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Botanical Name | Entandrophragma utile |
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Other Names | Sipo |
Main Color Group | Reddish |
Grain Pattern | Pronounced |
Workability | Easy |
Avg Dry Weight - LB/FT3 | 40 |
Avg Dry Weight - KG/M3 | 635 |
Janka Hardness - LBF | 1180 |
Janka Hardness - Newtons | 5260 |
Sipo Mahogany (commonly referred to as either just “Sipo” or “Utile”) is an African wood that is considered to be the closest, aesthetically, to Genuine Mahogany (although not a true “Swietenia”). It’s interlocked grains are akin to other African woods and generally produce a characteristic contrasting light-dark / two-toned sort of appearance, when quartersawn — which can be visually stunning in the case of more chatoyant boards. The fact that the wood is considerably easier to work, with less tearout, than African Mahogany and possesses a hardness that places Sipo between it (African Mahogany) and Genuine Mahogany has seen it transcend from relative obscurity to become a quite popular and highly regarded “mahogany substitute” wood, presently.
Aesthetically, the wood is similar, also, to its African first cousin, Sapele (with both being species of the Entandrophragma genus) — although Sipo is more pourous, and has richer color.
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Sustainability: Not listed in the CITES Appendices, but is categorized as “Vulnerable” on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Common Uses: Furniture, cabinetry, turned objects, veneers, musical instruments, boatbuilding, and carving.
Comments: Sipo makes a really great mahogany substitute, with nice color and stunning aesthetics, when quartersawn. Like many such woods, it can become discolored when left in contact with iron and other metals. When combined with its very modest price range, its continually growing popularity as such (mahogany substitute) is easy to understand.
Image | Price | Grade | Dimensions | SKU | Buy | Description | hf:att:pa_grade |
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$23.93 | AB | 58.31 × 4.69 × 0.88 in | SIPO1031 | | Slight wave | ab | |
$21.75 | AB | 54.5 × 4.56 × 0.88 in | SIPO1030 | | Sight wave | ab | |
$22.83 | AB | 41.75 × 6.25 × 0.88 in | SIPO1029 |
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| Wane, Crack on the side | ab | |
$23.88 | AB | 42.38 × 6.44 × 0.88 in | SIPO1028 |
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| Nice board | ab | |
$18.77 | AB | 35.75 × 6 × 0.88 in | SIPO1027 |
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| Nice board | ab | |
$19.23 | AB | 35.5 × 6.19 × 0.94 in | SIPO1026 | | Cracked on the side | ab | |
$23.28 | B | 44.19 × 6.69 × 0.94 in | SIPO1025 |
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| Crack on the side, Crack on the end | b | |
$30.28 | AB | 52.75 × 6.56 × 0.94 in | SIPO1024 | | Crack at the top | ab | |
$20.67 | AB | 47.25 × 5 × 1 in | SIPO1023 |
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| Check. | ab | |
$16.35 | AB | 37.38 × 5 × 1 in | SIPO1022 |
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| Slight bow. | ab | |
$31.79 | AB | 46.88 × 7.75 × 1 in | SIPO1021 |
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| Slight bow. | ab | |
$33.06 | AB | 48.75 × 7.75 × 1 in | SIPO1020 |
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| Check. | ab | |
$56.87 | B | 64.19 × 11.25 × 1 in | SIPO1019 |
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| Checks. | b | |
$56.85 | AB | 57.75 × 11.25 × 1 in | SIPO1018 |
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| Check. | ab | |
$36.89 | AB | 71 × 4.75 × 1.25 in | SIPO1017 |
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| Check. | ab | |
$17.61 | AB | 37.88 × 4.25 × 1.25 in | SIPO1016 |
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| Clear two face. | ab | |
$14.28 | C | 34 × 6 × 0.94 in | SIPO1015 | | Cracks both sides. | c | |
$12.09 | C | 43.19 × 4 × 1 in | SIPO1014 |
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| Clear one face. Crack. | c | |
$18.44 | A | 36.5 × 5.25 × 0.88 in | SIPO1013 |
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| Clear two face. | a | |
$18.26 | AB | 39.75 × 5.25 × 0.88 in | SIPO1012 |
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| Planer skip. | ab | |
$36.48 | AB | 57.5 × 7.25 × 0.88 in | SIPO1011 |
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| Light planer skip. | ab | |
$24.38 | AB | 40.5 × 6.88 × 0.88 in | SIPO1010 |
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| Planer skip. | ab | |
$30.12 | A | 32.5 × 9.63 × 0.88 in | SIPO1009 |
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| Checks on end. | a | |
$42.09 | B | 71.875 × 7.437 × 1 in | SIPO1008 |
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| Cracks middle of board. | b | |
$32.80 | A | 56.5 × 6.032 × 0.875 in | SIPO1007 |
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| Crack one end. | a | |
$25.94 | A | 44 × 6.125 × 0.875 in | SIPO1006 |
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| Crack one end. | a | |
$23.28 | A | 39.9 × 6.062 × 0.875 in | SIPO1005 |
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| Beautiful grain figure. | a | |
$19.66 | A | 48.062 × 4.25 × 1 in | SIPO1004 |
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| Cracks one end. | a | |
$18.20 | AB | 52 × 4 × 1 in | SIPO1003 |
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| Crack one face. | ab | |
$26.98 | B | 36.062 × 9.5 × 0.875 in | SIPO1002 |
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| Nice grain pattern, board has slight twist. | b | |
$27.87 | B | 37.25 × 9.5 × 0.875 in | SIPO1001 |
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| Nice grain pattern, board has slight twist. | b |
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