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Ideally a couple board feet, +/-.

1+/- bf of 5/4
1+/- bf of 7/4

length to width of pieces not critical, but ideally something that would fit in a USPS flat rate box to make shipping reasonable... as I recall, those max out a bit over 13" in length inside dimensions.

@Lucasblanco37 - I know you have a good bit you're looking to sell - let me know if you have anything that might suit.
 
SENC said:
Ideally a couple board feet, +/-.

1+/- bf of 5/4
1+/- bf of 7/4

length to width of pieces not critical, but ideally something that would fit in a USPS flat rate box to make shipping reasonable... as I recall, those max out a bit over 13" in length inside dimensions.

@Lucasblanco37 - I know you have a good bit you're looking to sell - let me know if you have anything that might suit.
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I can make that work, I’ve got some of both thickness. I’ll have to get some large flat rate boxes but happy to accommodate
 
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l, but ideally something that would fit in a USPS flat rate box to make shipping reasonable... as I recall, those m
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Flat Rate boxes are not necessarily more reasonable. Pirate ship is less expensive but the box needs to be a cardboard box not a FRB or actually even an envelope . Taped up of course. Just trying to help you out.
 
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Lucasblanco37 said:
I can make that work, I’ve got some of both thickness. I’ll have to get some large flat rate boxes but happy to accommodate
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Thanks, will look forward to seeing what you have. As Rob said, happy to have it shipped in any economical way - was mainly using flat rate boxes as a rough proxy for size that won't cause shipping to break the bank.
 
SENC said:
Thanks, will look forward to seeing what you have. As Rob said, happy to have it shipped in any economical way - was mainly using flat rate boxes as a rough proxy for size that won't cause shipping to break the bank.
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I don’t want to break any rules on the site - I’m new to wood barter. From here, should we start a “conversation”? Or do all sales happen publicly?
 
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Lucasblanco37 said:
I don’t want to break any rules on the site - I’m new to wood barter. From here, should we start a “conversation”? Or do all sales happen publicly?
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All publicly. Conversations are ok for initial investigation and even discussing details as long as the final deal is in an open thread - but in this case I dont see a reason to move anything to conversations - unless for example, you have a couple pieces that might work and you want to offer me a choice but plan to keep the other for yourself and dont want it mistaken as also for sale.
 
I see. I didn’t know if you’re supposed to share your mailing address publicly and all that.
Between your last message and now I may have just sold my entire stock of milled Ebony (241 BF). I will keep you guys updated.
(I have plenty more to come) but this customer has already seen it and seems like he wants to move forward.
 
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Wow, that entire $20k stockpile? Good for you.
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Actually more than this stock pile. If you see it in person you’d see how quaility it is. I’m not a professional “wood grader” but I’m very peculiar with my woods and the value here is nuts. I simply don’t have the time to sell it. Almost all of this would be $150/bf+ on all sites. My personal stash is looking pretty lol that was the main objective behind all this Ebony (don’t tell my accountant that).
 
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Lucasblanco37 said:
I see. I didn’t know if you’re supposed to share your mailing address publicly and all that.
Between your last message and now I may have just sold my entire stock of milled Ebony (241 BF). I will keep you guys updated.
(I have plenty more to come) but this customer has already seen it and seems like he wants to move forward.
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Congratulations, tha t is fantastic!

You are correct - mailing addresses paypal/venmo addresses, email addresses, phone numbers and the like are to be traded in conversations. But pictures and terms of the deal in open forum.
 
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@SENC
Leaving town for the weekend. I’ll check my stock on Monday.
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Thanks Pinky. And no rush at all - it was a post of opportunity since Lucas had a stash he was trying to unload. I've just about used the last of mine, so not for a particular use but for future use.
 
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Thanks Pinky. And no rush at all - it was a post of opportunity since Lucas had a stash he was trying to unload. I've just about used the last of mine, so not for a particular use but for future use.
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I know this isn't the conventional route on here, but Exotic Wood Zone has a number of bowl blank sizes of gaboon on sale. Last time I checked, the best deal was on one of their larger blanks (8" or 6") and it equated to $60-70/bf which is super cheap. These would all be 8/4 minimum, which should fit your needs.

I've never purchased bowl blanks of gaboon from EWZ, but i did purchase 200 pen blanks during a sale that put the blanks at $21/bf which is just stupid cheap for gaboon. I realize pen blanks are generally going to be the best quality and that quality won't necessarily translate to larger pieces, but the pen blanks i bought are all jet black... like virtually zero brown streaks. I had a similar experience buying Indian ebony pen blanks from them.

FWIW, I discussed this EWZ purchase with Lucas, and he did not have as good of an experience buying gaboon from them. So your mileage may vary. I just know that I've gotten nearly pure black gaboon from EWZ. Those pen blanks are much blacker than the 40lbs of top grade gaboon off cuts i bought from Lucas last month. I'm also completely assuming that depth of blackness is an important metric to you, which I suppose it may not be at all lol. But either way, you might want to check out EWZ.
 
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