I had the good fortune to purchase a pick up full of shorts of Swietenia Macrophylla [Honduras Mahagony] that a local carver had obtained from the Kalamazoo Gibson Guitar factory before it moved to Nashville in the mid 80's. This is a CITES II wood, legally obtained and stored for nearly 3 decades.
My desire is to use it for small projects to sell online and to mention the Gibson Guitar historical connection as a selling point. Any legal help here? I 'm not wanting to have to answer to the USFW agency or run afoul of any "Gibson" patent or copyright laws. Maybe I'm being overly careful? Is there some kind of documentation concerning the use or possesion of the wood I would need to legally sell objects made from it?