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This is what Abraham and Isaac look like at the start. Not very exciting or sexy but one of the most important parts of a project, selecting the wood. I need to go through up to 1000 board feet of wood to find the 70 to 100 board feet I need for each carving. The grain, color, density, width, thickness, moisture content; they are all important in the selecting wood that will carve well. It is getting harder to find good mahogany for carving since Honduras restricted exportation a decade ago after a few bad eggs were harvesting trees that they shouldn’t have.
Dale:
We follow the progress of your remarkable FPC project with admiration and keen interest even from the remote province of South Carolina. Be well; do good work and smoke only the best cigars. (If you visit the website mentioned above you’ll see the small, traditional Anglican church of which we are active members.)
-jb
Great to hear from you, I will let the boys know youare well next Tuesday. We are still getting together every week, and yes only the finest from Cuba!