What's in the mail?
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Gorgemous! And yes that is a Barb word.
I'm having a hard time deciding on whether or not to cut it up or make a bowl but I'm leaning more towards cutting it up and making many more items than a single bowl.
Ok, going past this photo without saying anything would be like passing Farah Fawcett doing her photo shoot of the famous red swimsuit poster and not noticing her but noticing the indian blanket in the background. With all those molars and you pick brain coral? What is this world coming to?
Note to self - contact Arn to see what prices are.
I got this today from my contact in northern Finland.
visakoivu or Karelian birch or masur birch
I might make it into a knife handle
visakoivu or Karelian birch or masur birch
I might make it into a knife handle
More than likely brain coral. One of the few corals that are the right size and shape to make scales and easy to get. I have some fossilized brain type coral that I'm thinking about cutting scales from. I guess I'd have to cast it.
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That is a beautiful piece with consistent pattern and I would imagine it will translate into a gorgeous bowl with your artistry. Inversely, you create a lot of different things which could be advantage for your use/stock if you cut it up. It is a tough call and you will have to base it on your intent and purpose. If you build one thing out of it, only one person will enjoy it, but if you cut it up and build multiple things out of it, a lot more people can benefit from the joys of it. It’s a dilemma we all face. But, I can’t wait to see what you will creatively do with it.
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Sometimes “less is more” and the “Wabi Sabi” route seems to be more meaningful.
It’s like Mike Hill without a cowboy hat and in place a baseball cap wore backwards and a big nugget chain with a bullion hanging on your neck. “Bling on top of bling” is way too distracting and too much for my own personal taste.
That's not the one - I saw that little pretty. No, I looked at the one I asked about in larger view and saw that it was a northern shovelor.
That's a sweet looking knife! I have a few knife kits so I think I might try that eventually.
Just got home from work and here’s what came in the mail today!!! 
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Decided to try and make some epoxy Easter eggs, so ordered a sampler pack of pigment from Black Diamond. I don't have a pressure pot, so going to try some Liquid Diamonds casting resin.
Epoxy won't be here until tomorrow, + 24 hr cure, so maybe something to show by Friday.
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Time to change the knives on the dewalt planer again. I decided to give these blades from infinity a try, hss. The stock dewalt blades dull and chip if you just look at them hard. I thought about upgrading the cutterhead to a spiral carbide insert but I think a better plan is to just upgrade to a real planer like a Grizzly 15" with a spiral cutter head.
So for now I'm going to give these a try for awhile. Maybe I can get them changed this weekend.
So for now I'm going to give these a try for awhile. Maybe I can get them changed this weekend.
@woodtickgreg - Greg, please share a review of them after some good use. I'm interested to hear how they do (both cut quality and lifespan) compared to OEM knives. I'll be needing a set of knives for my 735 sometime in the not too distant future.
I changed to the Grizzly spiral head for my 735 and I’m happy with it. Cuts very smooth and significantly reduced the noise.