[Woodcarver] Re: Basswood prices

[gjpat at cyberbeach.net]

Hi Merryl;

Contrary to what some others have said I think your price is not too bad.
  Just to make you feel even better about "your" price , Lee Valley in 
their 2005-06 catalogue (there is a store in Halifax NS), lists a piece of 
basswood 4" x 6" x 14" at $34.95 plus tax.

If you do go the mail order route just remember to keep in mind that if you 
have to pay CDN taxes plus  shipping costs on top it will add up to a 
higher board foot cost so the cheaper BFT cost may not be so cheap after 
all, it also means you get something that somebody else picked out to ship 
to you, in other words not "your" choice.(G).
There is basswood and there is basswood best to be able to see and handle 
what you are buying, not to say that you can't get "good' prices and "good" 
basswood from mail or telephone order because there "are" excellent mail 
order basswood dealers out there, you just have to find them.(G)

I don't have any info on wood dealers on NS but maybe if you check with 
Clive Goss who is a carver in NS, Dartmouth I think, he might have a line 
on some, here's his web site.
http://www.woodpartners.smugmug.com/.
All in all as I intimated in your situation a base price of about 
$20.00  for a piece of  4' x 6" x 14" good basswood is not a bad price at 
all in my books. (G)
Just my opinion.

Gordon Paterson
Dowling, Ont.Can.


At 08:48 PM 4/21/2006 -0300, you wrote:


>Good day carvers,

>I just bought a piece of basswood for carving and would like to know what 

>you think of the price. It is a piece 4"x 6" and 14" long, no sides 

>dressed, but kiln dried. The price was $19.60 ( actually paid $22.54 

>including tax).  (BTW, these are Canadian Dollars)

>As this is the only source I know of for this type of wood in my province, 

>I was wondering if its a fair price, or could I do much better through 

>mail order?

>

>Cheers,

>

>Merryl Bustin

>(novice carver)

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