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    Quote Originally Posted by ACACIA2 View Post
    Never seen a ebony burl ---in 68 years in zambia
    Yebbut be honest - you weren't really looking too hard for the first 8 or so years - coulda missed 2 or 3 in that time.....

    I've heard that up to the early 1950s the odd one showed up
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    Quote Originally Posted by mick661 View Post
    I dont know what the timber is mate but that's a lovely piece of timber and final as well
    Cheers Mick
    Hi Mick , thanks mate , you might get a better look soon

    Quote Originally Posted by Ironwood View Post
    Well, with some careful cutting, you should get 2
    Very true Ironwood......

    Quote Originally Posted by ACACIA2 View Post
    Having said that --does not mean burls do not exist -- I simply cut the large dead trees (called leadwood or ironwood in Botswana)Here in Zululand. --- Combretum Imerberbe -----is smallish but still nice & shiny black ---here's a goblet I turned recently ---(if this foto attaches --what a mission !

    Hi Acacia , well , just have to keep looking mate !
    Nice goblet too ! Well done .
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    Quote Originally Posted by FenceFurniture View Post
    Yebbut be honest - you weren't really looking too hard for the first 8 or so years - coulda missed 2 or 3 in that time.....

    I've heard that up to the early 1950s the odd one showed up

    Hi FF, yeah , that made me laugh........
    Thought I might add a pic of the whole slab of African Ebony......
    See the left side pure black and the right side has the "burl " .......
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    Cheers smiife

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