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I'm very frugal with my materials!!!! I really get obsessive with giraffe bone! Glad to help.

use a good band saw with a good rip fence. If the blank is 1.5", that = 6 .25" sections. I can typically get 4-5 good pieces out of that. Other wise just get the 1/4x1.5x9 pieces. I get two...

lol You should get 4-6 sets of scales from that ( 1.5" X 1.5" X 6") I actually like the 1/4 inch stock as I can start a bit thicker and sand flat. not all pieces are flat when you get them with the...

Try bell forest products. they have scales at just the right size for us and at a good price. Here
use the 1/4x1 1/2x9

Nah. I just love working with all the different media. Lol. Hey did you know amboyna Burl comes from the Narra tree? I learned that just recently!!!

thats for wood that is figured such as bubinga etc. a burl is just a growth in the wood. regular amboyna smells the same also! all wood has it's own smell when sanded. love it!!

Hell yes!!! but it does not smell as bad as the horn. BTW if anyone has smelled sanded amboyna burl you know how wonderful it is. I take my respirator off once in awhile just to smell it! If they...

Yup! I like adding the figured part in as often as possible! Gives it character! Thanks guys. I'll tell ya though I was surprised how hard this wood really was. Like stone. So dense it sinks!

Finally finished this up. Broke another set of Amboyna Burl scales just prior to this.. sad. anywho Macassar Ebony scales, brass pin and washer, amboyna burl scale with a nice Paul Fisher Square...