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Paul,

It's a one of a kind and a masterpiece. There have been so many superlatives and adjectives that I will not even attempt to add another.

I will say however a simple thank you for sharing your creation with us. I have enjoyed this immensely.

A magnificent work of art, Paul

Maybe it should go to the Smithsonian

Too good for the Smithsonian, Shane......... how about the 'Aitchonian' ???

I felt a range of appreciative emotions, reading everyone's comments, and finished off with a hearty guffaw! at Aitch's zinger.

(Aitch told me that many have guffawed at his zinger, but he made me promise not to tell...)

Heartfelt thanks to all my fellow Forumites for their positive support. I've often tried to analyze exactly why I'm always messin' with the mix. I do enjoy setting a challenge for myself and then working to meet it. I feel a sense of accomplishment, of course, seeing the fruit of so much toil sitting on its Hercules stand in front of my desk. Its new Ameritage case arrives tomorrow.

And a good deal of my pleasure comes from displaying my work to comments, both constructive and appreciative, from anyone with something to say, so thanks to all! And I promise to keep setting challenges and then whacking away at them, so we all can learn and enjoy.

The 200-year-old walnut chunk was an Ebay find, Bob. There's a family that owns a lumberyard which deals in specialty wood like this. I buy new walnut weekly; compared to this slab, the new stuff is like bleached balsa. This is a rich brown, dense as heck. The piece is something like 2" X 10" X 48" and it must weight 40 pounds. Judging from the surface, it was cut and planed a loooong time ago, too.

ozover50 wrote:Too good for the Smithsonian, Shane......... how about the 'Aitchonian' ???

This amazing work of art is much closer to the Vasconian!!

Postively stunning Paul.
Great detail cues and not over the top. Great work that is a pleasure to view.

Leave my zinger out of this, Paul!!

ozover50 wrote:Leave my zinger out of this, Paul!!

Aitch, how many times have we told you to keep your zinger out of places it doesn't belong!

Yeah...... it's a problem, I know..........

Another grog Aitch...Now...

Give me about four hours and I'll be onto it, Wints......... and then I can work out where the hell I'm going to put the glass cabinet for the Jazzbo!!

ozover50 wrote:Leave my zinger out of this, Paul!!

Didn't you leave it in DP?!?

Hahaha!! I was waiting for something like that, Joey!! No...... it's still here with me. I think DP set a new land speed record after my antics........ faster than a jet-propelled rat up a drainpipe!!

LOL!!

Holy cow, Paul, this is the first I saw it. Spectacular. Really beautiful.