Pipes, I like that pic!!! Thats a hellova pair you have there. You got your order in just in time, Sunday is the best day to order if you want it the earliest. Any order received before 5p or so on Sunday will ship the following day. I really appreciate the kind words and you spreading those words Pipes, thats what its all about.
Last night was a good night for turning, I spun hella #'s, I was feeling really good about how it was going started turning the Amboyna and well, not as many turned out as I would have liked. I had some eye popping two tone Amboyna Burl that looked absolutely amazing just in the raw blank, new they were gonna spin beauties, I was totally taking my time, would almost get em finished and a burl eye would throw out, the stem would freakn break at an eye, the damn thing would split and sling out!!! It was terrible, outa bout 16 amazing blanks I got 4 or 5 finished. Every time I wasted one, I was heart broken. I have a super sweet Ray Key Chisel on its way, hoping that a strong clean new knife might eliminate some of this problem. It pays to have the right tools, no matter what the cost, its all worth it!
Kewpcer. I rub every piece down with a little BAB, I am sure that your technique would work for these if you'd like, the flame is so bright and brilliant I can see it really popping with anything you apply to it. I have seen Tiger Maple that has been stained dark and the stripes did still show up, they just weren't jumping out at ya.
I have said it before and want to offer this, I have seen a Zebra LB and a Koa LB, I know that MF make a walnut and flame maple lb, I really wanna see these two. The first person that posts a pic of either one here will get a FREE matching Ed's TnT LB Stem. Maybe this will encourage a couple f people to give up the goods and show us all what these bad boys look like!