Woodturning - The Worlds Most Expensive Wood?!
Vložit
- čas přidán 5. 08. 2021
- It's impossible to categorically say what the worlds most expensive wood is. There are too many factors to take into account but nevertheless this Box is definitely up there.
I've had a few pieces for a while and wanted to see how it turned. English Box is slow growing, cuts fine and has great colour but It's usually only available in small quantities and sizes. I think I did this piece justice and made a nice addition to my Barware collection. Let me know what you think!
Hope you enjoy/enjoyed, please consider liking and subscribing, even give the video a share if your up for it! Each project and video usually takes 10+ hours to finish, so your support is very much appreciated. More woodturning and woodworking projects will be on their way soon.
Instagram: harrysmith_woodturning
Email for quotes and queries: harrysmithwoodturning@gmail.com
Disclaimer:
My videos are for entertainment purposes only. I am still relatively new to woodturning and some of my techniques might not be the "best" or safest. When using any tools or machinery always read and understand safety/manufacturers guidelines. - Jak na to + styl
Wearing gloves while turning wood is DANGEROUS, as are long sleeves, long hair, and loose fitting clothing. Any of these can get caught in the wood or in the machinery and cause catastrophic injury. An ungloved finger might get injured, but imagine the glove getting caught or snagged and wrapping your entire hand even your arm around the workpiece!
My brother in woodcrafts , you are so right with everything you just mentioned !!! loose fitting anything around anything that is spinning , is a catastrophe in the making !!! faster than one can blink & it is already to late , you have been pulled / yanked in to the teeth of HELL !!! folks please think !!! machinery is nothing to play with !!! safety , safety , safety !!! Your eyes , your lungs , your hearing , etc.
True
Right!
@@davidwhiren817 Worked in a furniture shop saw fingers fly it's a dangerous trade...
Seen I video of a man getting pulled into a lathe, happened so fast, a person one second and pink mist the next.
That is indeed an expensive piece of wood! Until someone figures out how to make boxwood grow fast and in large quantities, it might well be a rare commodity! :D Excellent piece, turned out with not a screw loose! :D
Too true👍 Don't let the secret out, put a Cork in it... 😂🤣
You can grow it faster but then you would lose all the qualities that make it special. It grow so slow that wood grains are not visible, and it behaves like plastic when working with it.
Yeah god forbid you do something different from the “pros” because that what you’re comfortable with. You do you man and keep up the fantastic work👏👏.
Many thanks for your support Denny! 🪵😃👍
I make baroque flutes from English boxwood.
When played it makes the best sound of any wood!!
Thanks for watching James! I can imagine, its such a lovely wood. Send any offcuts my way 😅😉😁
Nice piece. For a while there, I thought you were going to make the world's most expensive Pepper Mill. 🤭
Thank you! That's an idea for a future video 😁👍
@@set65 Wine bottle cork remover.
Wasn't hooked until you polished it. Immediately started searching to see if I could grow it, Thanks.
Thanks very much Rick! Good luck if you do grow it 😁👍
Will take just about 50 years to have a sidebranch like this - good luck! :))
I just found your channel yesterday. Absolutely amazing. I wish I had a millionth of your skill. Plus you make these pieces without a template, even more amazing.
Thank you so much Peter! I really appreciate the comment 😁😊
I absolutely need a wood turning machine so i can have some vague idea, slap some wood in there and make a mess over and over. It seems therapeutic
It really is. If I may, you can look at Facebook market place for some decent deals, I personally got my small lathe from harbor freight and it's alright for $400, but I'd you have more money and wanna get stuck into it I'd look for a higher end lathe
Saw your comment and thought, 'must be a machinist' , but yeah, it is good for your mood. It pays to be careful though, it can be kinda hypnotic.
Just make sure you do your research, easy to make a mistake and end up missing an eye. Always use safety glasses and make sure everything is secure.
@@WolfysMagic I'm very careful when I'm using my saws and stuff so if I ever got one of these bad boys, I'd be especially careful.
@@thomasnaas2813 hypnotic is exactly how I would put it. Perfectly put. That's what makes it dangerous to me. Something about my brain is easily lost in it and that's when I make mistakes. I've had a few scares that I was lucky to escape with little to no damage and every time it's because I was getting tired and too comfortable plus kinda day dreaming. When focused no one makes mistakes, it's when you relax that accidents happen.
Great piece a.i also like the element of surprise... Sometimes. Nice to see everyday products being made x
Thank you so much Sarah! 😊
Pulled a Good one Harry. I thought at first some kind of handle. Great looking Corkscrew though. Very nice.
Thanks David 🪵😃👍
Calling boxwood one of the most expensive woods in the world is more than just a stretch
I assumed it was a joke.
It’s obviously clickbait. I’m not a woodworker. For all I know it may have been bristlecone pine or something.
Its sold by the pound and can be more expensive than Amboyna
That's what I was thinking lol
Nah? Boxwood? Isn't the name indicative of intent?
Well done Harry! Love the corkscrew!
- Seth
Thank you very much Seth, as do I! 😁😁
That Corkscrew turned out pretty cool man! That Boxwood has got such a rich color to it. The natural finish was the way to go with it. Again a very nice piece.
Many thanks Chris, I appreciate the comments 🪵😃👍
Came out nice. Thanks for showing us. Take care.
Thank you very much! 😁👍
I think the worlds most expensive wood is Huanghuali wood ( Yellow Pear Tree Flower ) Its Chinese and I believe a plank of it sold for a million dollars a while ago. Its extremely rare.
Thanks for watching Patrick! Boxwood is in the ball park of the worlds most expensive wood but as I said in the description it's impossible to determine the worlds most expensive. However woods like Huanghuali are definitely up there and I'd love to get my hands on some 👍😊
Parabéns pelo seu trabalho fico muito top 👏👊🤝👍🇧🇷💯
Muito obrigado! 😊😊😁👊
My wife has a load of box hedging in the garden, I guess I might have to wait a while before they are big enough to harvest hahahahah!
Hahaha Thanks for watching! Don't blame it on me if you get in trouble 😉😁👍
Simply Beautiful!
Thank you so much Kurt! 😁
Awesome work. I thought it was going to be a candle holder at first. That would have been beautiful with the wood grain. 🪵 However, you're the professional and I'm not. Great work.
Thanks Tonya, thats a definite for the future 🪵😃👍
Wow,that's awesome, thank-you.
Thank you Cynthia 🪵😃👍
If you haven't already, don't forget to subscribe to my NEW shorts channel 😉 thanks for your support !!
czcams.com/users/HarrySmithShorts
Excellent work! The final result is outstanding. Really is beautiful wood.
Thank you so much Rick! 😁
Wasn't quite sure where you were going with this one but I love the end result. Fine piece of work 🤙
Thank you so much again! 😁😊
I was thinking the same thing
Champagne baby
@@set65 you are joking I assume. But in case you weren't its a Corkscrew for opening bottles that have a cork in the top. Generally wine bottles but occasionally other bottles are sealed with a cork
I think I want a bottle of wine....... good job
Thank you very much! Enjoy the wine 😁👍
Nice job Harry, looks great, cheers John
Thanks very much John! 😁👍
Wait, this stuff is expensive? I've got a whole bunch of stuff that looks just like this. I nearly threw it away because I couldn't think of a use for it 🤣 Time to give it another look, I think 🙂
It's really great to turn and the grain is beautiful- get turning!!! 🪵😃👍
it’s probably not the same wood.
@@AlexanderMason1 It is.
@@OldtoNewRestorations how do you know? Because it looks like it?
Great work ! , enjoyed watching . 👍
Thanks very much Richie! 😁
Best ASMR videos right here, on this channel! 🙏🖖😴
Thank you so much! 😊👍
Beautiful!
Thanks cg 🪵😃👍
If you haven't already, don't forget to subscribe to my NEW shorts channel 😉 thanks for your support !!
czcams.com/users/HarrySmithShorts
The small scraps would make great beads, buttons, toggles, bottle toppers, cane tops or spinning tops.
Thanks for watching! Great ideas. None of my offcuts are ever wasted, stay tuned for a future project 😁👍
That is very nice, and now I am eyeing the hedge of boxwood in my front yard. The fact that people will pull them out and discard them sometimes astounds me.
I have a 3" log of "redbud" laid up years ago along with some invasive privit, and a magnolia log. And there is a small trunk of holly that is encroaching on our back deck that I might harvest in the next couple of years. A hazel is really beginning to encroach on my driveway. hmm.
Isn't it good?
Suburban wood
Thanks Bill I like the homage to The Beatles 🪵😃👍
Nice! A good choice for this wood, I think. Every time you drink a nice glass of wine, you get to enjoy your finely made cork puller as well.
Very good video. Thanks. Here in Germany all the box-wood bushes are damaged by a little bug, called "Buchsbaumzünzler".
And everybody throws these bushes into waste. I'll have a look for this kind of wood.
Thanks for you comments and the information on the bugs, luckily we don't seem to have that problem 🪵😃👍
Fun video! I have a bandsaw and a lathe and need ideas like this! Thank you! I'm going to subscribe to support you!
Thank you very much! Great to have another subscriber! Lots more great content to come 😊😁
Great looking little project & a great addition to any home bar. Nice wood & turns well. Thanks for sharing. Don from South Aust.
Thanks very much Don! 😄👍
Lovely corkscrew the wood is lovely
That cork screw is absolutely awesome.
Thank you so much! 😁👍😄
Without leaving some inclusion of bark, it’s just a wooden handled corkscrew.
I'm not impressed either. It will set in the far back of a kitchen drawer and be completely forgotten about in a week.
so let me get this straight your telling us that this wooden handled corkscrew is just a wooden handled corkscrew, gee thanks , been scratching my head
I'm more disappointed that he made it in the middle of that piece he could have made two corkscrews that size out of that if he started on one end lol..
A little curiosity: in Italy, boxwood, beautifully yellow, used for centuries by the best cabinetmakers in history, is today rightly protected by the absolute prohibition of cutting it, so much so that we are forced to import it mainly from the States, where it has a slightly different coloring and more marked grain.Greetings
Many thanks for your comments and interesting insight into box wood in Italy which I found very interesting 🪵😃👍thank you
Couldn't even skip into it without three ads. Not having it.
Sorry to hear that Kyle! I also don't like really long ads, but its the luck of the draw sometimes 👍
Great little project.
Thank you so much! 😊
This will be a very expansive wine opener.
Thanks for watching Andrew! I'm hoping it'll last forever 😁👍
May I assume you have a boxwood hedge? Your piece seems green at the end... Very nice and practical use for your boxwood! I bet it will never break!!
Thank you Seth! Yes this is from a now dead box hedge. Lets hope it never breaks 😊👍
Hey, if it opens my Merlot then it definitely is priceless! 🤣🤣
Too right sidings 🍷🍷😃👍
Nice, quick little project. Well done.
Thanks very much Doug! 😁😊
I thought that looked like boxwood, I cut atleast a hundred feet of boxwood bigger than that the other year. I wanted to keep it but the cemetery wouldnt let me, and on the brush pile it went. Pretty wood!
Missed oportunity to start a brush pile in your trunk
DON’T WEAR GLOVES when working with rotating machinery!
Amazing results
Thank you Jerry! 😊
В очередной раз убеждаюсь ,что вещь изготовленная своими руками во сто раз красивей и лучше заводских!!!👍
Это, похоже самшит, и столько обрезков в дрова, наделал. Да за такую работу к стенке ставить надо.👎
Большое спасибо! Очень признателен за комментарий 😊👍
I suggest that pink ivory is the most expensive wood and that's if you can find any. You turned a piece of boxwood which is also hard to come by but not impossible. I have a few pieces of box which I'm reluctant to use in case I foul it up but it is an amazing wood and can take some fine detail work.
Thanks for watching Alan! I agree that Pink Ivory is definitely up there in terms of rarity and price. I've got a few pieces that I might turn sometime soon but like you I'm reluctant to use them encase I mess it up. 👍
@@HarrySmithWoodturning snake wood is even more expensive than pink ivory. I used a piece for a handle of an Italian fencing foil and it was more than 1.5 times price of PI, it is also amazingly beautiful. I bought a 36” piece of SW in 1999 for $180 with plans to make it into a walking stick.
When you drilled that hole in it, I wondered whether or not you were going to blow across it like a flute. You see, before the advent of the modern silver flute, some of the finest flutes in the world were made from Box wood.
Thanks for watching! Very interesting Nai, I had a feeling that Box was used for instruments. Maybe its something I could try one day 😊😁👍
The most expensive woods and the hardest our Dogwood and bougoak .Lighamvite maple are my favourite Box is nice to work with but very plain Yeu is nice to. In fact all woods are .I also have some Dutch elm soft but still white
And what about woods from other countries
.
@@martenhenri24 Dutch Elm is a disease. Just elm.
Shame they were all hideously out of tune and hard to play ;) tho on a serious note, you can get boehm flutes made of African blackwood, my piccolo is made of it
I remember 7th grade shop class. Cool project!
Thank you! 😊
Che manualità un'arte!!!
Thanks Francis 🪵😃👍
I love this wood, i use it very often 👍 it have nice smell also :) Cheers!
Thanks for watching Stavros! Lucky you that you get to use it often 😁😄👍
Sapient Pearwood is the rarest, most wonderful wood there is [& hence most expensive, if you could get any...]
Just be VERY careful if you make a box from it.
... it might grow feet
No Way , that is cheap compared to madagascin mahogany is world most expensive and exotic wood for wood working very expensive is an illusionlso tazmaian teak is nice wood too
Eddie, the reference has flown so far above your head that it may as well be in orbit.
@@Colorcrayons pfff... that's really thinking outside the box lol
That looks awesome. Nice job
Thanks very much! 😄👍
I would buy wine just to use this!
Thank you so much Peder! Glad to hear that 😁
Mr. Smith,
That was very enjoyable to watch. English Box is a very unique and gorgeous wood. You did justice to that piece. The shavings I'm thinking could be used for something artistic as well . . . Just saying. 😁 Thank you.
Thank you so much Reuben! The shavings have been saved and I'm thinking about project ideas now 😁😊
Nice used of the thumbnail title, it drew me in. Although I would say English Boxwood isn't even in the top ten rarest woods.
I know right... it looks just like Texas China berry to me... a semi hard junk wood i cut down on my property
The creators didn't say rarest ... they said the most expensive. Many of the worlds rarest woods are no longer available for purchase, thereby making them legally worthless and illegal to possess.
@@user-nd3lx1zg9t you say that, but thee are mahogany pieces of furniture turning up at auctions and going for a song. George III mahogany chest of drawers £50. Not veneer, solid mahogany, along side solid oak, teak, elm etc pieces of furniture.
Irish Bog Oak is way more expensive. Those can be at least 5000 years old and take 20 YEARS to dry out completely to be even remotely turnable.
@@user-nd3lx1zg9t still, boxwood is neither expensive nor rare
desert ironwood burl, for example, costs about 6 times more... in my experience
Great work
Thank you Phillip! 😁👍
I can see what you turned it in to... shavings! Light and fluffy! Very nice. The other part was good too. ;)
Hahaha thank you very much! 😁😊👍
It's a very nice corkscrew in the end. I just regret that so much of the original wood went onto the floor. What was left was less than half the wood started with. Almost like making a toothpick out of a Douglas Fir.
That's the shock I felt the first time in a machine shop. probably 70% of a finished product lands in the chip pile.
With the size of the piece he started with it would have made a great auger handle or a English bobby's billy club.
Worried about wasted wood
Yiu should be more worried about the amount of plastic on this planet
@@Blueberrythegreat Waste not, want not.
Yeah, he could have started at the end on the blank rather than dead smack in the middle and made two cork screws.
Beautiful work. Although I think that you should've left some raw pieces on the ends to show "where it originates" from and make it an instant conversation piece.
Thank you Leon! That's a good idea, but I wanted a simple and perfect corkscrew, good idea for the future though 😊👍
Hi Harry, Missed this one somehow. Nice looking corkscrew, simple but elegant. Take care Harry. Cheers, Huw
Thank you very much! Take care 😊👍
there is a lot here the Basque country, perfect for spoons and tools
Thanks for watching! I'm very jealous, we don't get much over here 😪👍
How is this the “Most Expensive Wood”? I like the idea of how you turned the wood into a cork screw but still unsure how it’s the “Most Expensive Wood”? Or do you just charge a fortune for the cork screw?
Maybe he would like to use the world's most expensive wood to open the world's most expensive bottle of champagne? But yea.
Read his description.
@@emeltea33 I did several times. And it still didn’t make sense. It looks like a piece of wood you cut from out your garden. The description makes it sound like you’ve bought a very expensive wood and then put it on a wood lathe.
@@robmarshallofficial Another thought, maybe it's the only cork puller in the world made from boxwood. Making it extremely valuable. Or not.
@@metatechnologist lol
Wood turning is gratifying and relaxing. Might as well finish your day with a bottle of wine.
Thank you Anthony! Check out some of my other projects and see what you think 😁👍
Wonderful.
Thank you so much! 👍😁
Гарри ты молодец!
Большое спасибо! 😊👍
I don't think Boxwood qualifies as being the most expensive wood. But still a nice video.
I paid 14€ for a boxwood knife handle blank and 86€ for an ironwood burl piece in the same dimensions.
I sell burl mostly wild cherry. Plus any other wood that grows in Appellatia mountain area.much cheaper.
I thought agar wood was the most expensive?
I always wanted to make a giant chess set with 6 inch squares and have the pieces adorned with gemstones.
You make the pieces I'll sort the gemstones
Thanks for watching! I might have to try something like that in the future 👍
That's great
Many thanks jeanette 🪵😃👍
Nice job Harry. Looks cool.
Thank you! 😁😊
Most expensive wood is agarwood.
Thought thiswas common knowledge. .
The first thing we learned in wood shop was never wear long sleeves, gloves, or anything that could possibly get caught when turning wood or working with any rotating machinery at all. Otherwise that is a really nice looking piece man
The first thing you should have learned in woodshop was to watch your mouth. It's his shop, his hands, his rules.
@@redmen69er ok boomer...
Awesome!
Thank you!! 😊👊
This is a very nice practical item, I’ve never heard of boxwood, I’m assuming it’s quite rare. I just looked it up, I see it’s a slow growing shrub. From an aesthetic point of you I like the colour and grain. On a lighter note while watching this its a Friday night I have a glass of wine. 🙂
Great accompanying beverage for the video Gloria 🍷🥂 cheers. They used box wood for plane struts and printing press blocks.
As a woodturner, I’m obligated to add that one minor slip and your project would be finely decorated with sinew, blood and skin. Please never wear gloves when turning.
Thank you for watching! The gloves I wear are tight fitting and have no loose threads but I appreciate your concerns for me 👍
Yes you are, but boxwood has a toxicity of an irritant to both body and lung problems.... we juat can't see his resperator...better safe than sorry, but we get your point.
@@HarrySmithWoodturning not tight enough to catch and roll your arm up like a window shade. Very dangerous
@@HarrySmithWoodturning pay attention! say thanks to Germantown Bred and do not use any kind of gloves from now on!!!! graves are plenty of "there is no problem" people
Title: The Worlds Most Expensive Wood?!
Doesn't say once how much the wood costs
Absolute clickbait, and worse, for a pretty uninteresting item as well
@@AlanJohnPeach Very much so
Thanks for watching! I have plenty of other videos if you didn't enjoy this one. The wood was grown in my garden so I didn't pay for it 👍
Thanks for watching Alan! Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and as for clickbait the title is a question not a statement 👍
Awesome project came out real nice well done
Thanks very much Rich! 😊👍
Very nice and excellent workmanship. Cheers Stuart 🇦🇺
Thank you so much Stuart! 😄👍
To be honest, it would have been nice if the rare wood was made into something with character. The end result just looks like any old simple corkscrew with no unique defining features. Seems like a waste of money. Doesn't look bad, but it's really not eye-catching. Very underwhelming. 😕
please don't cut round objects on bandsaw without a jig especially when the area being cut isn't supported by the table. also always cut "downhill" (from high point to low point) on a lathe to avoid catches and tear out. This has been my "that's skurry" PSA, thank you
Very cool, cheers 👍🏾
Thank you so much! 😊👍
Well done
Thank you so much! 👍😊
Nice!
Thank you Mitch! 😊
Pretty slick and very attractive.
Thank you very much! 😁👍😊
Amazing work sir
Thank you very much! 😁👍
Sweet.
Thank you! 👍
Nice work.
Thank you so much Bret! 😄👍
So...what does one do with the worlds most expensive wood chips is all i was thinking 🤔
Thanks for watching! I have saved the shavings and have got a few projects in mind, stay tuned 😊👍
He's really got some good compost there with all of those wood chippings.
Thanks Timothy you are correct, I never waste anything, compost, organic fire lighters and mulch. 🪵😃👍
beautiful project, ... don't worry about your techniques, we all improve with time...
Thank you Chad! I am still not perfect but my technique is constantly changing and improving 👍
Great job
Thank you! 😁
Nice job. That looks like very hard wood. BTW, it's about time to take a good look at that bandsaw. The guides need some TLC.
Thank you George! Don't worry, I've just given it some love, I've been using it a lot in the video that is due to come out very soon 😁👍
Really nice job ! Simple but perfect! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you, I completely agree! 😁👍
Cool project Harry. Nice job. Now you can open the champagne to drink to a project well done.
Thank you very much! I think that is a brilliant idea 😉😅😁
I bet I can name two woods more expensive. Iron Wood, and Ancient Kauri.
I have one of those box wood trees in my back yard here in NC.
Thanks for watching! Lucky you! 😉👍
Most expensive wood in the world, without a name.
Thanks for watching! It is English Box 👍
Good Skill
Thank you! 😊👍