This Just In: Pau Ferro not in trouble

[Frantic Slayer]

Its an endangered species, and they might ban trade of it in a few years. Is it in short supply, and will Pau Ferro go the way of Brazilian Rosewood?

Brazilwood - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Frantic Slayer]

no one wants to comment?

 

[smallequestrian]

Perhaps you did not read the article you linked. That article is about Pau Brasil, otherwise known as Brazilwood, which is indeed rather scarce. Pau Ferro, often called Morado or Ironwood, is actually from what I read quite available and doing okay.

 

[RocketRalf]

well i looked for pau ferro on wiki and although it was a dfferent article, it showed the same scientific species name. I didn't know pau brazil was actually pernambuco, the wood that the best violin bows are made from, and that it came from down here south america. interesting. According to that article, bow makers are working towards a renewable source of pernambuco because they need it. I hope there's a future for that cause.

 

[Frantic Slayer]

thanks for cleaning that up...my bad, sorry guys!

with that being said...I put rounds of my fretless... it was exactly what I was looking for sound wise...

I love it!

just put rounds on it!

 

[MrMusashi]

yes... rounds on fretless basses is da bomb

MrM