Warrior Carved Boxwood Fierce Samurai Ojime/Netsuke Bead | 28.5x20x13mm | BrownHAND CARVED Samurai BOX WOOD BEAD!! Boxwood is a small tree and shrub. Due to the limited size of the material, it is rarely used for full sized pieces of furniture, but more often for small, carved objects or as decorative inlay. Boxwood is very durable and dense and its fine even texture makes it especially suitable for carving. Because of its extremely small vessel cells, the texture is exceptionally smooth and fine, and the surface polishes to a