Milk Pear Spindle Blank

Milk Pear (Sideroxylon inerme), also known as White Milkwood, is a southern African coastal hardwood with a quiet, understated beauty that rewards closer inspection. Pale creamy-white to light yellowish-brown with a fine, even grain, it has a clean, smooth quality that turns and finishes exceptionally well — producing a crisp, refined surface that takes detail beautifully and accepts oils and lacquers with ease.

Milk Pear is not a timber you'll encounter every day, which makes it a genuinely interesting and somewhat rare addition to any turning collection. Its pale, clean tones make it a versatile choice — equally suited to natural finishes that let the wood speak for itself, or as a canvas for dyes and stains where the light base colour allows colours to sing.

Wood Characteristics

• Species: Milk Pear / White Milkwood (Sideroxylon inerme)
• Origin: Southern Africa
• Colour: Pale creamy-white to light yellowish-brown — clean and even throughout
• Grain: Very fine and even — generally straight, turning and finishing to a crisp, smooth surface
• Hardness: Moderately hard — good durability with a pleasant, balanced weight
• Finish: Turns to a beautifully smooth surface; takes oils, lacquers, and dyes exceptionally well
• Workability: A pleasure to turn — responds well to sharp tools and rewards careful sanding

Supplied

• Supplied dried and ready to turn
• Sizes are approximate and shown in inches (length × width × thickness)

Natural wood — colour and grain will vary between blanks. Images are representative.