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Thanks Bro.
I have heard about this wood before and your explanation gave the old brain(?) enough info to recall the memory.
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Seems as if I recall the wood being very expensive even way back when.

On another note Barb and me visited our local fine woods place last week. I have been by it many, many times, but never stopped before.
I was amazed at their selection. They even had Bois D'Arc cut into boards!!!
And also had some woods I have never heard of before let alone seen.
The guy working there had a great interest in my new Flute from HighSpirits.
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Another ndn had been there and gave him some rough notes on making an ndn FLute and I helped him a little further down the path.
He said he was interested in making one from Purpleheart.
I told him that the Purpleheart made a beautiful Flute, but that they could/would be on a higher pitched scale because of its being a hard wood.
Anyway I have found yet another place to spend some of my retirement money. I could get lost in the place for days without thinking of food, my other favorite pass time.
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Yvsa.

"VEGETARIAN".............
Indin word for lousy hunter.
 
Here is a link to a company that sells Circassian walnut gunstock blanks. Scroll on down the page to Exhibition grade. When you get done drooling, imagine a pre-'64 Winchester model 70 Featherweight in .30-'06, stocked in this wonderful wood to your own favorite design and custom dimensions.... Sigh
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I repeat - Leave it to Berk!

OOOooooo. Can drool short out your keyboard?
 
No, wait, that would be better on a Parker VHE 20 gauge with an English stock and a beavertail foreend...
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Hey Yvsa,
Did I mention that I have a didj Made out of Purpleheart? It is a beauty. It is made out of strips of wood that taper as they run towards the mouthpiece. Each end is protected with Rawhide that has been "shrunk-stitched"onto the wood (if that makes any sense). It is in the key of D#. The guy that made it is based out of Oregon and he also makes drums. You can get didjs made out of several woods--cedar, redwood, oak etc...He will even do exotic woods for more $$. I bet that Circassian wood would make a beauty! www.mysticwoods.com is the address if anyone wants to check it out. It has sound samples of didjs.
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Bristlecone pine goes thru hell, as does Circassian Walnut. Which in the walnut leads to internal stresses that when cut and polished...

( Yvsa, this is like the picture you talked about of the beauty in the face of the old ndn woman.)

Similarly the greco-romans carved women as pillars for their architecture - til someone said/showed/sculpted the "Caryatid Who Has Fallen Under Her Stone", a tribute to all beaten down by their burden but still trying to valiantly shoulder the load. Brings a tear to your eye doesn't it? http://www.angelfire.com/nc/hawkhome/caryatid.html )

Sorry about the web page and ancillary, umm, poetry. Though the first half of the poem does address some important points albeit badly.

But Uncle Bill, you have woods that suffer hell in Nepal. Have any of them got the beauty to cut, season, and export? Without permanently destroying the land?

And that's a pre-64 Super Grade, not featherweight, Berk! HEEHEEHEE...HAWWWW!

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I've been traveling, and finally clawed my way to an internet connection.

Great post, Walosi. I would love to put it in the FAQ. It will have to wait until I return home to my home computer though. Probably a week or so.

Berk, this reminds me of when me and my dad scraped the varnish off his (way pre-64) model 70 and refinished it with many coats of linseed oil. I shoot it now, and remember him when I do. Shoots nice. You wouldn't like it though. Only .270.
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P.S.: forgot to mention that to me, Caryatid has a vaguely Ghorka character. ( Better dead than a coward, but also better to stay alive a little longer before succumbing to your wounds and take a few more sideboys/honor guard with you. Or watch someone else's back so they can do the same for themselves. )

And in case anyone thought I was getting a little too bleeding heart liberal/sheeplish, I just pulled the lid off the coffee can I keep full of 41 mag ammo for my three 4" 41's. Came to 27 loaded speedloaders. If I can pick up 3 more on my next trip to Reno Wednesday that'll give me ten apiece plus the ammo already in the cylinder. <VBSEG>

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Rusty my Bro you are exactly right.
I tried to find the pic of the old Indin Lady with the plowed face and couldn't, but as the way things often happen a friend attached this link to an e-mail to me.
This is a portrait done by our sister Doya who comes to our Sweatlodge.
Doya is now in much worse condition
now with her rheumatoid arthritis and its complications than any of us here are.
I could say a lot more about that, but I know that Doya wouldn't approve since she is a true person and beautiful spirit not afraid of the life yet to come, so I won't.
But I will say Doya in many ways is a much braver person than me.
And that doesn't/didn't stop her from capturing the same vision shown in the photo I was looking for.

I think this portrait also portrays the beauty that we often overlook in those that have lived a life full of hardships.
And this portrait also shows me the face and spirit of a very beautiful lady the same as the photo.
Some people wouldn't be able to see the beauty. Pity......

http://www.angelfire.com/tx3/artsociety/BevA.html

Yvsa.
 
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I have to get the new computer soon!!!
This not being able to make new posts is a drag.
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But BAck to the post.
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And since we're talking finishes here I got to wondering something and only y'all can help me answer this.

Not long ago Barb and me got new eyeglasses.
The time before that and this time as well we were told Not to Use
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To clean the lenses because the paper towels have enough Wood Chips that are abrasive in them to scratch the lenses!!!!

I have been using paper towels to clean my khukuri's blades and handles when cleaning or oiling them.

The question is....
Have I been unknowingly scratching the finishes not only on the handles, but the blades as well?

I started usng a paper towel on my new 12"AK and that thought came to me.
I immediately stopped and used a soft flannel cloth to wipe of the blade.
I have to say that it removed the substances on it with much better results and appeared to leave the blade shiner than the results I was getting with the paper towel.

Anyone else thought about this and what do y'all use when cleaning your khukuri's?


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Yvsa.

"VEGETARIAN".............
Indin word for lousy hunter.
 
Yvsa:

I've collected a drawer full of old T-Shirts. Best wipe-down for a polished blade you can find. They are handy for hundreds of things from wiping parts to covering gun frames when they are being worked on (to keep filings/grit out of the actions) to wrapping blades when you are working on the handles. They are good lap covers when you are working with something small that might otherwise get you yelled at by the High Laundress (and get you changed into the low washer boy).
 
Agree with the T-shirt wipe down.

As for the glasses, kleenex is ok, but watch out for all the fuzz when you use it on lenses with an anti glare coating....pain in the a$$ as the coating attracts any dust or lint and then you have to use an expensive lense cleaner and wipes.
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Great picture Yvsa.

Do you ever like to look at the young and imagine what they may be like when old, or the old and imagine what they were like when young? I do this often.

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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Apothecary:
Agree with the T-shirt wipe down.

As for the glasses, kleenex is ok, but watch out for all the fuzz when you use it on lenses with an anti glare coating....pain in the a$$ as the coating attracts any dust or lint and then you have to use an expensive lense cleaner and wipes.
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Some Wal Mart Vision Centers sell lense cleaner with a free refill deal. Good stuff (if you can stand the scent) and it is lintless with Kleenex. The price is right too
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That lady has iron behind her eyes. I don't see much of that around these days.

I'm a movie junkie, and a friend of mine recently asked me why it was I never talked about a favorite actress. The reason is I see a lot of overgrown girls and not many women in Hollywood movies these days. (and in a lot of other places, too)

Where did Maureen O'Hara or Katherine Hepburn disappear to?

Ever longed for good ol' days you didn't even live in?
 
There are a few Irish Catholic types out of the rural areas with the old consrvative parishes. Seldom in error, never in doubt.

My wife's last few years teaching, there was a colleague from a small Montana mining town. For her birthday I gave her a Sparth Axe since, as I put it she was always charging off to do battle, so she might as well be properly equipped.

She and the Superintendent/School Board were always after it with their blackthorne sticks. How does that saying go? "For sure it is an evil spite, and aching to the heart, for an Irishman to watch a fight, and not be taking part."

Her next trip back home she was mortified ( but not for long ) when she told her dad about it and he replied " Well, they got your number, didn't they?"


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