Rare or Significant Woods

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ozne69

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Joined
Mar 17, 2007
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64
Location
Mobile, AL, USA.
I am looking for Woods with Stories of significance. Like Teak from battleships and other historical woods. Could you all give me some leads or know who to contact? I am starting a line offering pens with stories.
Thanks a million...
 

paintspill

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Joined
Apr 17, 2011
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891
Location
toronto, ontario, canada.
You don't just Google story wood. It's all about the hunt. If you want easy than buy some bog oak. Email people, travel, build a story, find a story. I mean no disrespect. I'll share one of my stories. I contacted a Site where they were rebuilding a sailing ship, a very famous tall ship in Canadian history, got a hold of a captain, got him to send me a very tiny piece of a ship of which 90 percent got put through a wood chipper to deter scavengers. I build 2 pens. One for me one for him. Those pens are now priceless.

Best bet is to find something that has meaning in your neighborhood. An old school, a factory, a government building. When you tell these people what you do you would be amazed how receptive they are.

Safe turning.
 
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