Manzanita Burl, pen blanks, casting wood, knife scales, slabs and whole burl....  For you guys who haven't had opportunity to work with manzanita, it is famous/infamous for drying checks, voids, rocks, dirt....you get the idea.   But..in my opinion, it has some of the prettiest wood color and figure that exists.  Sooo, when/if you get a piece, it may have any of the above characteristics.  If you want one or two, shoot me a note using the "contact" box at the bottom of this page and I'll get right back to you. 

Sometimes I list a few of the below burl on ebay so they are subject to not being available if there is a bid.  Otherwise, they're here for the takin' .............
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Hey guys, here's what manzanita burl looks like after a fire and after being mauled by me a bit.   Lots of work between now and a pen blank.  I did get this one home...weighed about 40 lbs. 

Hey Guys, a couple pics of a pen/highliter/catchall thing I made.   Glued some manzanita thin wood on a block of walnut........filled the voids with some colored alumilite......got what ya see.  Not too hard or I couldn't have done it.  It's not for sale but you can make something similar with the thinwood below.  This method would be great for box tops..... 

Here are a few little pieces I turned out of some gnarly, void filled, burned, ant hole ridden, (you get the idea) chunks of manzanita.  There is some beautiful color and turnings that come out of that stuff.   I'm gonna try and get a few chunks posted here before too long....thinking about 5 bucks per piece.  Takes a lot of time/effort to get a big manz. whacked into submission.  ; )     

Two pics below are manzanita chunks I'm making for some guys......you can see all kinds of odd shapes, no way to measure them but they should all have pieces similar to the above.   These aren't for the "faint of heart"....will take a little/lot of creativity to get the good out of 'em but they are really fun to work on.  These pieces tell you what they'll become, not the other way around.  : )  This size will be $5.00 each.  

SOLD......MZ7,  $15.00  Manzanita burl cap measures 4 x 5 1/2 x 9" long.  Pics are misted.   

SOLD.........MZ8,  $15.00  Manzanita burl cap measures 4 x 7 x 9" long.  Pics are misted.   

SOLD.......MZ1,  $25.00  Manzanita burl measures about 5 1/2" thick x 8 x 8".  Pic is misted.   Note some charred wood.  Contrast between black char and red heartwood is really pretty.....but you do need to get the loose stuff off.  : ) ​

SOLD.....MZ3,  $16.00  Manzanita burl measures about 4 x 6 x 7". Pic is misted.  Note some charred wood.  Contrast between black char and red heartwood is really pretty.....but you do need to get the loose stuff off.  : ) 

SOLD.........MZ4,  $16.00  Manzanita burl measures about 4 x 5 x 8".  Pic is misted.  Note some charred wood.  Contrast between black char and red heartwood is really pretty.....but you do need to get the loose stuff off.  : ) 

 SOLD..........MZ5,  $16.00  Manzanita burl measures about 4 x 5 x 8".  Pic is misted.   Note some charred wood.  Contrast between black char and red heartwood is really pretty.....but you do need to get the loose stuff off.  : ) 

MZ106,  $15.00  Manzanita burl small slabs.  Four pieces measure 3/4" thick x 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 (smallest) x 4 1/2 x 6" (largest).  
Hard to measure little odd shaped pieces like these...pics show 'em fairly well.  Pics are misted to show grain.  

MZ107,  $15.00   Manzanita burl small slabs.  Four pieces measure 3/4" thick x 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 (smallest) x 4 1/2 x 6" (largest).  
Hard to measure little odd shaped pieces like these...pics show 'em fairly well.  Pics are misted to show grain.   Two bookmatched pair. 

MZ108,  $20.00  Manzanita burl stopper blocks.  Eight pieces measure about 1 5/8 x varying lengths as seen in pic.  The longest and shortest are by the tape measure.  PIcs are misted and show two sides..   They'll all fit in a flat rate envelope for $6.45. 

MZ110,  $20.00  Manzanita burl stopper blocks.  Eight pieces measure about 1 5/8 x varying lengths as seen in pic.  The longest and shortest are by the tape measure.  PIcs are misted and show two sides..   They'll all fit in a flat rate envelope for $6.45. 

MZ142,  $17.50  Manzanita burl stopper blocks for casting.  Ten pieces measure abut 1 5/8 x 1 5/8 x 2 1/2" long.   Unknown MC....

Thats all for today guys, thanks for looking.  I probably have a few pieces on ebay now.  If you enter ..  rockbs   ... as the keyword in ebay's search windows, my current listings should pop up.   thanks, Rocky