I've been working with wood most of my life and have never seen a piece of wood that costs $2200.00. I'm trying to imagine what I would make out of it if I got it. Probably nothing. I would just end up hanging it on the wall just as it is and framing the receipt underneath it. At first, I thought it might make a good bench but I couldn't possibly risk having someone sit on it and spill something on it. Thanks for being honest and not shy about letting us know you're charging for the fresh air inside it. That was my favorite part of the tour. Its good to have a sense of humor when it comes to rosewood prices. Now I need to step outside for some fresh air.

Love this video. I bet it smells wonderful there! Good Job!

I’m envious of you sir! Thanks for the video

Wow, what a great selection!

Beautiful wood collection,

amazing selection!

You're South African! :) I am busy studying woods as I got a job at a furniture company in Norwood :)

Very nice,,if I am ever up in Maine again I will certainly make it a point to check you folks out.

So beautiful going to the sight right now

Some woods are rare, others are rarely used, but still quite distinctive. Honey locust, and Black Locust are consider weed trees here, but he wood very beautiful, and crisp. This is true of many types of wood, people never think of using.

Absolutely speechless.

Baie lekker Rory. Dankie

Nice stuff

Must be tough keeping the humidity right. Love your video. I love woods. I live in georgia. Whish i worked with you

Hello david wiles. My name is Paul Wiles. Not a common name, and a bit of a coincidence we were watching the same clip. I'm originally from England, but have lived in Australia for 40 years. Wiles is an English name, and is old English for seaman or sailor. The name originated in Kent south east England, where my family is from. Regards Paul

Wood ,my passion , in Brittany my favorite is yew ,then come ash ,maple, box ,oak and chestnut ,noble woods ,most of my furniture is made of them..

Ya Meneer, lekker hout. Ek is in Australia! We have a wood here called Forest oak or rose she-oak (Casuarina torulosa) Quartersawn it would have to be my favourite. Do you stock it?

Hi Rory, this vid is about 5 years old so I hope you are well and not dead or something. while you were talking I wondered if it would behoove you to start a movement that encourages wood working, in schools and in private. So many people are building things out of pallets and barn wood that I think many people would love a class to get the basics down. The people who find out they have talent would quite possibly end up being your customers. Thanks for your video, I would love to buy a franchise from you when you get them going. we will have wood working classes all over the world.

I just finished working on a house that featured several woods from your facility. Windows and doors were trimmed with bloodwood, purple heart, and marblewood, two ceilings are zebrawood and stairs are bloodwood with birdseye maple risers. I counted 12 species of wood in the interior. Most were finished with water based polyurethane. I'm curious to see how the different woods darken and change colors with age and light exposure. Some of the bloodwood is already turning a nice shade of brown which seems to accentuate the grain.

He Is South African!! Is there any connection to Rare Woods in Cape Town , South Africa?

There is too much hate in this world already. How about being positive and helping. These business owners are trying to make a living just like you. The wood is beautiful.

Cool. Not sure what to think about the rosewood though. It''s pretty much extinct as a wild species and people are killed daily trying to get it. I know because I live in Cambodia and hear about it all the time. They have Thai soldiers guarding single trees now. On the other hand, the problem is mostly Chinese furniture firms, not small specialty importers/woodworkers/instrument makers. I think small-scale woodworking is good for sustainability.

Great to read the comments left by other concerned planet dwellers, the message is heard and understood. Keep up the good fight.

aghh I need to move to the USA! look at all the wood you have there!

do you have fire extinguishers?

we get it dude. you got more wood than anybody.

Also I have a grand piano. One of its under frame beams (right under the flat sound board) has dark grains. I wonder whether it is a natural grain patter of certain type of wood species, or is it sort of problems? What type of wood has dark, distinct grains?

Butiful ....

Nice INDIANA wood

there is absolutely nothing wrong with cutting rare woods to expose their beauty, it's the sheer waste of it that is the problem....like Japan using Brazilian rosewood for disposable chop sticks in some restaurants. etc.

When did you move from South Africa to Maine?

is birds eye maple as rare as I've heard claimed? also, I bet keeping the outside of your building "plain jane" saves you a lot of property tax? (I build knives, and starting to do fine pens as well)

what is the rarest wood you have in stock?

Its Bobby Fischer at 1:48!

I got wood watching this

Do you stock any timber from Australia?

Not much to see,only we would like to see the woods in a clearer picture instead.Thanks.

Beautiful wood. I'm drooling, but too far away. If you don't mind my asking, where are you from? I'm an English teacher, and your pronunciation is interesting. Greetings from Taiwan, home to lots of really good wood.

What kind of Rosewood was that..the $2200 piece?

As the wood is stored and moisture stabilized, I wonder if there is an actual "shelf life" for certain types of wood. If kept in the right conditions would a piece of cut but untreated wood last almost indefinitely?

The US considers wood rare if it isn't grown or readily available in the US. Don't confuse rare with endangered for which there are strict laws in our country against the importation of endangered wood. Go ask Gibson Guitar about that LOL.

i hate drive fork lift at work but if wanted do something like this you have good drive fork lift.

Do you stock Huon Pine?

Its very woody there...

hola muy buena tarde hacen envios a chile?

what did you do to get that purple heart so purple

Isn't this the guy who checks on the diamond mines in South Africa (Zales Jewlery)

I have rosewood logs

I use to spend about a month every year in Maine.i been through your town.i was expecting you to have the typical Maine accent. Ya can't caaant get that wood fram hare" kinda threw me off with that foreign accent.. beautiful wood selection though.i build guitars.i am going to your website to see what I might buy.

how many square feet are your warehouses on average?

What is the recommended type of wood for a traditional European Butt Harp?

Please plant some trees also🌲🌳🌴🎄🎋🏡

bell forest Ishpeming mi

CandyLand.

That music...

Have you got any Jaguars Ear?

Not one word of sustainability - not once was FSC mentioned, which is law in most countries in Europe.

Hi Rory, Long time since I heard your voice. Last time we spoke was way back in Wetton, Cape Town when I was at the Rarewoods warehouse with my late father, Peter Wiles. Remember him? My wife and I still dabble with woodwork. regards, David Wiles

Why am i here? Why are the comments so passionate?

Ok.. but which one smells the best..

OMG Bob got wood if you know what I mean

Could I buy a 12 in ch piece of Africa Black wood and a 12 inch piece of Pink ivory, cut off from the logs you showed? I am a novice wood tuner and am interested in exotic wood. Could I have a price and I live in Alberta Canada just south of Edmonton "Home of the Great Hockey payer that moved to the USA, Wayne Gresgey

Hi. do you sell oak planks in your Cape Town branch? I want to build a family dining table.

Line up the boards woody

Where do you live

haai, waarvandaan kom jy?

You sound South African ?

US government didn't get you when they got Gibson

why didn't USA Government get you when they got Gibson

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why would you sell rare wood? its rare now for a reason.

4:43 Yellow shit?

Woodglut has a lot of designs to choose from.

ha, i know the town of mexico very well, this is not the place i would expect to be there

HEERRE

I love watching woodwork in a sawmill, but I draw the line at Brazilian hard woods being imported by rich lumberyard owners in the West. A hardwood tree in the tropical rain forests of Brazil or elsewhere takes over a hundred years to mature. And heartless illegal loggers in places like Brazil, Indonesia and elsewhere are selling their own natural heritage to factories in the West at a devastating rate. People with a conscience in Western countries should refuse to buy or use furniture made of wood from rainforests which are the heritage of all of us. And please stop calling this precious resource 'exotic'. There is a lot of negative baggage embedded in the use of this word.

It seems strange that an Austrailian owner, doing business in Mexico, advertises himself as a USA company.

I'd rather these sellers of rare woods were more rare than the wood that they're selling,

You are an Afrikaner.

What the hell kind of an accent is that?

This guy is ridiculously cocky. It would be ashamed if the wood were to catch on fire....

God created wood for us. It is the perfect substance. If he had not wanted us to kill animals he wouldn't have made them out of meat. He also provides us with crude oil but didn't make it easy to get to or use. God loves us and wants the best for us but he expects us to get up off of our backsides.

I've got some good human wood if you want?

Rare Woods USA, based in Mexico, owned by some british dude. k

Big deal, it's just wood, who cares? I'm more of a metal fan myself \m/

Wood hoarder.