...we move into another country, and we take their ebony till it’s all gone. Why do I say ‘we’?—because ebony isn’t cut in Africa for use by Africans. Ebony is...
...convey the type of ebony. Solid-black ebony African Gaboon ebony Cameroon ebony Madagascar ebony Asian Ceylon ebony Coromandel ebony Streaked or striped ebony African Asian Macassar ebony Malaysian blackwood Pale...
...“genuine” ebony comes from the Diospyros genus—but as Bob Taylor so helpfully pointed out, only one in ten real ebony trees yield wood dark enough to be traditionally called ebony....
...Ash, Tamo (Fraxinus mandshurica ) Bamboo (Bambusa spp.) Blackwood, Burmese (Dalbergia cultrata) Camphor (Cinnamomum camphora) Chinaberry (Melia azedarach) Ebony, Black and White (Diospyros malabarica) Ebony, Ceylon (Diospyros ebenum) Ebony, Mun...
...Dorrigo waratah Alloxylon pinnatum Vulnerable Ebony, Brown Caesalpinia paraguariensis Vulnerable Ebony, Gaboon Diospyros crassiflora Endangered Ebony, Macassar Diospyros celebica Vulnerable Ebony, Mun Diospyros mun Critically Endangered Elm, Caucasian Zelkova carpinifolia...
...you’ll love it: Like Ebony, but not it’s prices? Then you’ll love Katalox. Some pieces can be just about a dark as true ebony, with just a hint of purple....
...Spruce, Norway Sycamore Maple Walnut, English Yew, English ASIA Bamboo Ebony, Black and White Ebony, Macassar Koa Mango Meranti, Dark Red Merbau Narra Palm, Black Paulownia Rosewood, East Indian Rubberwood...