So I just recently found out that my cousin that lives in Hawaii, has a sawmill and gets loads of local wood from the city, etc. He has his own hardwood business over there, along with an ebay store and we talked recently and he wants to send me some wood from there for me to use, free of charge.
He's got a good variety of local woods as well as some nice figured stuff. He told me to tell him what I liked from his ebay store and he'll send me a box of stuff. So my question to you is, what's your favorite Hawaiian wood to turn and get great looking pieces out of? That's a loaded question as everything is great in it's own way, but you know what I'm getting at.
Here's what he's got (or at least that I know of):
Curly Koa
Curly Sugi Pine
Curly Mango
Curly Cypress
Ironwood
Lychee
Monkey Pod
Cook Island Pine