Time split between Cadman and Houndb at the mo.
Houndb's 18 has the beauty of 2 options, with 2 sets of caps made together so that they both match perfectly. Will be a bit of a juggle to sand them though, swapping caps when swapping grits all the way. One set silver with a rosewood contrast band, and the other copper with a flashy aliminium band between the copper sheets, will be quite spectacular. I have done an adhesion test with CA on polished ali, will great results. Not yet sure if it can be soldered successfully, but this may turn out to be another option.
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Beautifull deep blue burl with some nice wavy grain
through it too.
Cadman is not up for flashy but wants the wood to do the talking, so his birds-eye Maple block was a good choice. The contrasting band (will be quite dark finished, see the offcut next to it) is from a big totara (5 feet
through the bole) that lay buried 6m deep in a West Coast swamp for 10,000-20,000 years as estimated by the experts, so predates known human history (just a fun fact I like to throw out there when I work this stuff).
Should be up for a 'pop' shot tomorrow.
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