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Bohemia Mistral FP

silver

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Found a few blanks that our [MENTION=74]wm460[/MENTION] Mark sent me a few years ago so decided to give this Bohemia wood blank a turn.

Melamine finish.

Stunning OZ wood to turn and the grain is superb.. Thanks Mark..

Mistral Bohemia-2.jpg

Mistral Bohemia-1.jpg
 
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Lovely bit of wood, can't find anything about it. Looks a lot like pheasant wood.

Oh yeah, not a bad job turning it either ... :thumbs:
 
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Very nice piece of timber.....well turned as always.....result very nice pen......well done:drool::drool:
 
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Ooh la la. I cannot get enough of the figuring in that wood Eamonn. A stunning piece, and I bet in the hand it's even nicer
 
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[MENTION=74]wm460[/MENTION]

Mark, I know that “Bohemia” was written on the blank but can’t seem to find out much about them.

Even looked at your workplace to see if I could find anything out.

Could only see nice pictures with nice looking trees along the driveway :funny:
 
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silver said:
[MENTION=74]wm460[/MENTION]

Mark, I know that “Bohemia” was written on the blank but can’t seem to find out much about them.

Even looked at your workplace to see if I could find anything out.

Could only see nice pictures with nice looking trees along the driveway :funny:
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They used to be popular here in gardens etc, a lot were planted on the streets, between white ants and no one caring about them, (watering) I havent seen one for a few years now.
Bohemia was what they were sold as at the nursery.

Bauhinia x blakeana - Wikipedia

Bauhinia blakeana, Hong Kong Orchid Tree - TopTropicals.com

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https://toptropicals.com/pics/garden/m1/raznozw/bau_purpurea4903.jpg
 
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