Greetings from Paris

[lfred]

Hi I'm a Luthier in Paris,
I'm currently working on a pet project, an essay on the Taxonomic of dyewoods and bow-making woods (18th​–21st​ centuries)
And I registered just to get in touch with one of your member Engnald (Dave) to get his permission to use a couple picture he toke of an experiment he made a few years ago.. I hope he check he PM from time to time.

 

[duncsuss]

tagging @egnald ...

 

[johncrane]

Welcome to IAP lfred

 

[Woodchipper]

Welcome to the group.

 

[howsitwork]

welcome

 

[sorcerertd]

Welcome from North Carolina, USA.
Stick around and you may find yourself making pens, too.

 

[Woodchipper]

Welcome to the forum.

 

[wolf creek knives]

Hey Frederic, glad you made it too the site. I hope you find this site easy to use and helpful in many ways. Let me know if I can help,
Tom

 

[lfred]

Hi guys

Following up I wanted to share the result of my project, and hopefully reach David @egnald directly.

I have completed and posted online a historical and botanical essay on Chakté Viga (Coulteria platyloba / Caesalpinia platyloba) and its place in the trade in red dyewoods and bow-making timbers over the past three centuries
(fair warning it's dense... don't try it in the morning unless you have a fresh jar of coffee at hand)

Pernambuco & Brazilwood — The Illusion of Botanical Precision

Taxonomic ambiguity and dynamics of substitution in the dyewood and bow-making timber trade (18th–21st centuries), by Frédéric Levi Mazloum — A&F Levi Luthier Expert, Paris.

www.ruederome.com

David's 2020 observation from his thread "Chakte Viga a very colorful wood" is cited in Part II of the essay, and his two photographs (the pigment extraction in water and alcohol) are currently included in the text. They are the only direct empirical documentation of Chakté Viga's dyeing behaviour I found anywhere, and they make a genuine scientific point.

I have been trying to reach David for permission to reproduce the photos, without success so far. David, if you read this: I would really like your permission to use those two images. If I don't hear back, I will have to remove them from the published version and reference the observation in text only which is a shame because the photographs speak for themselves.


Thanks again to those who replied

Frédéric