purple heart forks

Purpleheart comes from Central and South America, so you’re going to have very limited possible sources for actual purpleheart forks. Good luck with your hunt

 

I have Purple Heart boards

 

you are never too un-experienced to start learning, just start with natural forks that ar not so special and you learn quick enough to cut a nice piece of wood

 

If you do a Google search for Purple Heart wood, you'll probably find some places that sell it, maybe not in your immediate area, but they are out there. I know some folks on this site have used Cook Woods out of southern Oregon. What they have seems to vary from day to day, but they do have Purple Heart boards, and, if you're lucky, they sometimes have misc. cuts of Purple Heart in the clearance area for a decent price. They also carry other exotics like Cocobolo. They ship throughout the US - but I would think you could find someone in Florida that carries these woods. You can check Cook out here:

https://www.cookwoods.com/

By the way, from what I've read of purpleheart trees, they tend to be really tall and pretty much all trunk, just some branches near the top, which probably makes getting an actual fork, perhaps a bit rare.

 

Yes, this.

Plus the fact, that only the Heartwood is purple.
The small Sapwood layer is pretty much standard, as you can see here:
http://www.woodworkerssource.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/SawMill20-PURPLEHEART-LOGS.jpg
Which means a fork that one could handle would look like any other fork...not red at all.

 

Rockler woodworking and hardware

 

Bro? Everyone starts somewhere.