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WHAT A DAY !

8/16/2021

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It began with a marvelous find and purchase of a treasure trove of master grade East Indian Rosewood.  Then I got a package of wood and ancient elk bone from Finland, and finally a package of three new sets of ukulele wood from Luthiers Mercantile Intl.
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More marvelous wood than I will ever be able to use.  I will be offering much of it to other luthiers.
Contact me if you want some fine East Indian Rosewood
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Just one of 50 sets of guitar backs.  This would make a dreadnaught guitar back or a tenor uke back and two sides plus a concert back.

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And a separate box came with interesting and very dense "Curly Birch", B. pendula,  wood from Finland and a piece of very old bone from a Finn elk.  Andrew has ordered a ukulele made with it.  this will be an interesting build.
And then came another package from LMI with the following contents.
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A set of Bwilhara, an Indian wood that I had not heard of .
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Machiche, A So. American wood that looks lovely
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And finally, Brazilian Tigerwood, a wood I find quite beautiful.
If that was not enough to make a great day, I got the tape off the bindings of Lynne's uke and got a look at what it will eventually look like.  I like it.
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Jameson link
8/17/2021 10:51:34 am

Fantastic finds all around! What an exciting day! Was that by chance the pallet of Indian rosewood at Grizzly Industrial? I happened to see it the other day here at work and my eyes got as big as saucers once I realized what it was in the stack. You do fantastic work and I look forward to future posts!

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brian griffin
8/18/2021 08:35:09 pm

Yes Jameson, that is the source. Marvelous wood.

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