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Exotic woods online?

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Im trying to find small pieces of solid exotic woods online for purchase, mainly through ebay.<br><br>Im just wondering if anyone has any experience doing this, <br>and I am curious what they searched in eBay?<br><br>I just had a good solid search, and everything I could find was either to small, or way way to big and expensive <img src="http://illiweb.com/fa/i/smiles/icon_pale.gif" alt="pale" longdesc="26"><br><br>something like this <br><br><a href="http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/16-plus-extras-ASSORTED-WOOD-PEN-BLANKS-DOMESTIC-AND-EXOTIC-WOOD-BEAUTIFUL-/280829948450?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4162c4f222" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/16-plus-extras-ASSORTED-WOOD-PEN-BLANKS-DOMESTIC-AND-EXOTIC-WOOD-BEAUTIFUL-/280829948450?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4162c4f222</a><br><br>Would be amazing, but if only the pieces were 100mm Wide or more atleast <img src="http://illiweb.com/fa/i/smiles/icon_cry.gif" alt="Crying or Very sad" longdesc="11"><br><br>thoes are "Pen Blanks" for making pens i guess, theyre too small, But does anyone know of an item similiar to these penblanks that are available but abit wider suitable for slingshots?
 
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I only found one company out of a few in Australia that does online free samples that are suitable.<br><br><img src="http://illiweb.com/fa/i/smiles/icon_tongue.png" alt="tongue" longdesc="24"> I pestered all my friends into letting me get samples sent to their house from that one company as I wanted more <img src="http://illiweb.com/fa/i/smiles/icon_razz.gif" alt="Razz" longdesc="9"><br><br>It seems now the "free samples" avenue for me is now exhausted <img src="http://illiweb.com/fa/i/smiles/icon_silent.png" alt="silent" longdesc="25">
 
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I know people here would have hoards of nice timber stashed away <img src="http://illiweb.com/fa/i/smiles/icon_razz.gif" alt="Razz" longdesc="9"><br><br>If anyone has some nice timber of a dark colour with nice grain they are willing to part with.. send me a PM with a picture and maybe we can talk price <img src="http://illiweb.com/fa/i/smiles/icon_tongue.png" alt="tongue" longdesc="24"><br><br>I would absolutely love a peice of purple heart<br><br>but really any darkish brown/red wood or any wood with an interesting grain <br>I would be interested in seeing <img src="http://illiweb.com/fa/i/smiles/icon_razz.gif" alt="Razz" longdesc="9"><br><br>20mm x 100mm x 150mm peices would be perfeccccccct
 
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