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This is the second chunk of mystery wood.....

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This is the second chunk of mystery wood.....

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This is the second chunk of mystery wood.....

JamieDonaldson

...that I've turned recently from my wood stash, and it was mixed in with the rosewoods. It soon became apparent it wasn't Brazilian Rosewood, among my favorites, and the chips coming off the gouge were more dust than curls. It's very waxy and oily, and as I sanded down to 600 grit the paper had a green tint I had seen years ago, it's Lignum Vitae! I knew it would be difficult to finish, so I waxed and buffed, and it feels sooooooo nice!

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#2

The grain pattern is very feathery, reminds me....

JamieDonaldson

,,,of layered Formica, not like most face grain that runs straight.

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John K Jordan

Very nice! Nice wood too! I've got some of the true and Argentine LV but can't say I've seen color like that. Smell should be distinctive.

You could charge admission to tour the Donaldson Museum of Good Wood Chunks for Wood Freaks - I know I'd come. :-)

JKJ

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robo hippy

We need a swatch book for the Symposium just to see how many we can identify...

robo hippy

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Many years ago the Constantine .....

JamieDonaldson

...company sold a sampler kit of 60 slices of actual veneer with labels, and this was a great reference as I was learning wood ID. Over time my wood stash has sometimes gone further afield than their samples displayed! ;)

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robo hippy

Two of my sisters found that box of veneers for me. Love it, but won't take it out of the house, too delicate. Has some madrone burl in it...

robo hippy

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Mike Stafford

Re: Many years ago the Constantine .....

Mike Stafford

I have that Constantine sampler pack in my wood collection. A friend found them in pristine condition in a thrift shop in Lubbock, Texas and bought them for me for a Christmas gift.

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Keith Newton

Same here. I thought I still had that little box, but just looked, and it wasn't where I thought it would be.

I got that so long ago, I was trying to remember how I found out about it, maybe before there was Google there was the Whole Earth Catalog?

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Steve Worcester.

Looks like cocobollo