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Hi Richard ----

cant see the foto of the bark ---can you send me clear fotos -----? thanks ----ACACIA

WOW - many thank Richard ---------

I think this fresh cut log I have just cut is APICULATUM ----( SMALL LEAVES --BUT NOT SURE ) nearly killed me carrying it over my shoulder 7 km up the Lebombo...

Thankyou Richard -----I live in the Lebombo Mts ---can you show me a foto of C apiculatum ----maybe I can find a dead tree here in the Ubombo region ?I used Mpinga in N . Zambia & Tanzania ----& C ....

most grateful to Mobyturns ----

this combretum is huge & heavy --my diy lathe slowest speed is 250 rpm --fastest is 2000 rpm

got to start roughing VERY slow ---or the ebony mass will tear...

Thankyou Darklord ---appears you understand just how difficult ebony types can be --this is combretum imberbe -
can be a real sod to achieve a smooth finish ---appreciate the advice --
will...

REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR COMPLIMENTS --I AM BLOWN AWAY BY YOUR GREAT ADVICE ---MANY THANKS TO ALL

( no -those rings you see on base flare are not growth rings ----nasty grooves that wont go away !!

Most grateful to all for the solution tio the grooves /rings in the ebony goblet

i now have great ideas how to remove the annoying scatches etc.

Many thanks. -----acacai2

Oops sorry --only wanted one foto ----

blow up the image --u will see the lp record grooves that persist -on the lower trumpet base flange --

tried everything --even garnet & diamond /broken...

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ALL I wanted originally --was a tip on how to sand smooth a ebony goblet (foto posted )
see the nasty rings that persist ? How to avoid this ? tried every tungsten /scraper /sandpaper .emery...

Thankyou Keith-----appreciate the welcome ----good to be back ---great forum !Can someone experienced with polishing combretum /MPINGA / OR ebony ----give me a tip on how to avoid those unsightly...

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...

Hi ---Genuine ( combretum imberbe ) & mpinga.(species of EBONY) ---cannot be artificially created ---total nonsense !

I live in Zambia and Zululand. -------its unique ---turns extremely well...

Hi --
just lost my post on African ebony ----and my elaborate question --

how to I find it ?

how does one attach fotos ? I tried --gave up ---does not work !

Acacia ----( I was a member...