On Thu, 28 Oct 2010 22:51:00 -0500, tom koehler wrote
(in message . net):

On Thu, 28 Oct 2010 22:29:45 -0500, Martin Eastburn wrote
(in message ):

Tom - look at the picture carefully - there is a faint pencil
text on it - looks like "Japan" or is that the Yaupon wood (Holly).

I turned a holly off my place in California - but it was white wood and
fibrous. It made great cups and holders. I made several desk sets
when the power company cut down a tree on my place that was 8" easy.

Martin


there is just one picture with some pencil text on it. The wood is brown
with
a figured grain. The pencil text says "jiquin" (my reading) or more likely
"jiquin" as suggested by another reader here. Jiquin is a colloquial name
for
a hardwood from Cuba, entirely likely as this wood was obtained by my Dad
about 60 years ago. Looking at the next frame, nearly black, when blown up
it
is possible to see the penciled text in higher conttrast. Thank you for your
comments, Mr. Eastburn.

Respectfully,

tom koehler


gotta correct my own self... "jiquin" was my reading of the penciled text,
"jigue" was the suggested and very likely correct reading of the penciled
text, a colloquial name for a Cuban hardwood.
tom koehler, who often confuses himself

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