Chakte viga has been used as a fence post material with reports stating that the wood lasts up to 100 years in the ground.
Chakte kok hardwood.
Upon exposure to sunlight the wood turns to a mundane brown color but.
Previous cedar yellow next chechen.
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.
Also know as red heart.
Bright pink blood red medium density.
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.
Chakte kok is an interesting wood and one of only a few in the world that naturally displays a brilliant bright red color tone.
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.
It is reported to have good tonal qualities and is popular in both instrument building and wood turning.
Hardwoods softwoods chakte kok.
Chakte viga is a tropical hardwood from mexico.
Commonly called chakte kok with a multitude of.
Redheart is a difficult lumber to dry but when cured properly it makes beautiful furniture.
Grains range from irregular to wild although sometimes straight also and can often be multi dimensional or overlapping.
Chakte viga is sometimes referred to as paela.
The mayans refer to this hardwood is chakte koke.
Sadly does not hold colour well in uv light.
This extreme color will oxidize and fade within minutes if exposed to direct sunlight therefore the use of a good uv inhibitor is required.
The grain is typically straight but can interlocking.
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Redheart is a dense fine textured hardwood from central america with a beautiful red heartwood color.
Turns glues and finishes well.
Tends to be on the medium to high side for an imported hardwood.
Tends to be on the medium to high side for an imported hardwood.
Commonly called chakte kok with a multitude of variant spellings this species has been previously placed in the sickingia genus.
The heartwood color varies slightly from pale to rich reddish orange.
The unique brilliant red color with black undertones is unusual and unmatched in other exotic hardwoods.
Another species that s also in the rubiaceæ family is cosmocalyx spectabilis which is typically sold interchangeably as chakte kok.
Despite its high density chakte viga generally responds well to most machining operations though interlocked grain can result in tearout.
For best results in finishing please use a uv inhibitor as the wood turns.
