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Ebony Planks.

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  • 03-12-2020 10:12am
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    kadman
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 5,057 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    I came across this ad today for Ebony planks.

    https://www.donedeal.ie/adview/view/26495471

    They dont look dark enough to be true ebony, maybe

    from the Diospyros species, not sure really.

    But if it is, then his asking is very reasonable. I asked him how sure was he its ebony. He said a woodturner bought some .

    K.


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    [Deleted User]
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    A lot of ebony looks just like that. Better to see it out of the forest and available rather than left there or burnt because it’s not black enough for piano keys, jewellery and instrument fretboards/bridges/pegs I say!


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    recipio
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    It looks more like Macassar ebony which is a different species to the black African ebony I think its an endangered species now and almost impossible to find.


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    kadman
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 5,057 Mod ✭✭✭✭kadman


    recipio wrote: »
    It looks more like Macassar ebony which is a different species to the black African ebony I think its an endangered species now and almost impossible to find.

    Thats what I would be thinking too, Macassar ebony.


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