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Post by beefjello on Jan 10, 2010 11:28:48 GMT -5
These are from a small collection I picked up yesterday Palm  my fav of the group (white dots seem to be paint overspray)   something with a pattern that reminds me of reptile skin   this has nice pattern too, kinda like honey comb   a neat knot and an unknown chunk  |
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Post by jcinpc on Jan 10, 2010 12:01:43 GMT -5
some very nice palm wood you have. I like that stuff
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adrian65
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Post by adrian65 on Jan 10, 2010 13:03:59 GMT -5
Beautiful chunks, Brian! All of them.
Adrian
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Post by texaswoodie on Jan 10, 2010 17:01:32 GMT -5
Nice Brian! 5th one down is snakewood.
Curt
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Post by moondragon on Jan 10, 2010 17:21:54 GMT -5
Curt is it really called snakewood or are you pulling my leg? Cause when I saw it I immediately thought it looked like snake skin too. I used to find long shred rat snake skins in my mama's strawberry patch that looked just like this texture. Ugh..
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Jan 10, 2010 17:22:51 GMT -5
Wow, what an interesting collection of wood. Definitely some very colorful palm fiber and that snakewood is pretty neat too. That brecciated hunk is some wild looking stuff. I saw a similar hunk from Oregon once whee it appeared the whole log had fractured geometrically and then been resealed by agate almost like Stone Canyon jasper....Mel
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Post by NDK on Jan 10, 2010 22:24:00 GMT -5
Amazing wood Beef! I've never seen a whole lot of pet wood examples. Thank you for shoing these. I'm amazed at all the different pet woods out there.
Nate
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Post by Fossilman on Jan 11, 2010 21:10:28 GMT -5
HOLY MOLY,thats some great wood!
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Post by texaswoodie on Jan 12, 2010 8:39:55 GMT -5
Moon It's really called snakewood because of the similarity to snakeskin. I thought for a long time that it is the same stuff as the very rare snakewood in South America, but that is not correct. It is an extinct wood that was more of a huge vine than a tree. There is very limited information out there on snakewood and I've had a very hard time finding out a lot about it. Here's a snakewood cab  Curt |
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Post by sitnwrap on Jan 12, 2010 16:27:57 GMT -5
Brian, what I would give just to tag along on one of your yard sale/estate sale/collection excursions. Love the snake skin and the knot. Looks like the end view of country style ribs.
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