Finish
First soaked in artificial penetrating resin, protecting the wood from the inside, and then coated in a tough carnauba based wax. Leaves it with a high quality satin/gloss shine.
Woods
Some of the woods I use to make these kubotans, although others are available. Get in touch via the contact page if you have something specific in mind, or even if you want the shape modified.
Oak: English oak specifically, decently strong for a British hardwood.
Jarrah: An Australian eucalyptus tree with a nice red/brown colour, sometimes bordering on purple. About 20% denser than oak and a fair bit stronger and harder
Olive: Similar weight to jarrah, but with a slightly harder surface. Wood visually varies a lot due to irregular grain patterns.
Chechen: Also known as Caribbean Rosewood or even Black Poisonwood (nice!), a bit denser than olive or jarrah, so maybe 25% more than oak. A really nice wood but due to how difficult it was to work when when making this pattern (massive grain tear), I’ll only be making one…
Cocobolo: Dense oily tropical hardwood, 40% denser than oak, will sink in water.
African Ironwood: Not actually sure the species here, I was given it by another woodworker and this was all he knew! Ironwood is bit of a generic label though, so it doesn’t tell us much. But I can tell you it is similar density to cocobolo, so around 40% more than oak. Nice and hard, with a dark brown colour.
