egnald
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Greetings from Nebraska.
This thread is closed - all 3 lots have been sold. Thank you to everyone. - Dave
I am usually buying blanks rather than selling them, but I was recently fortunate enough to acquire a small chunk of spalted Rambutan burl from a gentleman named Souphong Manikhong from Laos. Rambutan burls are quite rare and the bonus for this one is that it is also spalted. The block produced some very nice blanks so I decided to share some of them with my fellow pen turners.
The blanks measure just under 3/4-inch square (0.73 inches) by 5-inches long using my calipers. For those that are not familiar with Rambutan, it is a medium-sized Southeast Asian tree that produces fruit of the same name. It is a close cousin of the Lychee and Longan fruits with a translucent whitish flesh but it is more flavorful and is much sweeter. Its wood is similar in color and density to Goncalo Alves but it has perhaps more of an orange hue.
I have 3 lots to share, 4 blanks in each lot. I am asking $40 per lot plus $8 to cover shipping. I will be shipping USPS Priority Mail, so only sales to those with shipping addresses in the USA - sorry. Pictures of the blanks follow with the first photo of the dry blanks followed by a photo of them squirted with denatured alcohol to better show the color variations and then finally flipped over and squirted to show the back two sides of each blank.
Thanks for looking. If you are interested, please make a request by replying to this thread and I will send a PM to you so we can exchange the necessary details.
Thanks and Best Regards,
Dave
This thread is closed - all 3 lots have been sold. Thank you to everyone. - Dave
I am usually buying blanks rather than selling them, but I was recently fortunate enough to acquire a small chunk of spalted Rambutan burl from a gentleman named Souphong Manikhong from Laos. Rambutan burls are quite rare and the bonus for this one is that it is also spalted. The block produced some very nice blanks so I decided to share some of them with my fellow pen turners.
The blanks measure just under 3/4-inch square (0.73 inches) by 5-inches long using my calipers. For those that are not familiar with Rambutan, it is a medium-sized Southeast Asian tree that produces fruit of the same name. It is a close cousin of the Lychee and Longan fruits with a translucent whitish flesh but it is more flavorful and is much sweeter. Its wood is similar in color and density to Goncalo Alves but it has perhaps more of an orange hue.
I have 3 lots to share, 4 blanks in each lot. I am asking $40 per lot plus $8 to cover shipping. I will be shipping USPS Priority Mail, so only sales to those with shipping addresses in the USA - sorry. Pictures of the blanks follow with the first photo of the dry blanks followed by a photo of them squirted with denatured alcohol to better show the color variations and then finally flipped over and squirted to show the back two sides of each blank.
Thanks for looking. If you are interested, please make a request by replying to this thread and I will send a PM to you so we can exchange the necessary details.
Thanks and Best Regards,
Dave
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