[Woodcarver] What are you carving

[Larry Odegard]

Hi Joe,
 
It's not ebony, but almost as hard.  I actually have resorted to the dremel (I see a Foredom in my future) to remove some of the wood.
Blackwood is traditionaly the wood used on bagpipes.  Very resonate.  I've made one flute out of it and it is a favorite when I want to play a crisper sound.  The piece I am carving came from leftovers of that flute.
 
Larry O.

--- On Tue, 4/26/11, Joe Dillett <jdillett at thecarvingshop.net> wrote:


From: Joe Dillett <jdillett at thecarvingshop.net>
Subject: Re: [Woodcarver] What are you carving
To: "[Woodcarver]" <woodcarver at carverscompanion.com>
Date: Tuesday, April 26, 2011, 9:43 AM


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I'm carving a raven out of African Blackwood that will be used as a fetish (sound block) on a Native American Style flute I am building.  The eyes will be inlayed turquise.
 
Larry O.
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Hey Larry, is that African Blackwood that ultra hard wood that we also call African Ebony? That's some hard carving stuff.

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