SWMBO says I got it at Woodcraft along with a lot of other stuff. Will take it back and see how they will handle it. They are pretty good at customer service. Plus- today, discovered a Slim Line kit that is short the gold band.
I was obviously very wrong with my assessment and for that I apologise.
Is clear that the damage was caused by some type of wood borer infestation and that is a very serious matter if the wood came from Bethlehem already infected, the supplier can be in big trouble and all his wood need to be inspected for further signs of this contamination, poison or burning are the only 2 solutions but in more cases than not, the wood is already very affected becomes useless and fire is the answer.
Now, if the wood left the supplier overseas without any contamination this means that the problem was developed where it was store after arrival to USA soil, this can become quite messy, Customs in the USA will take no prisoners in cases like this, such infestation of this type of woodborer can easily contaminate any other woods that are store close-by so, your first contact point should be the store you purchased them from, let's see what they say and more importantly what they will do.
Olive wood is very resilient to most wood bores infestation, some will attack the under the bark wood but never go deep and the holes are very tiny while the ones shown on your pic are identical to some we have here and that attack the softer woods, some grabs make holes where I can fit my little finger and they also close the hole as they go, similar to the ones of that Olivewood blank.
Having your money back should have no issues whatsoever, what will happen after that, would be something that I would be very much interested in follow if all possible.
Keep us posted, please.
Cheers
George
