Cooktown ironwood handle block

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One block of Cooktown ironwood, Erythrophleum chlorostachys, approximately 137x45x45mm Incredibly hard, stable, rot-proof, extremely fine grained, and polishes easily. Sand to 600 grit, burnish with 0000 steel wool, and buff. This wood is so impermeable there is almost no point in putting a finish on it. Possibly the most dense wood in the world, our stock averages 1308kg per cubic metre – more dense than Lignum vitae, Gidgee, or African blackwood. This is a natural material and will come with defects at no extra charge.

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