Thanks for the kind comments.

I still feel a little guilty when I see the things that I made with this curly and birdseye maple.  I bought it from a man that cut and milled the lumber from his property as a hobby.  This was a while ago, and he charged $4/bf for the maple after it was air-dried for two years.  He had a separate section with figured maple.  That was $2/bf, as if it were inferior.  I was honest and told him that he could get a lot more for the figured stuff.  He wasn't interested.

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