Belize Trip: Wood for my Drum Building

Tony

Hardwood Enthusiast
Staff member
Global Moderator
Full Member
Messages
20,472
Reaction score
27,468
Location
San Antonio, TX
First name
Tony
Good looking stuff, nice haul! Tony
 

Blueglass

Member
Full Member
Messages
2,554
Reaction score
3,518
Location
Merritt Island, FL
First name
Les
  • Thread Starter Thread Starter
  • #4
If anybody else goes to Belize contact me. I have a contact I can pass on. I ended up going to his shop and having a little shop time. My wife was pissed that I wandered off with a local even after she asked me not to do that. He was very proud of his shop and wanted me to see it. He did some of the work with power tools but it is mostly a machete and sandpaper.
IMG_0093.JPG
 

Kevin

Wood is good.
Full Member
Messages
30,917
Reaction score
37,259
Location
Texas
First name
Kevin
Les what an awesome experience! You really scored not just with wood but even better a local contact and potential friend. Man those carvings are very cool! I especially love that sappy shark.
 

Kevin

Wood is good.
Full Member
Messages
30,917
Reaction score
37,259
Location
Texas
First name
Kevin
Okay the angelfish keeps making me look at it again and again also . . . .
 

Blueglass

Member
Full Member
Messages
2,554
Reaction score
3,518
Location
Merritt Island, FL
First name
Les
  • Thread Starter Thread Starter
  • #7
The flecks don't really show that well in the pic but they almost look like scales. Some of these guys really know how to best utilize a piece of wood. I love them all. That Jaguar in the pic is from Zircote root and it is beyond awesome. If I had more money it would have come home too. I agree I really enjoyed getting a tour from him. He showed me some of his work in a local museum. We talked about our mutual time doing construction. We talked about being young and dumb and how we enjoy having some age and staying out of doo doo. It was a real highlight of this trip.
 

Blueglass

Member
Full Member
Messages
2,554
Reaction score
3,518
Location
Merritt Island, FL
First name
Les
  • Thread Starter Thread Starter
  • #9
What little I did there it cuts like ABW, Ebony or other very hard woods. THe log sections are from a root. I will make a drum out of those. The other 2 pieces I am considering a sale or trade with.
 

Kevin

Wood is good.
Full Member
Messages
30,917
Reaction score
37,259
Location
Texas
First name
Kevin
That Jaguar in the pic is from Zircote root and it is beyond awesome.

I thought it was a rabid monkey lol.

I separated this from Ssmeader's thread so you could have your own.
 

kazuma78

Member
Full Member
Messages
2,807
Reaction score
1,789
Location
Woodville, OH
First name
Josh
Very cool! It's always cool and interesting to make local contacts. It's a wonderful self development opportunity and very cool. His carvings are awesome. Were they expensive?
 

kazuma78

Member
Full Member
Messages
2,807
Reaction score
1,789
Location
Woodville, OH
First name
Josh
Moved your other post here I figured this is where you meant to post it.
Thanks kevin, I had partially typed that when my wife Skyped me then I just hit send afterwards before I realized the thread had moved.
 

Tony

Hardwood Enthusiast
Staff member
Global Moderator
Full Member
Messages
20,472
Reaction score
27,468
Location
San Antonio, TX
First name
Tony
That had to be one heck of an experience! I imagine it was worth the wife being passed off, we've all been there anyway! Very cool man! Tony
 

Blueglass

Member
Full Member
Messages
2,554
Reaction score
3,518
Location
Merritt Island, FL
First name
Les
  • Thread Starter Thread Starter
  • #17
I got carvings from 3 different artists. No they were not expensive and neither was the wood. Any of you could afford one. I make very little and stuck to smaller ones. Next trip I will get bigger pieces from Egbert because his big pieces are incredible.

@Kevin , thanks for moving I meant to do a quick post and it kind of ran on.
 

Kevin

Wood is good.
Full Member
Messages
30,917
Reaction score
37,259
Location
Texas
First name
Kevin
Did you fly or was it a cruise?
 
Top