[Woodcarver] woods for carving available in New Zealand?

[Rick and Alida den Braber]

Huon Pine.

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> On Jan 26, 2014, at 4:39, "My Chip Carving" <info at mychipcarving.com> wrote:

> 

> I have a customer who lives in New Zealand and would like to start chip carving. He’d like to avoid the costs of my shipping basswood to him.

> Googling helped me discover Kauri wood as a possibility. Although expensive and possibly hard to find, it is a a bit softer than Honduran Mahogany and usually clear and tight grained.

> When I lived in Indonesia I chip carved a plate from a Mahogany-like wood and while I broke a sweat completing the carving, it was possible. So maybe this will work for him.

>  

> I’m curious if you know of other woods he could find locally in NZ / Australia that he could try?

> 

> Sincerely,

> Marty Leenhouts

> https://www.MyChipCarving.com

> 866-444-6996

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