Fancy figured woods...

[Jason Rodgers]

A new set of Claro I picked up

This is some of the most amazing figure I've seen in ANY wood!

[Don Williams]

A new set of Claro I picked up

That set is alive! Cool looking for sure.

[Don Williams]

Here's an oldie but goodie from my stash...not a set, but a section of a plank split in two :

[Charlie Schultz]

Hi all- we renamed this thread since the "p" word may be partly responsible for a recent onslaught of spam (sorry- probably should've done that earlier as some of you have mentioned).

[Jason Rodgers]

Good, now what sorts of spam are we going to get based on the word "stash"?

[John Kingma]

Here are a couple recent aquisitions...

A Curly Maple top set and a Quilted Maple top set...


4 Spalted Maple top sets that I got for a mere 40 bucks.


And a few freatboards that look nice...

[Don Williams]

John, LOVE your tag line at the bottom. That sounds like me!

[Daniel Workman]

I believe this is some redwood burl that I picked up some years ago. I would like to use it as a top on a LP with mahogany body and thru-neck. It is about 3/8" thick, and somewhat porous, but nothing larger than pinholes. Any advice on sanding, sealing, laminating would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Dan.

[David King]

Advice would depend on whether it is in fact redwood burl. Can we get a closer shot?

[Dave Hooper]

Here's some Blackwood that I bought a few years ago I only just taken a photo of it as its been buried for many months



Fantastic timber

I also have some Curly Pink Ivory which is 8" wide 2" thick and is 4ft long - Its such a lovely timber and rings like a bell



I just love this



I have some other stuff which I will get round to sometime (Some lovely curly Maple and some fantastic Cocobolo - just love Cocobolo )

All the best
Dave

[Bob Menzel]

I think psychiatrists have a term for those who "see" 'risque' things within objects, shapes or, in our case, wood grain/figure.

Georgia O'Keefe's art suffered the same criticism from some in the art world.

I too wish there was a better title for threads like this.

[Eric Baack]

I just picked up a piece of curly hickory. Very bold curl in it, I'll have to post some pictures later. It should work nicely on a neck through electric or a smaller electric body

[Barry Guest]

That's just a tease Eric!

[Eric Baack]

haven't had a chance to take pictures yet

[Mark Langner]

Here is one of two cherry boards I have been hoarding for a couple years. Both are 4/4. This one is 1x9, the other 1x12 (It's buried at the moment!). Also a kitchen bench I made from two feet of this board...

[Eric Baack]

a few shots of the hickory boards. No water or oil on them to bring out the figure either. Only problem is that it's a touch small as a 1x6. will probably have to be on a neck through or have more then one joint between boards.

[David King]

Mmmm. I see a nice hickory cutting board in my future..

[Louie Atienza]

I don't like spending a lot of money on wood... Fortunately I've lucked myself into some nice pieces:

This is claro walnut, about 2-1/4" thick x about 9" x about 35"... I want to get this resawn, but haven't had the heart to cut it up, at least just yet.

[Louie Atienza]

Some cool Philippine mahogany pieces I picked up at the local yard...

[Jim Kirby]

One of these days I hope to have the right timing to get to see Rick Hearne's personal stash. (Rick is a major hardwood dealer out of Oxford, PA, if you were unfamiliar) Rick has a personal collection of only ten boards, which is a promise he made to himself in order to avoid becoming a hoarder. I remember walking into his office one time and seeing a board of maple that was perfectly uniformly quilted top to bottom, side to side, front to back, with a perfectly uniformly sized, absolutely stunning quilting pattern, the board being about 8/4, 10" wide and maybe 6' long. For sale? No, PRS Guitars had purchased it when it had been there about a day - it was getting shipped out the following Monday. The board was amazing - way more stunning than anything I have ever seen anyone post on a forum. (Anything!)

"So, Rick, would that have been close to making it into your personal stash?"

"No, not really"

Got to see that someday.