Come and take a walk through our woods! No matter what your project, Windsor has a wood species and assortment to suit. We have bowl blanks for lathe turning. We also stock pen, pencil and knife blanks that can be turned into unique and individual writing instruments & utensils. We have pipe burls for those who are looking for a very different project. It is important to note that not all species are stocked at all times. Selection is subject to availability.

1.		Name: Sandlewood Latin name: Santalum album Where: Hawaii - the Jewel of the Pacific About: This oily, fragrant wood is yellowish-tan, darkening to orange or reddish-brown. It has a spicy odour and fine texture, often with wavy grain. It is very hard and heavy, weighing 58 pounds per cubic foot. Used for carving, small chests, jewelry boxes, furniture and perfume. Scarce and costly.
2.		Name: Koa Latin name: Acacia koa Where: Hawaii, the Pacific Islands and India. About: This light to dark-brown scarce wood is one of native Hawaii’s finest timbers grown only in Hawaii, mainly on the Island of Hawaii. It often portrays a curly figurine within its distinctive golden lustre. As it is used mainly for furniture, paneling, carvings and canoes, it is moderately hard and heavy, weighing about 50 pounds per cubic foot.
3.		Name: Andaman Padauk Latin name: Pterocarpus dalbergioides Where: India and Southeast Asia About: This beautiful wood is admired for its gorgeous ranges of colors, from straw to varying shades of pink accentuated by brilliant streaks of red-brown and red.  Weighing between 42 and 50 pounds per cubic foot, this moderately hard and heavy wood comes from the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal, east of India.
4.		Name: Ceylon Ebony Latin name: Dispyros ebenum Where: India and Southeast Asia About: The most dense and dark of the East Indian ebony group is this nearly uniform black wood. It finishes smoothly and produces a high polish, like all ebonies, and is best used for jewellery boxes, musical instruments, inlays, and marquetry. This very rare wood from Sri Lanka is hard and heavy, weighing 60 to 75 pounds per cubic foot.
5.		Name: Black Ebony Latin name: Dispyros tomentosa Where: India and Southeast Asia About: This black, dark wood has a very fine pattern of light-coloured rays and bars with exceedingly minute pores. The dense wood is hard and very heavy, weighing 60 to 75 pounds per cubic foot. It is known for making musical instruments and inlays and comes from the Himalayas and south-central and northern India.
6.		Name: East India Rosewood Latin name: Dalbergia latifolia Where: India and Southeast Asia About: This woodworking tool duller is hard and heavy, weighing about 53 pounds per cubic foot. Also called Bombay Rosewood, this close, firm textured wood is dark purple to nearly black with streaks of yellow or red. From Sri Lanka and southeast India are the scarce and valuable, most beautiful old-growth trees.
7.		Name: Satinwood Latin name: Chloroxylon swietenia Where: India and Southeast Asia About: The beautiful bee’s wing figure is found occasionally in the pale yellow to golden yellow interlocking grain pattern of this rare and valuable wood. This dense, high lustre wood comes from Sri Lanka and India. It is hard and heavy; weighing 53 pounds per cubic foot and produces a high, satiny finish.
8.		Name: Teak Latin name: Pterocarpus soyauxii Where: India and Southeast Asia About: Originating in Burma and Thailand, this tool duller is golden yellow and turns dark brown with age and feels waxy. It is moderately hard and heavy, weighing about 45 pounds per cubic foot. Once dried, Teak is very resistant to water adsorption. Great for boats, furniture, plywood and craft work.
9.		Name: African Padauk Latin name: Tectona grandis Where: Congo and The Ivory Coast About: Grown in Nigeria, Cameroon, and Congo in central and tropical west Africa is the heartwood also called Vermillion. It is bright orange-red when cut, oxidizing to a reddish-brown. This moderately hard and heavy wood weighs 42 to 51 pounds per cubic foot.
10.		Name: Bubinga Latin name: Quibourtia tessmannii Where: Congo and The Ivory Coast About: Although it is merely a relative and not a true rosewood, it is often called the African Rosewood. With fairly even spaced purple stripes, the heartwood is light red or violet. This hard and heavy wood weighs about 58 pounds per cubic foot and grows in Cameroon, Gabon and equatorial Africa along the west coast.
11.		Name: Limba Latin name: Terminalia superbra Where: Congo and The Ivory Coast About: Also called Korina or Afara, this wood is slightly lustrous and moderately coarse, with medium texture and straight to interlocked grain. Weighing 34 pounds per cubic foot, the heartwood is pale yellow to light brown with occasional black markings. Used to make furniture and panelling, it is grown from Sierra Leone to Angola and Zaire.
12.		Name: Mansonia Latin name: Mansonia altissima Where: Congo and The Ivory Coast About: The straight grain and smooth, fine textured wood is also known as African Black Walnut or Opruno. It is yellow-brown, dark grey brown or purplish-brown and is sometimes used instead of Walnut. Mansonia comes from Cameroon, Ghana, Southern Nigeria and the Ivory Coast in West Africa.