Okay how about this gloat

[Russianwolf]

since you guys weren't terribly impressed with my last one.

Two pieces on there way from Dublin, Ireland.

Bog Oak and Bog Yew in the raw. Each weighs about 2.5kg So I should have a good bit of material to play with here.:biggrin:

 

[leehljp]

Congratulations! Are they destined for pens?

 

[TomW]

I'm terribly impressed...

Tom

 

[Druid]

And GLOAT you should, very nice score Mike. I'll toast :beer::beer::beer: your success with another one of my favorite products from the land of my ancestry. :biggrin:

 

[Wolfcoast]

The bog oak piece looks like it would take a small amount of carving and could be an animal head like a tiger or something.

Nice score either way.

 

[rjwolfe3]

Sweet! Looks like 11 pounds of fun!

 

[stolicky]

I don't know. They look like crappy ole' drift to me! : ) Let me get rid of those for you...


Looking forward to seeing what you make of them.

 

[Russianwolf]

Thank guys,

Hank, yep, I'm sure I'll be cutting some blanks out of them. How many will depend on what the pieces say to me. Fortunately, the friends these are coming from have access to more and I am first on their list since they know I'll buy just about all they can get at a fair price for both of us. The pieces are costing me about $75 each before shipping. (shipping sucks ) They are always a gamble though since you never know how many internal cracks there will be. This stuff can be worse than burl that way. But I love the stuff anyway.

This is the third source I've been able to track down now. And the second cheapest. (reminds me, I have to go get a pair of cover-alls from tractor supply for one of them. Like here, we trade stuff that the other can't find easily. :biggrin

 

[RAdams]

CONGRATS! looks like fun no doubt!



One of my local farm supply stores was just selling their leftover Dickies insulated coveralls for $30. They sold out in about 15 minutes. People were calling buddies up left and right. It was funny to watch.

 

[thewishman]

Gloat-tastic!