Wood Gloat

[Nate Davey]

One of the reps from a company we have worked with for some time was delivering some equipment when he saw one of the pens I had made and asked if it was buckeye burl, which it is. The average non-woodturner doesn't typically know what BE Burl is so this led to the obvious follow on question "Are you a wood turner?" which he was. We shot the breeze for a while and he mentioned he didn't have much variety of wood to turn in NM, so I told him to give me his mailing address and I would send some local stuff out. I put a box of Cherry, Curly Maple and Ambrosia Maple together for him. Well, today, I got home and on the porch was a box. From left to right, two pieces of Manzanita, Pear, Pine and a nice Russian Olive Burl. Sure pays to be friendly.

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[Tim Rinehart]

Sweet! Sharpen up good for that manzanita, from what I've heard, it's like turning stone. But does produce a beautiful finish.

[David E Keller]

That's cool, Nate! Manzanita is pretty stuff, but the Russian olive would get my attention first!

[Michael Menzli]

Looks great and YES relationships go a loooong way.

Nerdy comment: Looks like you may want to get those sealed up as I see what may be checking...hate for you to lose good stuff

[Nate Davey]

Mike,

Not nerdy, but the Pear is already cracked. Coming from dry New Mexico, I'm not surprised. I'll epoxy them up.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Congrats on the wood Nate! Looks like the trade worked out well for the both of you!