Draken
Member
A neighbor of mine just got back from a business trip to Israel, specifically Jerusalem. Asked him to bring me back some olive wood if he could. He asked his driver about it, and the driver brought back this:
Dimension across the top is just shy of 12". I'm hoping for some interesting grain being a crotch section. He did raise a few eyebrows in Customs, both in the US and in Israel bringing this hunk of wood back. I've left the paper in the background to help validate its origins, no COA for this however. It does look to have a bit of spalting, here's a close up of the largest end.
Any suggestions on the best way to cut this down into blanks?
Cheers,
Draken
Dimension across the top is just shy of 12". I'm hoping for some interesting grain being a crotch section. He did raise a few eyebrows in Customs, both in the US and in Israel bringing this hunk of wood back. I've left the paper in the background to help validate its origins, no COA for this however. It does look to have a bit of spalting, here's a close up of the largest end.
Any suggestions on the best way to cut this down into blanks?
Cheers,
Draken