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Turn your own beautiful pens that will make your family and friends smile. Using these hand-sorted pen blanks from Woodworkers Source means you get only the highest quality blanks that are cut square from premium kiln dried lumber.
- Thickness: 3/4'' square
- Widths: 3/4'' square
- Lengths: 6'' long
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Botanical Name: Prosopis juliflora
 What's the wood like?
Somewhat straight grained but often wavy. Mesquite trees are short desert plants that yield boards with knots, splits, worm holes, etc. Woodworkers use the defects as points of interest in the finished pieces.  How's the color?
Rich dark brown heartwood with wavy darker lines.  Does it go by other names?
Honey Mesquite, Argentine Mesquite  What could I use it for?
Furniture, flooring, cabinetry, fine art, turnings  What is the tree like?
This is a small, twisted, short-trunked tree, 20 to 50 feet high, or a large shrub. It is very slow growing, ill-shaped and scrawny looking tree with an exceptionally deep tap root.
Deserts of North and South America; Texas, Arizona, Mexico, Argentina
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