where to find mountain mahogany??

res055a5 wrote:

>
> "J T" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Tue, Nov 2, 2004, 3:36am (EST+5) [email protected] (res055a5) moans:
>> long ago I carved some mountain mahogany and loved it, but can't find it
>> for sale.
>> any ideas? <snip>
>>
>> Where'd ya look?
>>
>> Woodfinder.
>>> thanks, i found two listings there, but one didn't seem to list any of
> the wood. i emailed both.
> i guess i'm going to have to spend some vacation time in idaho, picking up
> fallen trees.
> rich

you can find it in south west Idaho in the Owahyees, it's fairly common, but
they don't grow very big, most of the Owahyees are BLM land so it's permits
costs $7 per coard. also you can find Desert, or scrub Mahogany thoughout
the southern Idaho desert, but it's even smaller, but it's VERY hard,
almost to the point of being unworkable, but it's very attrative. my wifes
Grandpa made a grandfather clock out of some, it's nice.

Dave wrote:
>
> Have you had any luck finding this wood? I've been watching with
> fascination.
>
> "res055a5" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> >
> > "Pat Barber" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> >> I'm guessing it's this tree ??? which does not appear
> >> to produce much in the way of wood...
> >>
> >> http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/mountain_mahogany.htm
> >>
> >>>nope, that's one of the other species with the same name: mountain
> > mahogany.
> > i found the last piece i carved on the Salmon River in Idaho.
> > rich
> >
> >

I can't imagine anyone finding mountain mahogany (the kind that grows
in Idaho) any place except in the field. It is essentially a bush and
certainly no one would cut it for commercial use. Of course it isn't
mahogany and the mountains can just be hills. The scientific names is
Cercocarpus ledifolius.

res055a5 wrote:

> nope, been searching hard on the internet without success.
> i think i'll have to spend some vacation time looking for it myself.
> if so, then it will be next summer before i can go over to idaho and look
> for it.
> a place in oregon sells one form of mountain mahogany, but i don't think
> it is
> the same species. i've emailed them without success.
> rich
> "Dave" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:v4gkd.14549$V41.8015@attbi_s52...
>> Have you had any luck finding this wood? I've been watching with
>> fascination.

hey if you do, drop me a line, I have been trying, with out much success, to
talk from friends into going out and looking for some. I'm just out side of
Boise

Tue, Nov 2, 2004, 3:36am (EST+5) [email protected] (res055a5) moans:
long ago I carved some mountain mahogany and loved it, but can't find it
for sale.
any ideas? <snip>

Where'd ya look?

Woodfinder.



JOAT
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"J T" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Tue, Nov 2, 2004, 3:36am (EST+5) [email protected] (res055a5) moans:
> long ago I carved some mountain mahogany and loved it, but can't find it
> for sale.
> any ideas? <snip>
>
> Where'd ya look?
>
> Woodfinder.
>> thanks, i found two listings there, but one didn't seem to list any of
the wood. i emailed both.
i guess i'm going to have to spend some vacation time in idaho, picking up
fallen trees.
rich

"Pat Barber" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I'm guessing it's this tree ??? which does not appear
> to produce much in the way of wood...
>
> http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/mountain_mahogany.htm
>
>>nope, that's one of the other species with the same name: mountain
mahogany.
i found the last piece i carved on the Salmon River in Idaho.
rich

nope, been searching hard on the internet without success.
i think i'll have to spend some vacation time looking for it myself.
if so, then it will be next summer before i can go over to idaho and look
for it.
a place in oregon sells one form of mountain mahogany, but i don't think it
is
the same species. i've emailed them without success.
rich
"Dave" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:v4gkd.14549$V41.8015@attbi_s52...
> Have you had any luck finding this wood? I've been watching with
> fascination.

I'm guessing it's this tree ??? which does not appear
to produce much in the way of wood...

http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/mountain_mahogany.htm


res055a5 wrote:

> long ago I carved some mountain mahogany and loved it, but can't find it for
> sale.
> any ideas?
> it turns out there are several species with that name...the one I carved in
> the past was from Idaho.
> maybe the others are just as good?
> rich
>

Have you had any luck finding this wood? I've been watching with
fascination.


"res055a5" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:EIRhd.3723$KL4.1132@trnddc07...
>
> "Pat Barber" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> I'm guessing it's this tree ??? which does not appear
>> to produce much in the way of wood...
>>
>> http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/mountain_mahogany.htm
>>
>>>nope, that's one of the other species with the same name: mountain
> mahogany.
> i found the last piece i carved on the Salmon River in Idaho.
> rich
>
>