WOOD
Black Locust Burl
Beech Burl
Birch Burl


STONE
Coticule, Latneuses
Coticule, La Petite Blanche
Coticule, Latneuses, S-H
Coticule, Latneuses, Hybrid
Layered Gray Shale
Rouge du Salm / Lorraine
Rouge du Salm, Soft
LOCATION
Eindhoven, NL
Eindhoven, NL
Eindhoven, NL


LOCATION
Vielsalm, BE
Vielsalm, BE
Vielsalm, BE
Vielsalm, BE
Vielsalm, BE
Regné, BE
Regné, BE
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USE CASE
Sharpening, Honing
Sharpening, Honing
Sharpening, Honing
Honing
Sharpening, Honing
Polishing, Honing
Polishing
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Black Locust Burl

Common Name(s): Black locust, robinia, false acacia
Scientific Name: Robinia pseudoacacia
Distribution: Central-eastern United States, Europe, other temperate regions





Four sides of the same finished wood block. 


This was the first burl that we collected. It came from a dead tree so drying was mostly done and therefore very quick. Only one section of the trunk was left and it had one big burl and a couple of smaller, unfortunately unusable ones.

On the inside it is very consistent, without voids. My personal favorite from what we have collected so far, I feel like it would harmonise very well with most blades since the wood texture has comparatively low contrast but still a very intricate figure.