Just showing off a massive block of Gabon Ebony I scored -I have had my hands on some select grade before , this stuff is the best money can buy
-It was a gamble , and it wasn't cheap but at least I wont have any anxiety over the issue for quite some time - the density is at about 60lbs -/+ per pound - the tree that this came from must have been a old one too --
(http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh220/OldGobbler1/7-2002-1.jpg)
Nice score! :icon_thumright:
I am trying to figure out how many of those rods you can get out of that piece of wood. I quit counting. Nice ebony.
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WOW. Bet that cost ya. I'm paying 75 a board foot right now for 4/4..
That's an impressive hunk of exotic lumber! I bet it set you back a few bucks...
Shannon isn't telling you all the story, he is gonna carve himself a totem pole of turkeys on this piece......I am jealous.....
75 a BF is cheap these days , ever since the Gibson raid , I have noticed that Gabon Ebony is shooting up in price real fast -- I would say its double what it was a year ago, sometimes triple - the bigger pieces are scarce - your lucky to find anything larger that 1 3/8 width anymore - I was thinking to myself I had better do something about this situation cause if I keep buying piece meal and paying shipping each time , by the time this next season comes around , or the next I would have to raise the prices quite a bit to cover for materials
These pieces were a real pricey investment , but this guy listed it with only 1 grainy bad picture - it is worth 4-5 times what I paid for it easy , maybe more cause of the 60 inch length and the quality of the wood, that happens to be blacker than pitch coal , black , black , black - I was slack jawed when I saw it ....that nobody could tell cause the pictures were not available
Its all cut down to smaller sizes now , coated in a heavy wax , clamped and drying out in a controlled humidity area - almost a shame it had to be cut down - its all going into push pin calls - I will use half of it , then sit on the rest as a reserve
I got tired of constantly searching for small lots of Ebony - I did the same with Mun and Black and White Ebony - Have enough to last a long time , after that ....who knows
Wow...guess I better be careful with my ebony too.