Blackwood grows up the east coast of Australia from Tasmania in the south ,through eastern Victoria ,and NSW up to the mid North coast around Dorrigo. It is a wonderful tonewood. King William Pine is medium to large softwood of the high rainfall areas of western Tasmania in Australia. These trees live for around 3000 years, and grow approximately 2mm in girth per year. It has heart wood which is pink to pale reddish brown in colour.
Growth rings are prominent due to darker latewood.
Fine texture,straight grain. Air Dried Density approx. NGR is a medium sized hardwood occurring from south-east Asia and the Philippines and east as far as the Solomon Islands. It has heart wood which ranges from golden brown to a dark blood red, with occasional bluey veins and yellow sap wood approx. Medium texture, variable grain, often highly figured, this wood has a sweet fragrant odour when cut.