Purpleheart wood toxicity?

@Grandpa Sandz had some kind of hand rash once, but i cant remember what kind of wood or what dama.

Toxicity is a misnomer as it was clearly an allergy

 

Here's a pretty good reference on toxicity and allergen info from the Wood Database.

 

@Brandon Jensen Probably more irritation when you miss that last spike.

 

That's weird, IIRC longbows are/were made from Yew.

 

Wood species that are toxic are mostly dangerous when they're being worked with. For example, the dust can contain toxic substances you don't want to inhale. With some species this is a SERIOUS risk, its always good to do a bit of research before-hand to know what you're working with.

Once it is in kendama-form, unless it is a very oily wood, or you have an allergy, I don't think there is a large chance it will affect you.

@Cheech_Sander I'm thinking the rash that @Grandpa Sandz had was probably from this one Kusa poisontrib paint that was amazing... Like one of my favourite paints that (n)ever came out. Except apparently I just wasn't allergic/reacting to it, because some of the other guys on the team had weird reactions. Nothing killer, but enough that it was obvious that paint was a no-go. So instead of releasing, they went on max lockdown.


Wenge is kinda nasty. I've gotten little splinters while working with it, and they always get kinda red and inflamed until I pick the sliver out.

 

It totally was that!

It would have been kind of cool to release it with his poison dart frog mod hahaha

 

Also, FWIW: @RodDama turned himself some purpleheart ear plugs, and he's been wearing them without problem for probably 1-2 years now I'm pretty sure. Some people probably WOULD be affected by being in contact with the wood for that long, but Rod seems to be fine