Pernambuco

The total area of Portugal would fit, with room to spare, within the Brazilian state of Pernambuco, the seventh smallest state in Brazil.

When I annealed the bows over heat, the smell was quite different from the Pernambuco wood we are used to.

[P]ernambucco – the finest brasil from Brazil, so strong it almost resembles iron – became the favoured material for good bows.

Pernambuco is a coastal wood which grows in maintained stands in Brazil.