Quote Originally Posted by johnnyrsa View Post
...My two sacrificial pieces:
I've thought about doing that several times! On a visit to Cambodia a couple of years ago, we visited a workshop where they were banging out carvings of Elephants and the usual touristy things in a local Rosewood. I desperately wanted to buy a chunk of that Rosewood, but they wouldn't sell me any, citing export regulations prohibiting export of raw wood, etc. Had we had more time, I would have asked the carvers to make me something blocky that would still have a few marking gauges or other useful items in it, that I could take home legally...

I think the carvings you are going to produce from your carvings will be even better!

Cheers,