Finished Display Cases.

[blutundehre]

Hi all,
At Jay V's request I am posting my display cases here
Instead of posting on Jay V's thread and hijacking it, I'll start my own.

I will start with one of my favorite woods, Leopard wood.
This wood has a unique characteristic in that after being sanded
completely smooth, and once polyurethane is applied, it "blisters" the grain in the wood.
The end grain looks like snake scales and after the "blistering" it almost feels like
snake skin. Nothing else I have worked with has this characteristic. Truly amazing.

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The next case I am showing is made of
Zebra wood. It has a wide sweeping end grain pattern with a tight striped face grain. The uniqueness of this wood comes in the iridescent ripple pattern within the grain
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I like to find oddities in the wood I select.
Here is a not-so-typical piece of Cherry. I was told it was figured, but
I believe it to be from a funky part of the tree, maybe where it could have been
damaged and healed. I think these pieces make these cases so very unique. You'd have a hard time finding a piece that looks like this:
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Here is a Black Walnut case which was made for Aff96 (Greg) and his picture actually as well as a case made from Jatoba which is also Greg's case
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[blutundehre]

That's enough for tonight, I'll be posting more soon.
Dave

[Jay V.]

Hi Dave
Those are some really nice and unique cases.I really like the Cherry and Zebra woods the best.Great Job, Jay