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Ornaments

Wow ... Those are awesome. Love the designs
- Yesterday at 6:49 PM
Ornaments

These are great Curt! Segmenting at it's best!
- Yesterday at 4:14 PM
Ocean at midnight

Beautiful piece! What is the finish?
- Yesterday at 4:03 PM
African Black wood capsule box with a desert iron wood inset.

Nino G. Cocchiarella said:

Nice box! Nice gesture too.

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Thank you Nino! Its just such a nice block of wood, I'll get a number of boxes out of it yet... I had to give him a box in return.
- Yesterday at 3:43 PM
View #2 Blackwood box

pat miller said:

Love this box. Nice shape and top details. Black Blackwood gets all the good press but it tends to be spectacularly boring to my eyes. Leave a bit of sapwood for contrast and "Shazam!", a knockout.

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Thank you Pat! I completely understand what you mean. lol. Blackwood really is great for...
- Yesterday at 3:40 PM