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Title: One man's floor is another man's ceiling
Post by: tubenit on December 19, 2015, 04:39:37 pm

OR ............... One man's firewood is another man's figured maple!!  :icon_biggrin: :thumbsup:

I was born in Ft.Eustis, Virgina in '50.  Lived there a few weeks and moved.  Dad was in the Navy and stationed a Norfolk.  In 2000 (50 yrs later), I went to Colonial Williamsburg which is within an hr of where I was born. 

I went to the gunsmithy shop and there was a fairly large pile of firewood. Every piece I saw was flamed maple and they were tiny logs that you couldn't do much with.  I asked the gunsmithy if he would allow me to have a piece & I explained I was born not far from there.  I stated that IF he gave me a piece, that I would do something to "honor" the wood.

I made two jewelry boxes, one for myself and one for my wife.  The top has quartermatched  (bookmatched twice) tops of the flame maple wood.  One jewelry box is black walnut with mahogany ......   and the other is mostly cherry with mahogany (my wife's).

So, last weekend .......... we returned to Colonial Williamsburg & I went to the new gunsmithy and told him the story and showed him the picture of the two jewelry boxes.  He seemed quite pleased with what I had done with them and was all smiles.  The gunsmithy's wife told me that occasionally the cobbler there had flamed maple in his firewood also.  (there was none at the gunsmithy, I looked)

So, I go to the cobbler's store and sure enough there are quite a few pieces of firewood that had flamed maple.  I told my story and was gifted with another free piece of flamed maple firewood.  Gonna just hang on to it for now.  Eventually, it will be a jewelry box or a recipe box for perhaps one of the grandkids (got 14 of them).

With respect,  Jeff

Title: Re: One man's floor is another man's ceiling
Post by: John on December 19, 2015, 06:12:34 pm

That's some beautiful work!

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Post by: EL34 on December 19, 2015, 06:13:18 pm

cool story and good looking wood

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Post by: Ritchie200 on December 19, 2015, 06:27:43 pm

Wow, just like your guitars and amps - just beautiful!

Jim

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Post by: DummyLoad on December 20, 2015, 12:40:52 am

beautiful work tubenit! sad that beautiful wood is used as firewood... :-(


--pete

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Post by: shooter on December 20, 2015, 11:11:53 am

Very Nice work!  I think wood has a *kindred soul* with the worker.

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Post by: Platefire on December 24, 2015, 09:16:40 am

Your a great Craftsman tubenit!

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Post by: kagliostro on December 28, 2015, 02:38:54 am

Very good work  :thumbsup:

Franco