Ayous Carving Blanks

Spectacle cases hand carved in Ayous by Neil G

at WoodNRG

Ayous is a tropical hardwood from Cameroon.

The stock I have has been thermally aged to give it durability outdoors without treatment.
It is light and soft and easy to carve, good beginning choice with nice colour and no problems with direction of cut, ideal starter wood, not the best for fine detail
The wood is mid brown varying from yellowish to a redish brown. somewhere between Iroko and Cuban Mahogany. It will darken with age, or if outdoors it will silver.
It is soft and light like Balsa wood, easy to carve but a harder wood would be a better option for intricate carvings