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Looks great Mauri,super save.

Yes it's real,decided to use a piece of oak as the the leather backing board.will ebonize the side flats before I glue the leather in place.
Epoxied in an ebony bisquit to connect the handle to the...

Mauri,Did you ever get yours done? Thx for the demensions, heres my rendition in the rough still.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b328/spindlecone/maurispaddle.jpg

Mauri, in your part of the world,you should have access to some of the finest leather available at not alot of cost.
I think your project is worthy of the best,JMO.
Moving along with mine at the...

Looks to have some sort of finish on it,Neil may have an answere for you.

Thanks Mauri,have actually drawn up some plans to make one,will use ebony for the main board and pin the ivory handle to it,may use Roo to keep it as thin as possible.
Biggest hurdle will be making...

Thank you,Is a fantastic artifact for sure,am going to make one:) when time allows Mauri,what is the overall lenth.
Keep us posted should you do some resto work.

Great gesture Niel,Mauri,any chance you could post a better close up pic of the Ivory portion? really love to see it.

If you were in the U.S. I would restore it in a heartbeat gratis,very nice item.