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Sam Price
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I am hoping to purchase some headplate sized wood for a new project; but I need something that has small pores, or preferably "poreless", but I would like it to be "rosewood" coloured, to match bindings.

Can anyone make any recommendations of what sort of wood to look at please? Thanks.


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Get some acrylized wood. I'm not sure what it'll cost, but I know that one of the Larry's does it.

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You might consider Pau Ferro. I understand that it can sometimes be found in a dark shade. It is virtually poreless.

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Sam I was going to suggest Pau Ferro also, but that picture there is worth a 1000 words!

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Granadillo would be my choice as it is a non porous wood. It may not be a very good match for Rosewood but for sure non porous. Pau Ferro, Morado or Bolivian Rosewood are also very "low pore" woods but also a bit to light in color and grain differences from Rosewood. Best bet would be to pore fill a Rosewood headplate with Rosewood dust from the same board and rub in with shellac to fill the pores, then smooth sand and proceed...
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Thanks everyone for your suggestions. There have been some great suggestion here.
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