there are several minor cosmetic flaws, as follows: - The shallow remains on one small borer hole is present on the annotated face. This is less than 1/8" deep. - Several very small, open and frass filled, borer holes are located immediately below that strip of bark on the edge. All of those are likely to turn off along with the bark as the block is rounded. - And last, a small, but gappy, lens-shaped bark inclusion on the annotated face (just above the annotation, top photo). I see no other significant flaws. Sold Texas Ebony Lot 755 $30.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony Lot 765 3"x 3"x 14-1/2" 5-1/2 lbs. This is a longer 3" end-grain block of Texas Ebony. It is approximately 50/50 dark-chocolate brown heartwood and golden-yellow sapwood. A small, thin section of bark is located atop the sapwood on one edge and a small portion of the back side (bottom photo). I see no cracks, checks or other significant flaws. SOLD Texas Ebony Lot 765 $35.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony Lot 766 3"x 3"x 12" 4-1/4 lbs. This is another nice 3" end-grain block of Texas Ebony. It is primarily dark-chocolate brown heartwood but includes a 1/2" to 3/4" thick section of golden-yellow sapwood. The dark brown heartwood includes an prominent stripe of sapwood-like golden-yellow to reddish-brown spalt-staining on one side (top side, bottom photo) and area of similar color variation of the adjacent side (also visible on the bottom photo). The grain pattern is strong and linear. Those color variations that are not turned-off on the lathe should make interesting features in the finished turning. I see no cracks, checks or other significant structural flaws. However, there is one significant cosmetic flaw - a small, but gappy, lens-shaped bark inclusion on the lower portion of the annotated face (top photo). Probing ("paper clip technique) reveals that the gap is at least 1/4" deep so it will not turn off is a full 4" diameter cylinder is required. Sold Texas Ebony Lot 766 $35.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony Lot 710 3"x 3"x 6-3/8" 2-1/2 lbs. This is a nice 3" end-grain block of Texas Ebony. It is primarily dark-chocolate brown heartwood but includes a thick section of golden-yellow sapwood on one edge and two sides. There is a thick section of bark atop the sapwood on that one edge. All of that bark will turn off as the blank is roughed to round. There is one thin drying check on one end of the annotated face (end-grain face, top photo, but not visible on the photo). This check extends thru the sapwood and into the underlying heartwood to an approximate depth of 1". This crack is very tight - I would simply reinforce it with thin CA glue. I see no other significant flaws. Sold Texas Ebony Lot 710 $15.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony Lot 650 3"x 3"x 12" 4-3/4 lbs. This is a nice 3" end-grain block of Texas Ebony. It is primarily dark-chocolate brown heartwood but includes a wedge of golden-yellow sapwood on one edge. The outer portion of the sapwood is concave where the bark has popped-off. The grain pattern varies from strong and linear to complex and highly figured. There is one prominent drying check in the center of that sapwood wedge. The depth is not certain but it appears to extend thru the sapwood and, on the adjacent end-grain face, into the underlying heartwood by approximately 1/2". I see no other significant flaws. Sold Texas Ebony Lot 650 $40.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony Lot 487 3"x 3"x 12" 5-1/4 lbs. This is another beautiful and near perfect 3" end-grain section of spalted Texas Ebony. It is approximately 80% light to dark brown heartwood and 20% golden yellow sapwood. As with many others, the colors of the heartwood are very dark brown close to the sapwood and a lighter, reddish- to golden-brown color deeper into the block. But in this piece, there are also two thick stripes of dark brown within the lighter brown section - very attractive. Also, as with other blocks from this portion of the tree, the gently curving linear grain pattern is overlain by a dark brown to black pattern of undulating, frequently grain-mimicking, pencil-line spalting - very pretty stuff. That section of the golden-yellow sapwood is restricted to one side of one end of the block, most of which will turn off as it is rounded. The remaining portion should form a nice contrasting color at one end of the finished piece. The block was cut well away from the pith and I see no significant cracks. There is one very small crack close to one corner (bottom photo, top right corner); most if not all of this will turn off and the tail-end, if any remain, should be reinforced with CA glue. The only real flaw that I recognize is the presence of an approximately 3/8th inch-thick phloem layer at the outer edge of the sapwood on that one end (that extends 1-3/8 inchs from that end). If you choose to turn this off, that end of the block will be reduced to an approximate maximum diameter of 2-1/4 inches. SOLD Texas Ebony Lot 487 $45.00 click to enlarge This is a small rough-turned bowl from some of the same Texas Ebony listed on this site. I included this so that you can see another example of how nice the dark brown Ebony heartwood and the bright golden yellow look together. Remember, this is not a "finished" bowl - the surface is still rough and the walls are very thick (to be thinned and finished after the bowl has dried). For some of you "picky" turners - yes, the upper rim is not flat. I deliberately left it as an undulating surface that has potential for an interesting carved rim in the final bowl. And yes, that is an area of severe spalting on the far side of the rim - I plan on working that into the final shape. Additional examples of Mesquite turnings are (or will be) presented on our companion website Prairie's End Woodshop. Square blocks, Half-log and slab-type bowl blanks click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony TE-760 7-1/2" x 8" x 3" 7-1/2 lbs. This is another very nice half-log bowl blank in Texas Ebony that should yield a bowl of up to 7 inches in diameter and 3 to 3-1/2" deep. The heartwood portion is a dark chocolate brown with thin intra-grain laminations of golden brown color. There is a pretty thick section of golden-yellow sapwood around the heartwood that should form an attractive color contrast with the heartwood in the finished bowl. It has full bark on the backside so it would be suitable for either a barky, natural-edge bowl or conventional bowl form. The log section was cut well away from the pith to yield this blank, and I see no signs of the pith or any pith-related cracks. There are several small open and frass-filled borer holes in the sapwood, just below the bark and, in one case, as deep as 1/2" below the bark, and similar ones are likely to be encountered beneath the bark elsewhere as the blank is turned. If these do not fit with your design, I suggest filling with epoxy, inlace or the like. There is a small bark-lined (?) gap thru the sapwood on one end-grain face (top photo). I do not know what this is - perhaps the location of an old, now decayed-away, imbedded twig?? Probing (with my sharp "paper-clip" tool) suggests that it is less than 1/8" deep. It will turn off as the bowl-form is roughed to round. I see no other significant flaws. Sold Texas Ebony TE-760 $45.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony TE-761 6-1/2" x 7-1/2" x 3-1/2" 6 lbs. This is another nice half-log bowl blank in Texas Ebony. The heartwood portion is a dark chocolate brown, surrounded by a pretty thick section of golden-yellow sapwood. It has full bark on the backside so it would be suitable for either a barky, natural-edge bowl or conventional bowl form. The blank was cut well away from the pith of the log and I see no signs of the pith or any pith-related cracks. As with most full-bark Texas Ebony blanks, there are several small open and frass-filled borer holes in the sapwood, just below the bark and similar ones are likely to be encountered beneath the bark elsewhere as the blank is turned. If these do not fit with your design, I suggest filling with epoxy, inlace or the like. There is a large, bark-lined open crease or gap in the sapwood and into the outer portion of heartwood on one end-grain face (top photo). I am not sure of the nature of this feature, but probing suggests that it is something like 1/2" deep at the outer portion of the sapwood and ~3/4" deep at the heartwood boundary. Some of it will turn off as the bowl-form is roughed to round, but a lot will likely remain and may dictate a pedestal-style bowl base if a conventional bowl is planned. I see no other significant flaws. Please note - that straight line across the annotated face is not a crack - it is a sawcut scar from my circle-saw mill. Sold Texas Ebony TE-761 $25.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony TE-763 9-1/2" x 9-1/2" x 3-1/2" to 4" 10 lbs. This is another nice half-log bowl blank in Texas Ebony, suitable for a fairly large (7 to 8" diameter)bowl in conventional or natural-edge form. The heartwood portion is a dark chocolate brown, surrounded by a section of golden-yellow sapwood. It has full bark on the backside. The blank was also cut well away from the pith of the log and I see no signs of the pith or any pith-related cracks. As with most full-bark Texas Ebony blanks, there are several small open and frass-filled borer holes in the sapwood, just below the bark and similar ones are likely to be encountered beneath the bark elsewhere as the blank is turned. The overall shape of the bark side is asymmetrical, with the thickest portion off center for the full bowl depth. This asymmetry may dictate a pedestal-style bowl base if a conventional bowl is planned. I see no major flaws but there are two very tight drying checks in one end-grain face (bottom photo, but only one really visible). I would reinforce them with thin CA glue before turning. Sold Texas Ebony TE-763 $40.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony TE-733 ~8" diameter x 2" depth 4-1/2 lbs. This is an interesting half-log, crotch blank in Texas Ebony that should yield a nice, shallow bowl of up to 8 inches diameter. The crotch is quite distinctive, with a Y-shaped center of very dark chocolate brown heartwood surrounded by golden-yellow sapwood. It has full bark on the backside so it would be suitable for a barky, natural-edge bowl as well as a conventional bowl form. The pith of the log was cut completely out of this portion, but there is one prominent band of narrow pith-related cracks that extend, in an overlapping arrangement, across the main trunk and one limb (top photo). These do extend fairly deep where exposed at the end-grain sides and will have to be considered when planning the final form. You would likely want to reinforce and/or fill them at some stage of the turning. I see no other cracks, checks or visible flaws. Texas Ebony TE-733 $35.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony TE-727 ~7" diameter x 3" depth 6-1/4 lbs. This is an interesting half-log bowl blank in Texas Ebony that should yield a fairly deep bowl of 6 to 7 inches diameter. It is from a small side-crotch, formed by the growth of one (or possibly two) smaller limbs that grew out of the side of the tree. There appears to be some complex grain associated with those limbs that may be very attractive in a finished bowl. The heartwood portion is a dark chocolate brown with a bit of reddish spalt-staining. There is a pretty thick section of golden-yellow sapwood around most of the heartwood that should form an attractive color contrast with the heartwood in the finished bowl. It has full bark on the backside so it would be suitable for a barky, natural-edge bowl, as well as for a conventional bowl form. However, the overall thickness of the blank is less adjacent to the side branch(s) due to a depression in the backside (lower right side, bottom photo). This may affect the depth of conventional bowl and certainly would result in a low side (a character feature!) of a NE bowl. The pith of the log was cut completely out of this half of the log and I see no significant pith-related cracks. There is one small, tight and apparently shallow (<1/4"?) crack at one end of the annotated face (upper edge, top photo). More significant is an open hole on the annotated face (upper right quadrant). That hole appears to have once been a pocket of imbedded bark (imbedded in the old crotch of one of the side branches), much of which has decayed and leaving remnants on the sides of the hole. Probing suggests that sound wood is present at a depth of less than 1/2", and that this old bark pocket would likely be removed during turning of either bowl form. I see no other cracks, checks or visible flaws. I initially marked this blank for my own use, to turn a natural-edge bowl with an exaggerated sloping bark rim. Turn it as you will but I thought that the NE form was the best use. Sold Texas Ebony TE-727 $35.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony TE-728 6" diameter x 3" depth 6 lbs. This is a nice half-log bowl blank in Texas Ebony that will yield a bowl of up to 6 inches in diameter. The heartwood portion is a dark chocolate brown with a bit of reddish spalt-staining. There is a pretty thick section of golden-yellow sapwood around the heartwood that should form an attractive color contrast with the heartwood in the finished bowl. It has full bark on the backside so it would be suitable for either a barky, natural-edge bowl or conventional bowl form. This log section was not cut right thru the pith to yield this blank (as I usually do), and the pith as well as several small and tight pith-related radial cracks remain at a depth of 3/4" to 1" below the face. I do not consider these small cracks to be major flaws - they can be reinforce and, if necessary filled, with CA glue during the initial stages of turning. Were I turning it, I would reinforce the cracks and go for a natural-edge bowl such that any remaining portion of the pith would be confined to the foot and very base of the finished bowl. The price below reflects the complications of that pith. I see no other cracks, checks or visible flaws. Sold Texas Ebony TE-728 $30.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony TE-729 6" diameter x 3" depth 5-3/4 lbs. This is a very nice half-log bowl blank in Texas Ebony that should yield a fairly deep bowl of up to 6 inches in diameter. The heartwood portion is a dark chocolate brown with thin intra-grain laminations of "coffee cream" color and quite a bit of reddish spalt-staining in the center. There is a pretty thick section of golden-yellow sapwood around most of the heartwood that should form an attractive color contrast with the heartwood in the finished bowl. It has full bark on the backside (except where trimmed off one side) so it would be suitable for either a barky, natural-edge bowl or conventional bowl form. The log section was cut close to the pith to yield this blank, and all of the pith was removed. However, three prominent (short but open) pith-related radial/ring cracks remain at that cut surface. While these cracks are prominent, probing (with a slip of paper) suggests that they are quite shallow (less 1/4"?) and I do not consider them to be major flaws. I would simply reinforce, and if necessary fill, them with CA glue during the initial stages of turning. Were I turning this for a conventional bowl form, the top surface (annotated face) would be trimmed down by about 1/4" to remove the remains of the pith. I see no other cracks, checks or visible flaws. There are several open borer holes visible in the sapwood portion and more are likely to be encountered as the blank is turned. If these do not fit with your design, I suggest filling with epoxy, inlace or the like. Sold Texas Ebony TE-729 $35.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony TE-730 6" diameter x 3" depth 6-1/2 lbs. This is another very nice half-log bowl blank in Texas Ebony that should yield a fairly deep bowl of up to 6 inches in diameter. The heartwood portion is a dark chocolate brown with thin intra-grain laminations of "coffee cream" color and quite a bit of reddish spalt-staining in the center. There is a pretty thick section of golden-yellow sapwood around most of the heartwood that should form an attractive color contrast with the heartwood in the finished bowl. It has full bark on the backside (except where trimmed off one side) so it would be suitable for either a barky, natural-edge bowl or conventional bowl form. The log section was cut approximately thru the pith to yield this blank, and portions of that pith remain at the cut face. There are also several pith-related radial/ring cracks at that cut surface. I do not consider these cracks to be major flaws and would simply reinforce, and if necessary fill, them with CA glue during the initial stages of turning. If turned for a conventional bowl, the top surface (annotated face) would be trimmed down by about 1/4" to remove the remains of the pith. I see no other cracks, checks or visible flaws. There are a number of open borer holes visible in the sapwood portion and more are likely to be encountered as the blank is turned. If these do not fit with your design, I suggest filling with epoxy, inlace or the like. Sold Texas Ebony TE-730 $40.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony TE-731 6" diameter x 3" depth 4-1/2 lbs. This is another very nice half-log bowl blank in Texas Ebony that should yield a fairly deep bowl of up to 6 inches in diameter. The heartwood portion is a dark chocolate brown with thin intra-grain laminations of "coffee cream" color and quite a bit of reddish spalt-staining in the center. There is a pretty thick section of golden-yellow sapwood around most of the heartwood that should form an attractive color contrast with the heartwood in the finished bowl. It has full bark on the backside (except where trimmed off one side) so it would be suitable for either a barky, natural-edge bowl or conventional bowl form. The log section was cut close to the pith to yield this blank, and all of the pith was removed. I see no cracks, checks or other visible flaws. Again, there have been a number of open borer holes in the sapwood portions of this log and similar ones are likely to be encountered beneath the bark as the blank is turned. If these do not fit with your design, I suggest filling with epoxy, inlace or the like. Sold Texas Ebony TE-731 $45.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony TE-732 ~7" diameter x 2-1/2" depth 5 lbs. This is another interesting half-log bowl blank in Texas Ebony that should yield a nice bowl of 6 to 7 inches diameter. It includes a small side-crotch, formed by the growth of one smaller limb that grew out of the side of the tree. There appears to be some interesting grain associated with those limbs that may turn out to be very attractive in a finished bowl. The heartwood portion is a dark chocolate brown with a bit of reddish spalt-staining. There is a thick section of golden-yellow sapwood around most of the heartwood that should form an attractive color contrast with the heartwood in the finished bowl. It has full bark on the backside so it would be suitable for a barky, natural-edge bowl, as well as for a conventional bowl form. However, there is a prominent bark "intrusion" on one side, due to a deep penetration of a small, bark-lined crotch associated with the side limb (right side, top photo). That feature will intersect the rim of a full-diameter conventional bowl. I think that a natural-edge bowl may not be affected by the bark-lined crotch. The pith of the log was cut completely out of this half of the log and I see no significant pith-related cracks. There are several small, tight and apparently shallow cracks or checks on one side of the annotated face (upper edge, top photo). There are also two prominent, open borer holes on one side just below the side limb (about the 4 o'clock position on the top photo). I see no other cracks, checks or visible flaws. Sold Texas Ebony TE-732 $40.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony TE-640 7" x 7" x 4" 9 lbs. This is another nice half-log bowl blank in Texas Ebony that should yield a relatively deep (4") bowl of up to 6" diameter. The heartwood portion is a dark chocolate brown with numerous thin intra-grain laminations of "coffee cream" color and several areas of reddish to darker brown spalt staining. The heartwood is also surrounded by a fairly thick section of golden-yellow sapwood that will form an attractive color contrast in the finished bowl. It does have full bark on the backside and is suitable for a barky, natural-edge bowl (as well as a deep conventional bowl form), but consideration will have to be given to a locally thicker section of sapwood on one end (bottom photo). This blank was also cut from the log thru the pith area. As a result, a portion of the pith and several small and tight, pith-related radial cracks remain at the cut (annotated) surface. Those small cracks appear to be very shallow and are not visible at depth on the end-grain faces of the blank. I do not consider them to be significant flaws and would simply reinforce them with CA glue during the initial stages of turning. You might also consider trimming that annotated face down a bit to remove the remains of the pith. In addition, despite my sealing of the end-grain portion, there are several thin but long, end-grain checks (not really visible on the photos). These are likely to be shallow but will have to be considered when planning the turned form. Sold Texas Ebony TE-640 $45.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony TE-641 6-1/2" x 7-1/2" x 4" 9 lbs. This is another nice half-log bowl blank in Texas Ebony, the other half of the log section that yielded TE-640 above. It should also be good for a relatively deep (4") bowl of up to 6" diameter, in either conventional or barky, natural-edge bowl form. The heartwood portion is also a dark chocolate brown with numerous thin intra-grain laminations of "coffee cream" color and several areas of reddish to darker brown spalt staining, surrounded by a fairly thick section of golden-yellow sapwood. Also cut from the log thru the pith area, a portion of the pith and several small and generally tight, pith-related radial cracks remain at the cut (annotated) surface of this blank. One of those cracks extends deep into the blank (almost to the inner edge of the sapwood) as a thin, gently curving feature visible on one end only (the end exposed on the bottom photo, although the crack is not visible on that photo). As thin as it is, I do not consider it or the other small cracks to be major flaws and would simply reinforce them with CA glue during the initial stages of turning. You might also consider trimming the annotated face down a bit to remove the remains of the pith. I see no other cracks, checks or visible flaws. Sold Texas Ebony TE-641 $45.00 click to enlarge click to enlarge Texas Ebony Lot 536 6"x 6"x 3" 4-1/2 lbs. This is an absolutely beautiful 3 inch-thick Texas Ebony square blank suitable for a bowl or hollow-form. It is primarily tight-grained Texas Ebony heartwood with a small section of sapwood on one edge and an area of wane (an area of missing bark) atop the sapwood. Note that the small portion of bark in the photos "popped-off" after the photos were taken. The heartwood is a beautiful chocolate brown with numerous thin to thick, intra-grain laminations and areas of "coffee-cream"-color. The grain forms a gorgeous, complex pattern that swirls around a nearby side limb. As with others in this series, the presence and shape of that sapwood and bark will likely dictate the orientation of the blank if a bowl form is planned. In that case, the annotated face would be the bottom of the bowl and all of that area of wane and most of the sapwood will turn off. That will also display that beautiful grain and color pattern to its best effect in the bottom of the bowl. I see no cracks, drying checks or other structural flaws. There is a single open borer hole in the sapwood (lower left corner, bottom photo, but not really visible). That hole will turn completely off as the bowl is roughed to round. Sold Texas Ebony Lot 536 $45.00 Listing last updated 18 April 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