BOCOTE

Descrizione

Origine
AMERICA

Descrizione

Similar Woods:Louro Preto.

Origin:Central America.

Range: Bocote grows from Mexico to Costa Rica in heights of up 1600 m. The tree can reach heights of up to 40 m.
As there are many different types of the Cordia species, Bocote is often mistaken for Ziricote, Laurel and
other Central American timbers. However, it can be found more often than Ziricote.

Uses: Bocote is often used in the exclusive furniture production, but also as wood for turning objects and for
musical instruments. Quite often,it is used for high – quality knife handles.
Bocote veneers are not used much in Europe; however they are high demand in Asia.

Properties: The dark brown wood impresses with clearly set-off dark stripes, which give surfaces a highly decorative look.
Hence its popular use for knife handles. Lenghts vary between 2.0 and 2.7 meters in most cases and very rarely
reach more than three meters.

Machining:Can be worked with very well, the wood only has a slight tendency to develop splinters.
Smooth turned and planed surfaces can be achieved without difficulty .

Seasoning: Drying is problem-free, however, should be done slowly in case of larger thicknesses.

Finishing: Bocote takes lacquers and other surface treatments very.

Jointing: Gluing can be carried out problem-free, nail and screw joints hold well.