Chakte Kok Hardwood

Bright pink blood red medium density.

Chakte kok hardwood.

This extreme color will oxidize and fade within minutes if exposed to direct sunlight therefore the use of a good uv inhibitor is required. Also know as red heart. Chakte viga has been used as a fence post material with reports stating that the wood lasts up to 100 years in the ground. Grains range from irregular to wild although sometimes straight also and can often be multi dimensional or overlapping.

Chakte viga is a tropical hardwood from mexico. Chakte kok chakte viga chechen chico zapote cocobolo gabon ebony granadillo machiche katalox tzalam ziricote cocobolo for sale. Commonly called chakte kok with a multitude of variant spellings this species has been previously placed in the sickingia genus. It is reported to have good tonal qualities and is popular in both instrument building and wood turning.

Chakte kok is an interesting wood and one of only a few in the world that naturally displays a brilliant bright red color tone. Tends to be on the medium to high side for an imported hardwood. This wood species is not listed in the cites appendices or on the iucn red list of threatened species. Redheart is a difficult lumber to dry but when cured properly it makes beautiful furniture.

Previous cedar yellow next chechen. Fine closed grain makes this central american hardwood machine easily finish well. Another species that s also in the rubiaceæ family is cosmocalyx spectabilis which is typically sold interchangeably as chakte kok. 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. 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. The grain is typically straight but can interlocking. Turned objects inlays veneer fine furniture and small specialty wood items.

The unique brilliant red color with black undertones is unusual and unmatched in other exotic hardwoods. For best results in finishing please use a uv inhibitor as the wood turns. Upon exposure to sunlight the wood turns to a mundane brown color but. Tends to be on the medium to high side for an imported hardwood.

Turns glues and finishes well. Sadly does not hold colour well in uv light. Redheart is a dense fine textured hardwood from central america with a beautiful red heartwood color. Chakte viga is sometimes referred to as paela.

The mayans refer to this hardwood is chakte koke. Despite its high density chakte viga generally responds well to most machining operations though interlocked grain can result in tearout.