New shipment for Zambezi Exotics

I picked up a shipment of bowl blanks and hollow form stock from South Africa earlier this week. It was like Christmas came early! Always exciting to open the container and see the beautiful exotic woods. I was born in Zimbabwe and spent seven years in South Africa, attending university and the first couple of years of my working life. So moments like this always help me to reconnect to the land I was born in.

The species I received were Wild Olive, Ironwood, Tamboti, Buffalo Thorn, Cape Beech, Assegai, Candlewood, Australian Blackwood and White Alder. Some of these were new to me and they looked beautiful in their raw form. They should make for some very nice turning stock. I hope to get them listed and offered for sale over the next week or two on Zambezi Exotics.

The piece of Wild Olive in the last picture might not get listed. I think I may keep it in my personal stash