Cocobolo desks are made from cocobolo a tropical hardwood found in central america belonging to the family dalbergia.
What is a cocobolo desk.
The heartwood changes color after being cut and can be polished to a lustrous glassy finish.
Cocobolo desks are rare and we will tell you why.
After jimmy got himself intentionally fired he wrote the firm a 7 000 check for the desk.
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Later the firm s partner would tell jimmy that no one else in the office had a desk that nice.
Cocobolo is a tropical hardwood of central american trees belonging to the genus dalbergia only the heartwood of cocobolo is used.
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If you have an allergy history work cocobolo with full protection.
Cocobolo has a bad reputation but not for its working qualities.
Popular culture reference edit bob odenkirk s character jimmy mcgill who later changes his name to saul goodman on the popular amc television series better call saul expresses his desire to get a desk made of cocobolo during the 7th episode of the first season 1.
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Being quite dense sometimes having a specific gravity of over 1 0 it.
The cocobolo desk is a desk made from cocobolo wood that is a particularly hard wood that comes from a slow growing tree.
Cocobolo is a truly exotic wood that remains in high demand with fine furniture craftsmen and guitar luthiers alike.
The slow growth makes wood from these trees expensive as they cannot be harvested quickly making the availability low and price high.
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It is renowned for its sometimes amazing array of colors and for being a very dense stable durable wood making it well suited for both major industry applications.
It is a true rosewood with a density second only to african blackwood.
5 large pieces dimensions 5 1 8 x 1 3 4 x 1 1 4 in.
Dalbergia retusa a medium sized tree with a maximum height of 75 80 ft and a maximum diameter of 3 ft is the species that contributes a lot of the wood used to make cocobolo desks and cocobolo furniture.
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This wood is a well known sensitizer that can produce a poison ivy type rash or other reaction in allergic individuals.