Rare Marblewood, Serpentwood

This extremely hard wood, which is rarely found in our latitudes, is something special: it is very strongly marbled, has a light yellowish basic color and is interspersed with clearly contrasting dark brown stripes. It grows in Dutch Guyana, Surinam and even there only very sporadically in large stands of other trees. As it is rare and highly sought after, the wood is not always easy to obtain, but we have managed to find and buy a somewhat larger quantity of very high quality wood from an old stand. The recurring problem with this wood is the often sudden cracks, knots or defects in the middle of the wood, which clearly determine the quality. This old batch of Serpentwood, which is also known as Angelim Rajado or in Surinam as Surinamse Bostamarinde, is of surprisingly good quality, it has very few of these typical defects and also has a good and fine grain. We are delighted to be able to offer this rare specialty to our customers all over the world!