Black and White Ebony comes from Southeast Asia and Laos. This is some beautiful wood I look forward to making a knife out of the exotic wood. It will be fun to work with. Be sure to sign up for your email updates or follow us on facebook or twitter, to see how this turns out! 
Snakewood
(Piratinera Guianensis) The Snakewood tree can grown to 65-80 ft tall, with the trunk only measuring .5-1 foot in diameter. Snakewood or also know as Letterwood can be challenging to work. When polished, it is one of the most beautiful species of hardwood. The heartwood is a dark red or reddish brown and looks like the patterns of a snake skin. Grain is typically straight. This wood comes from South America. Extremely heavy, hard and strong wood but splits easy. Very smooth when finished; has natural polish. As a rare and small tree, prices for surfaced and milled Snakewood that display the characteristic snakeskin pattern […]