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.