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Russianwolf

Russianwolf

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Been watching some Irish Bog Oak auctions recently.

One for David (good guy, very nice stock), With a bit over a day to go five 3/4+ blanks for $41 shipped ($8.32 each) and I bet these go over $50 before all is said and done.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...&Category=3126&_trkparms=algo=LVI&its=I&otn=2

One for Michael (another good guy, smaller stock, but nice none the less), with a bit over 2 days to go Ten 5/8 blanks for $73 shipped ($7.36 each) and I bet these will go a good bit higher too.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...&Category=3126&_trkparms=algo=LVI&its=I&otn=2

I've ordered from both of these guys in the past. Made some nice pens with there stuff, but it gets too pricey now a days. Now it's always hit or miss. If people are looking for it, the price will go crazy, if not, you can get great deals. It's just a crap shoot, but most often lately it's the former.
 
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yeah; needed a seat belt for my jeep, (dang fix it ticket...). Found two on e-bay; got the first one for $62, the auction ended the next day for the 2nd one and it went for $42. Of course if I would have waited the 2nd one would have went for over $100. Just the way my luck has been going lately... crap shoot indeed...
 
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I sell quite a bit of blanks on eBay. A few weeks back I had 6 blanks of Tangerine on one listing and 6 blanks of another citrus wood on another listing. Both had winning bids of $41.00 plus shipping. Both bids were from the same bidder. I loved it. But that is not the norm. Most lots go for $10.00 or less. Guess it is a matter of having the right item at the right place at the right time.
 
I think the fair price is $8 for the 3/4 blanks, the 5/8ths should be about $5 IMO. This is just my opinion based on how much I pay to import the stuff myself.

The auctions usually wind up going for $10+ each for the 3/4s and $8+each on the 5/8s. I've seen them go as high as $20 each, which I think is highway robbery (not the vendor's fault, but on the bidders going crazy).

Despite what people say, this stuff isn't exactly rare. If it were really rare, none of it would be burned and there would be a larger effort to salvage the stuff as it comes out of the ground in a more controlled way to prevent deterioration.

I do watch the auctions and if it stays low enough I get involved, since I can never have too much of the stuff. I even have a couple pieces sitting between my wife flower pots in the living room.
 
I loves me Irish Bog Oak Emperor, I would like to get some more IBO, but feeBay has gotten ridiculous, I sure as heck can't afford those prices. Maybe I should try selling my tools there, except I hate feeBay. once in a while I get lucky on some wood from a guy not too far away from me,
 
a little surprised. the first auction ended as I listed it in the first post. (the winner got a fair deal)

The second though. $79.90 shipped by my math. That's 7.99 each for 5/8th blanks. That's way too much.
 
It does get a little crazy. Its not as readily available as the burled blanks we use, or harvested in the same way. This wood could be buried up to 20' deep in the bog and is mostly found when bog machines hit pieces that actually protrude a little above the surface. You should see a bog near to us, where it has been collected and dumped in a pile on the side of the bog. As soon as it is exposed to the elements it begins to crack and split like mad. Sure it may seem easy to just get some pieces, cut them and leave them to dry but it takes quite some time to dry it with minimal waste
 
Russianwolf said:
I think the fair price is $8 for the 3/4 blanks, the 5/8ths should be about $5 IMO. This is just my opinion based on how much I pay to import the stuff myself.

The auctions usually wind up going for $10+ each for the 3/4s and $8+each on the 5/8s. I've seen them go as high as $20 each, which I think is highway robbery (not the vendor's fault, but on the bidders going crazy).

Despite what people say, this stuff isn't exactly rare. If it were really rare, none of it would be burned and there would be a larger effort to salvage the stuff as it comes out of the ground in a more controlled way to prevent deterioration.

I do watch the auctions and if it stays low enough I get involved, since I can never have too much of the stuff. I even have a couple pieces sitting between my wife flower pots in the living room.
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See people here (in Ireland) don't have a clue how invaluable this material is as a material for woodwork or woodturning or any other craft. I've seen it all over the place and people pass it everyday not reaslising what can be crafted from it. It isn't used much as a solid wood, a lot of people just work with the roots
 
absolutely agree. Killed me when I honeymooned over there seeing a pile of the stuff being burned. I wasn't a pen turner at the time, but any woodworker with Irish roots hates seeing 5000 year old wood being cremated.
 
tell me about it, if i had the money and the equipment necessary i would try and harvest as much as i could get my hands on. That bog yew log i mentioned before is still sitting on the bog as i have no way of getting it home. I don't want to cut it up into smaller pieces, want to leave it as long as possible
 
i sold my ps3 during the xmas season... it was about 2k worth of games, accessories, and then the system. it sold for 475 while others i saw were hitting near 1k. I agree its hit or miss
 
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