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hewunch

hewunch

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So while waiting on Wally world to finish rotating my tires I am doing some browsing. I was in the tool area and wandered into the home section when I saw some wooden spoons that caught my eye. I thought, hmm, that handle is big enough for a pen blank. Then I looked at the tag. It is Acacia wood. Now I know this isn't Acacia from Israel (or at least I am fairly certain it isnt). But that is the kind of wood used for the Ark. So I dig around more and find a 16x22" pie board, over 3/4" thick. And one of the glued of pieces had some fantastic grain movement. $25 and I have 12 killer pen blanks and a bunch more to sell at my next pen group meeting. :biggrin:

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Interesting and beautiful timber.

In round figures there are 1400 Acacia species in the world. Of these very close to 1000 - or 70% are native to Australia, Does this mean there is a 70% cnce that that timber is Australian???:wink:
 
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