Chakte Kok Hardwood

Also know as red heart.

Chakte kok hardwood. Savage woods imports rare tropical hardwood and specializes in lumber turning blanks and luthier sets including ziricote cocobolo granadillo katalox and several other musical grade tonewoods. Chakte kok chakte viga chechen chico zapote cocobolo gabon ebony granadillo machiche katalox tzalam ziricote cocobolo for sale. The mayans refer to this hardwood is chakte koke. Another species that s also in the rubiaceæ family is cosmocalyx spectabilis which is typically sold interchangeably as chakte kok.

Grains range from irregular to wild although sometimes straight also and can often be multi dimensional or overlapping. Redheart is a difficult lumber to dry but when cured properly it makes beautiful furniture. Upon exposure to sunlight the wood turns to a mundane brown color but. Redheart is a unique central south american hardwood characterized by a reddish base color ranging from dull to bright pink pinkish red or red with streaks and highlights diverse in color from darker red tones to yellows oranges and even occasional purples.

Commonly called chakte kok with a multitude of. Turns glues and finishes well. Hardwoods softwoods chakte kok. Chakte viga is sometimes referred to as paela.

Chakte viga is a tropical hardwood from mexico. As with many red colored woods such as padauk and bloodwood redheart will oxidize to a brown color if not protected by a uv blocking finish. The heartwood color varies slightly from pale to rich reddish orange. It is reported to have good tonal qualities and is popular in both instrument building and wood turning.

Previous cedar yellow next chechen. Commonly called chakte kok with a multitude of variant spellings this species has been previously placed in the sickingia genus. The unique brilliant red color with black undertones is unusual and unmatched in other exotic hardwoods. This extreme color will oxidize and fade within minutes if exposed to direct sunlight therefore the use of a good uv inhibitor is required.

This wood species is not listed in the cites appendices or on the iucn red list of threatened species. Chakte kok is an interesting wood and one of only a few in the world that naturally displays a brilliant bright red color tone. Bright pink blood red medium density. Fine closed grain makes this central american hardwood machine easily finish well.

The grain is typically straight but can interlocking. Chakte viga has been used as a fence post material with reports stating that the wood lasts up to 100 years in the ground. Turned objects inlays veneer fine furniture and small specialty wood items. Tends to be on the medium to high side for an imported hardwood.

For best results in finishing please use a uv inhibitor as the wood turns. Redheart is a dense fine textured hardwood from central america with a beautiful red heartwood color.