Popular Post gee-dub Posted May 31, 2022 Popular Post Report Share Posted May 31, 2022 My son-in-law's work leases out portions of their warehouses and perform 3rd party logistics for all sorts of companies. Customers and use are pretty dynamic in that part of the business. As customers come and go there are often tail ends of stock or product left that get thrown out. One such leftover caught my SIL's eye and he grabbed it for me. I figured I had hit the mother load since this is almost as much gaboon ebony as I have gone through in 20 years. Then he hauls this billet in. My lumberyard may suspect I have stopped using ebony since I doubt I will need to buy any for the foreseeable future. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeslayer Posted May 31, 2022 Report Share Posted May 31, 2022 All I can say is WOW !! That’s some find, and the contrast between the sapwood on that huge billet is beautiful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phinds Posted June 1, 2022 Report Share Posted June 1, 2022 WOWZERS !!! Great catch. I drool in your general direction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J Posted June 1, 2022 Report Share Posted June 1, 2022 That big piece is turning stock! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted June 1, 2022 Report Share Posted June 1, 2022 Man oh man oh man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted June 1, 2022 Report Share Posted June 1, 2022 Glad it’s in your hands as I could find multiple ways to screw that up real fast. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BonPacific Posted June 1, 2022 Report Share Posted June 1, 2022 Well count me jealous as all heck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drzaius Posted June 1, 2022 Report Share Posted June 1, 2022 Have you calculated the dollar value of that? I just checked Gabon ebony prices at the local hardwood emporium (their prices are premium, but they have about everything) and it is $180/BF! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gee-dub Posted June 1, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2022 On 6/1/2022 at 6:26 AM, drzaius said: Have you calculated the dollar value of that? I just checked Gabon ebony prices at the local hardwood emporium (their prices are premium, but they have about everything) and it is $180/BF! I think this is why I had a state of disbelief when he lugged that billet in. You could make guitar fingerboards out of this thing. I have to assume that since there are splits and raw sections to some of the material that the good folks who were emptying that section of the warehouse just didn't know what they were moving. Those flaws still leave the bulk of the material in sections that are much larger than the usual 1" x 2" x 16" wax-dipped stick I usually buy. In their jaded minds these few "scraps" probably weren't worth the effort to bend over and pick up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legenddc Posted June 1, 2022 Report Share Posted June 1, 2022 Sounds like he's your favorite son in law! I hope you put it to good use! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted June 1, 2022 Report Share Posted June 1, 2022 Just some kind of old dark junk wood, no doubt. Just leave it for someone else to deal with. I know a guy who as a teenager was told by his Father to go build some sideboards for a truck. He built them out of Walnut. Of course, his Father was really angry. When he asked his Son why he used the Walnut, the Son said, " I just thought it was some dark junk wood". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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