What colour is Wenge? This beautiful wood has a distinctive look with a medium brown heartwood filled with black streaks throughout. The grain is straight and extremely coarse. It is often used as an alternative for projects requiring a dark wood like Ebony. Where does Wenge come from? This hard, durable wood is from Central Africa.
This is not a wood species for the faint of heart. It is extremely difficult to work with hand or power tools and it will dull edges quickly. It doesn’t even sand well because of the changing densities in the wood. The pores are huge and require filling in order to achieve a level finish. All that to be said, the end results are more than worth it! Wenge is used for furniture, turnings, and musical instruments. The slivers from this wood are plentiful and nasty. They often get lodged in the skin and can go septic. Be sure to wear gloves to help prevent these slivers!
In order to offer more protective packing for shipping - our lengths are often 1/4" less than sizes listed. Need a wider width or longer length? Please email us for a quote. Custom millwork charges will apply.
We will provide you with a 1/4" thick x 3" wide or 4-3/4" wide x 24" long, high quality thin board! These boards are flat, straight, and ready for sanding.
In-Store Pickup: Most orders are completed within 2 business days. We will contact you via email when your order is ready for pickup.
Shipping: Most orders are packaged and ready for shipping within 2 to 4 business days of ordering.
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Great lumber as always.
Nice clean wood no knots or cracks!!
Excellent quality... love it.
Up until this particular order, I have received excellent wood from KJP. I was very impressed with the quality of the different species of exotic wood I received in the past. However, the maple I received in this order was subpar with large knots that I was unable to work around. I was using the maple on a large serving board and the final product was flawed with too many slightly opened knots. I will continue to buy wood from KJP, because my overall opinion of KJP's products is still very high. Thanks for listening.
We were impressed with the thickness. The adhesive seems to work well. We applied the edgebanding with a household iron. Joints within the roll were hardly noticeable. Would definitely buy again.
I haven't cut into any of it yet but it looks like it will a good looking part of some of my wood craft projects
