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04-24-2013, 01:20 AM #1
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Thanked: 2027Thats vera wood,put it in the sun,U.V light will turn it real dark in a few days.they look great.
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Thanked: 13234Ships and the old Billy Clubs that cops carried
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04-24-2013, 02:36 AM #7
I like hearing about all the different scale materials used.
This one seems intresting!
Was it easy to work with?
Ed
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04-24-2013, 04:01 AM #8
For the most part yes. It's an extremely hard wood but still planes ok, and scrapes even better. The only thing to really watch out for is that it splits easily. If you pin without washers you'd have to be very careful. A friend of mine who's worked on old boats told me that back in the day when they used wood this hard for planking they had to drill pilot holes just to drive a nail in it.
Sharpness for a cutting tool could be defined as two surfaces meeting at a line of zero width. - Leonard Lee
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04-24-2013, 04:37 AM #9
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Thanked: 2027And gavels used in courts,when struck on a lignum base they ring big time,woodcarvers mallets,is nothing better than lignum.
Is a great wood,but alas true lignum is now banned from importation in the U.S.What is in the states now is the last of it,and there is not much left to be had.I know of an entire 300 lb lignum officinale log that is a few miles from me,is well seasoned as it is at least 150 yrs old.
was once a strut for a bridge in placerville Ca.Try as I might,I cannot get the old codger to part with it maybe down the road.
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04-24-2013, 04:38 AM #10
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