Snakewood

Brosimum guianense
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Amourette|Letterwood|Snakewood
Snakewood lumber at Rare Woods USA

Snakewood (Brosimum guianense) is one of the rarest and most distinctive woods in the world. Its pale yellow, orange-brown or reddish-brown background is covered in dark markings that look remarkably like snakeskin.

The grain is usually straight and the texture exceptionally fine, giving finished pieces a remarkable luster. It’s a close relative of Bloodwood.

It’s extremely dense and hard, and it can be brittle, splintering or cracking during machining, so razor-sharp tools and patience are essential. It turns beautifully and polishes to an extraordinary finish.

The trees have slender trunks and yield little clear wood, so Snakewood is mostly sold as small billets, turning blanks, scales and pen and bow blanks. It’s one of the most expensive woods per board foot, and a favorite for knife and gun handles, inlay, luxury pens, instrument parts and violin bows.

Not listed in the CITES Appendices or on the IUCN Red List.

Why We Love This Wood

Terribly hard to work, but WOW WOW WOW!

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Vital Statistics
Main Color GroupVariegated
Grain Pattern Figured
Avg Dry Weight - LB/BF6.3
Avg Dry Weight - KG/M31210
Janka Hardness - LBF3800
Janka Hardness - N16900
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SNAKE1027_1
Snakewood
SNAKE1027
0.69"
x 2.75" x
24.63"
| Grade: B
Checks in surface and edge. Milled edge. Saw chunks. Defects circles.

$265.50

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SNAKE1026_1
Snakewood
SNAKE1026
0.69"
x 3" x
25.25"
| Grade: AB
Checks. Milled edge. Saw chunk. Some nice figure. Defects circled.

$330.75

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SNAKE1025_1
Snakewood
SNAKE1025
1"
x 1.5" x
25.31"
| Grade: A
Checks. Defects circled.

$262.63

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SNAKE1024_1
Snakewood
SNAKE1024
0.75"
x 2.5" x
24.56"
| Grade: B
Milled edge. Saw checks. Worm tracks. Defects circled.

$265.28

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SNAKE1023_1
Snakewood
SNAKE1023
0.75"
x 2.06" x
24.5"
| Grade: B
Cracks in milled edge. Checks. Milled edge. Defects circled.

$215.78

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SNAKE1022_1
Snakewood
SNAKE1022
0.75"
x 3.5" x
25.75"
| Grade: AB
Checks. Knots. Defects circled.

$432.00

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SNAKE1021_1
Snakewood
SNAKE1021
0.75"
x 2.56" x
25.25"
| Grade: B
Checks. Knot. Milled edge. Defects circled.

$281.25

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SNAKE1019_1
Snakewood
SNAKE1019
0.75"
x 4.63" x
27.38"
| Grade: B
Milled edge. Milled edge. Nice figure. Defects circled.

$546.75

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SNAKE1018_1
Snakewood
SNAKE1018
0.75"
x 1.63" x
25.31"
| Grade: AB
Milled edge. Small checks. Defect circled.

$193.75

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SNAKE1017_1
Snakewood
SNAKE1017
0.75"
x 2.13" x
25.38"
| Grade: A
Small check in end. Great figure. Defect circled.

$282.98

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SNAKE1016_1
Snakewood
SNAKE1016
0.75"
x 3.69" x
25.31"
| Grade: AB
Some milled edge. Checks. Crack. Saw chunk. Skip planed corner. Defects circled.

$449.25

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SNAKE1015_1
Snakewood
SNAKE1015
0.75"
x 5.06" x
26.44"
| Grade: U
Checks. Cracks. Milled edge. Broken edge. Knots. Defects circle.

$449.93

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SNAKE1014_1
Snakewood
SNAKE1014
0.75"
x 5.75" x
30"
| Grade: B
Checks. Cracks. Saw chunk. Milled edge. Nice figure. Defects circled.

$744.98

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SNAKE1013_1
Snakewood
SNAKE1013
0.75"
x 5.75" x
29.5"
| Grade: B
Cracks. Checks. Knot. Fantastic figure. Defects circled.

$728.55

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SNAKE1012_1
Snakewood
SNAKE1012
0.75"
x 5.13" x
29.81"
| Grade: B
Cracks. Checks. Skip planed section. Saw chunk. Defects circled.

$661.50

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