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It's snowing here to beat the band finally!!!!! I am actually pretty excited about it and was up at 5:30 this morning and in the shop doing what I love - guitar building.

While I am waiting for another 3-4 inches to fall so I can run my new snow blower again... I just thickness sanded and joined a couple pieces of mystery wood for a rosette.

This time let's give others a chance who are not the usual quick-on-the-trigger sorts like me.... ...

For my next vac bag when it's full and I change it can you name this stinkin wood?

Hint: it's from Brazil and no it does not wear a thong......

Mahogany ??

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Sorry no James....

Figured it was dumb guess , but , what the heck got ball rolling

And I have one im gonna post real soon and see if I get feed back. Mainly because I DONT EVEN KNOW what it is lolol

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The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
Never met a STRONG person who had an EASY past !
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Ipe or Jatoba

No Edward - sorry

hmmmm here's a hint - it sounds like "gazillion hose hood".....

Wow - I knew that the lighting was a little orange and I used no flash but I had no idea that this would be difficult.

Sorry Chris - not Honduran

Brizillan rose wood with a thong

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The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
Never met a STRONG person who had an EASY past !
http://wiksnwudwerks.blogspot.com/
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Yeah!! Way-to-go James!!!

My next hint was going to be the film "Blame it on Rio..." BTW I hated that movie....

So when u sending me that set as my prise ???

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The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
Never met a STRONG person who had an EASY past !
http://wiksnwudwerks.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/GatewayA ... rAssembly/

oops, too late!

Sorry James bro this can't be your prise... because I need to make a rosette out of it but you are welcome to my vac bag that next time I change it....

ummmmmmmmmmmmmm ill pass btw I have a friend in Kentucky that sayes he has some osage orange growing on his farm I can harvest if I want . Worth My time ? its a 10 hr round trip , besides the cutting loading etc: he says he has quite a bit , how much that is

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The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
Never met a STRONG person who had an EASY past !
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Maybe. It think OO mostly grows as small trees and is hard to get properly quartered or in sizes sufficiently large for backs. There is a bunch of the stuff, flatsawn, at Owl Hardwood in Des Plaines, but I passed on it - the stuff is plain ugly, utterly deviod of figure, and a color reminiscent of farm raised improperly aged fish fillets. OTOH if the trees are big enough, it might be worth having a look, and maybe there is enough variability in trees that you could get something nice out of the deal. You won't be saving any money though, with gas and time and processing of the wood all thrown in... Just my opinion, it might be a fun project.

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It looks exactly like Chechen.

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Looks like my Panama RW(Dalbergia tucerencis).