Mnandi: My latest Obsession

[Falco57]

Interesting. I wonder if the beech has any history like that.

"What is Spalting? Many timbers can spalt but Beech is one of the most common. Spalting is a term used to describe the process by which certain fungi grow on dead or fallen trees and after colonizing the wood via travelling up the wood cells from the ends or from broken off branches, leave a most attractive pattern. The process takes 2 to 3 years to reach the ideal stage to cut & season the timber.
The black lines are zone lines created by different species of fungi erecting barriers around their territory! There are primary colonizers who come first and establish territories and then have to defend them against secondary colonizers who are only able to colonize the wood because the primary colonizers have changed the ph of the wood & its structure. A microscopic army! If left unchecked eventually the whole tree is eaten & consumed, part of nature’s process of dealing with dead & fallen trees."





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[Locutus D'Borg]

I wish they would make a Mnandi in crosscut Mammoth, which to me is really beautiful.

 

[Lone_Wolfe]

I wish they would make a Mnandi in crosscut Mammoth, which to me is really beautiful.

That would be very hard on what's left of my bank account. Unfortunately, that'll never happen now.

 

[Falco57]

Crosscut?

 

[Lone_Wolfe]

Crosscut?

 

[Falco57]

OH my God

 

[d.r.h.]

... and the new one is at home now.

Umzimbeet Inlay

Alex ... glad you were able to get it! Really nicely book matched inlays and the wood looks so much nicer than the Umzimbeet Sebenza I showed you.

 

[Lone_Wolfe]

Alex ... glad you were able to get it! Really nicely book matched inlays and the wood looks so much nicer than the Umzimbeet Sebenza I showed you.

Any chance you can show that one to me? I'd love to see the inlays.

 

[Falco57]

Any chance you can show that one to me? I'd love to see the inlays.

It is the same you saw on a famous on-line market

 

[Falco57]

Alex ... glad you were able to get it! Really nicely book matched inlays and the wood looks so much nicer than the Umzimbeet Sebenza I showed you.

Thank you Dennis

 

[Lone_Wolfe]

It is the same you saw on a famous on-line market

Ah, OK. I thought maybe there were pic of another floating around somewhere.

 

[peterbright]

Found a Bocote with Basketweave that's coming my way.

 

[Lone_Wolfe]

Nice lumber on that one!

 

[Wrobelan]

Hope you're hearts are strong enough. I think you'll find this one well worth the tease.....

The birthcard....

With the 2007 Ebony that also arrived today. The Ebony is also nice, but Ebony never hangs around here very long. This one probably won't be the one to change that.

The Spalted Beech that I've seen so far varies a lot, and I'm not sure I really like most of it. I like all of it to admire, but wasn't sure I was going to buy one. Until I saw this one, that is.....

That is really a great example. I've been looking at that inlay, and it's incredibly varied. Yours is a keeper though!

 

[Emspop]

Ok so after having my Mnandi in my pocket every minute I've had pockets for a week and a half...wait for it...I finally used it to cut something!!!

Did I use it to open a very important document? No

A pesky sandwich wrapper at lunch? No

To help my daughter open a new doll? No

I opened a new bag of dog food for my labs!!!


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[peterbright]

Larger pic

 

[peterbright]

Other side

 

[peterbright]

And Closed.

 

[peterbright]

The funny thing is I was looking for either a snakewood or a cocobolo in basketweave and when I saw the wood I couldn't buy it fast enough.

 

[Lone_Wolfe]

Did you get that one from Blade Gallery?