On Wed, 03 Oct 2007 09:29:22 -0700, robo hippy wrote:

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The biggest difference in dulling seems to be the woods. The prettiest
myrtle wood comes from the Oregon and north California coast. It can
dull the tools more quickly than other woods. My theory on that is
that it has a higher silica content than most other woods because
growing on the coast, it sucks up a lot of micro particles of silica/
sand.

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robo hippy

Funny that you should mention that, Reed... A friend that lives in Alaska
stopped on the Oregon coast on his way here and brought me a bag of myrtle wood
pen blanks..
I'm looking forward to playing with them, they sure are pretty wood..


mac

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