Sapote

Interested in making clay pipes, meerschaums, olive woods, or some other exotic material? Talk about it here.
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mchain
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Sapote

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I was wondering if anyone has any experiance with this wood. It grows here in the Yucatan where I live. I happened across a guy the other day who said that he had made some pipes out of it in the past, I may just have to try it and see.

I haven't found it on toxicity reports either. So if anyone has any info on Sapote (Zapote is how they spell it here) I would appreiciate the heads up.
-me
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flix
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Post by flix »

You might look here:

Zapote Facts
mchain
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Post by mchain »

Very interesting. according to that the heart of some of the old sapote trees are dark, that must be what I have. One corner of the block was lighter but mostly its kinda dark. I'll play with it and post pitures in a week or two.

Thanks
-me
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