That killer chunk of wood is what I received in payment, for my first sold knife(that I actually put my name on). Shappa from here on the forums offered me that as payment for a nice little hunter I made him. The piece of wood is California Redwood Burl and is 2' x 2' x 2" thick. Tom had it laying around in his shop for about 20 years, so it should be good and dry. Just need to cut it up and send it off for stabilizing. As you can see, it's solid burl. I thought it would make a great backing for some pics.