Northfield Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 Recently got a line on some old Honduras Mahogany, so I took a ride and found some massive blanks that had been buried at the back of an old barn. Love it when I find these old treasures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
django49 Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 Such a great find! Nice to know such things still exist. Many years ago when I visited Sam Maloof's workshop in SoCal, I was amazed by the HUGE slabs of walnut he had stacked up. I think they must have each been 3-4" thick, a couple feet wide and 8 or more feet long. I could only dream about the beautiful work that would result from them......And lament that I was undeserving of working with such nice wood. I am envious of your customers who will get a real piece of art from your stash! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killerteddybear Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Finding great raw wood is more exciting than finding your dream guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmatthes Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 1 hour ago, killerteddybear said: Finding great raw wood is more exciting than finding your dream guitar. Wellllll... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gorch Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Congratulations! That’s a really great find and will lay the ground for some exceptional guitars for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchee Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Congrats on finding a cool old wood stash! It can't be easy finding good, unused, big old-growth boards of Honduran Mahogany these days. Back when I was stationed with the US Navy in San Diego back in the early 2000s, I picked up an apartment's worth of old (as in 1920's-1950's era) Mahogany furniture from junk shops in my neighborhood at the time for cheap. From what I can tell, they must've shipped tons of the wood from Central America to the US for various purposes back in the day. I blame my related guitar lust for making me notice the stuff in the first place, it's not the most fashionable-looking furniture and it doesn't all go together style-wise, but I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velorush Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 11 hours ago, killerteddybear said: [Mike Shishkov finding great raw wood] + [Mike Shishkov] = [finding your dream guitar] FIFY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadroller Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Coming 2022- the Barn Find Honduran Mahogany Limited Shishkovs, a special run of 15 units. 😃 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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