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Historic Ship Woods, segmenting.

Yorkie

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I just got through making this for someone in Australia.

It's made using historic ship woods: Teak from USS North Carolina, Lignum Vitae that wrapped the propeller shaft of the USS Mariposa- a WW2 troop transporter in the Pacific, Oak from the deck of a 1800's schooner from Wiscasset and Angelique from the Spirit of South Carolina sailing schooner from the late 1800's. Each piece has been cut at 60 degrees and spliced with solid brass.

It was a royal pain to make and to turn. Each piece of wood is a different density and the brass didn't help. I had to have the chisel razor sharp and take fine cuts to avoid digging into the Teak and avoid blowing out the Oak and the Angelique. the LV was hard as rock.

Finish is CA, kit is chrome Zen.
 

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