I haven't visited this topic in ages.

I was told that South American Bloodwood is not a good crimson wood to substitute for red sandalwood  in the "Blood Rosewood" trademark. I get that the wood is dense, but why isn't it a good substitute? Don't get me wrong, Padauk glows in sunset-Orange and red-orange, but Bloodwood is pitch crimson!

Battle,

I have a solid bloodwood and maple chess board that looks pretty nice.

It's dense, with a specific gravity of 1.01, which means it's heavier than water. Freshly cut, it has a reddish hue, which will darken over time like red sandalwood and padauk. Apparently, it isn't difficult to turn or carve, as the picture below shows.

Because the wood is native to South America and not Asia is probably why we don't see it being used in chess sets manufactured in India, where it's cheaper to use the local hardwoods.

This thread is an attempt to sell stuff.

I don't know how you're getting away with it but it's still wrong.

Those are really nice objects in bloodwood, Lou.

I'm assuming that when people say that the wood is hard and dense and difficult to turn, what' they're really saying is..."We're lazy and cheap". =D

Chesscoaching,

Exactly what "stuff" am I attempting to sell? Please be specific -- vendor, make and model. Earlier in the post I did mention a set from a specific vendor because he was one of the few who still had 'legal' red sandalwood sets for sale, and shortly thereafter, I mentioned two other vendors who also advertised red sandal sets for sale.

If you re-read this thread carefully, you'll see that I'm not pushing any particular products, I'm only alerting collectors who may wish to add a red sandalwood set to their collections that the clock is ticking, and once the current stock is gone, no new red sandalwood sets can be imported, as it is now illegal to export from India and illegal to import into the United States, or anywhere else. I'm sorry, but I'm not responsible for your misperceptions.

Just a casual word of advice, Lou, and this is something I've learned several of times over: if you try to explain away something that should be obvious to the preacher, you're giving him/her the power to preach; especially when it's evident that these individuals go out of their way to find things that are "wrong", simply looking for trouble.

I say, keep it simple and direct the way I did. "No, it's not." See? You don't have to explain anything (unless he/she asks afterwards). He/she will figure out why he/she's refuted; if he/she didn't already know why to begin with.

Battle,

My explanation was as much for new viewers as it was for chesscoaching, who, by the way, I have banned from this and all future posting that I start. I see where GoodKnightMike has also banned this individual from his postings as well. As they say, "good riddance," as it raises the intelligence of this thread considerably.

I didn't know you could ban people from posting in your threads.

Battle,

Oh yeah, select HOME then ACCOUNT and PRIVACY, you can block people from posting in the threads you start, and block them from messaging you, so you won't be privately harassed..

haha I may possibly find that dandy some day. 

Lou, please call me crazy and numb-headed. =)

*awaits Lou to call me crazy and numb-headed so that I can explain to him why I'm crazy and numb-headed*

Battle, Okay, why are you crazy and numb-headed? (I'm fighting the urge to buy another chess set. We'll see how long I can hold out.)

BTW, Goodnightmike banned me from his current and future threads for posting a jestful post about the trouble CB is having with the crimson pieces in their Dubrovnik sets. So I returned the compliment and banned him from mine. Two can play that game! Ta ta, GNM.

Nah, I wouldn't ban him. I would just give him a kiss on the cheeks for being adorable. ^-^

See how easy it is to win? 

(Humans will get used to me eventually, I promise.)

I'm crazy and numb-headed because..*drum rolls*...I'm actually entertaining an idea that probably wouldn't come true but is worth the golden thought:

...

growing Red Sandalwood SEEDS in the US or Canada.

Hey, if we humans crave the tree for it's medicinal and luxurious lumber properties, we're helping India reverse over-exploitation of their supply by cultivating our own, right? Question of foreign soil and disease aside, it shouldn't be too much a problem to purchase and export seedlings from India from this stand point,should it?

I dream of having my own little farm of White Holly, Orange Sandalwood (which is my nickname for Padauk) and Red Sandalwood. =) =)

You mean you got banned for this, Lou?

Lou. and I thought it was only me.

I also got banned by that GoodknightMike.  And I bet it was because of my jesting along with you.  Some people are just too darned serious and can't take a joke, even if it's not about them.. Oh well, that certainly is his problem.

Oh yeah, I also banned him back.

Crazychess,

I think this was my final "offense."

I don't get it.  My picture had a yellow hazmat suit that obviously didn't go with the bloody chess pieces.  I can see the sensitivity to my lack of color coordination in attire and equipment

Yours, Lou, matched nicely...

Well, maybe it's because the two reds would have little contrast when playing...

What does this have to do with the thread?  

Red Sandalwood -- going, going, GONE.

Wiscmike, the topic of banning came up because an earlier member was accusing Lou with the supposed actual underground intention of advertising/selling Sandalwood products on the forum; which was a bit ludicrous (I thought). When I inquired about this new "blocking" feature, which I was unaware of, since Lou had every intention of blocking this member from replying any further in this thread, the conversation was simply diverged into banning and being banned from topics. At least that's my understanding of this.

But now, back to MY inquiry, what are the regulations and laws of importing foreign seeds into the United States and Canada?

(edit - If nobody really knows, which I'm guessing is going to be the case, I'll simply ask at the local post office and/or a governmental site. haha)