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James Tonguet wrote:A new set of Claro I picked up

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

James Tonguet wrote:A new set of Claro I picked up

That set is alive! Cool looking for sure.

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

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).

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

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...

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

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.

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

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

Mario Proulx wrote: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.

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

That's just a tease Eric!

haven't had a chance to take pictures yet

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...

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.

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

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.

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

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.