I've found myself in the market for a carved nut. On my travels I stumbled upon a local luthier's web page advocating for the use of Brazilian Bloodwood for guitar nuts. Has anyone seen or heard of such a thing before?

If one could make a nut out of timber, why would guitar manufacturers not just use the end of the fretboard?

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https://guitarrepairers.com/brazilia...s-and-saddles/