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Jeff Wright
08-28-2009, 3:03 PM
I recently visited the Hearne Hardwood store outside Oxford PA on my recent trip north to visit family. As has been said elsewhere on this forum, it is a place all woodworkers must visit. Incredible selection of many hardwoods.

They are building a new office building. A group of Amish from nearby Lancaster County erected the post and beams. The interior is being finished now. I was taken on an impromptu tour and was impressed with the bubinga stair treads to the second floor. A conference table made by the daughter of the well-known furniture maker George Nakashima was sitting on the second floor. It is made from a huge burl that she purchased from Hearne.

Jim Becker
08-28-2009, 10:46 PM
Mira not only continues her father's work, but has been hard at work doing her own unique designs. While Hearne isn't their only source for slabs and other material, they are responsible for alot of really premo wood in the Nakashima compound. 'Glad you got to visit my favorite wood "candy store"!!