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Jim King-Iquitos,Peru
>These are a couple of slices of burl that are currently being made into table tops and the smaller peices will be turned into large bowls.
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Gary Evans, Tallassee, TN
>Looks nice, Jim.
What kind of wood is it?
Gary
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Jim King-Iquitos,Peru
>It�s Masaranduba, dark red and hard as stone. Each peice weighs over 400 pounds.
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Ruth in So. CAl
>Jum, is the burl from a managed forest?
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Ruth in So. CAl
>That should have been Jim!
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JL work
>It isn't fair. You have all these nice woods and you won't share:)).
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Ron in Drums PA
>I would show you the pine burl I found, but it got away.
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Jim King-Iquitos,Peru
>All forests in Peru are supposedly managed under a new forestry law designed by the WWF but few follow the rules and corruption dominates. We own 17,000 acres where we harvest most of our wood and the majority of what we collect for turning blanks is from dead and downed trees as it is better than fresh wood. We are kind of the buzzards of the jungle picking up crotches and freak peices that any sane lumberman would not wany but great for us. We also collect out of the river bottom in Sept and Oct when the river is low. The river here drops 40 feet from high to low season.
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Ruth in So. CAl
>Thanks Jim,
I am trying to imagine what a 40ft drop in water looks like!
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