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    Ken and his hand made custom stock he does not use a panto-graph all by eye and hand pity I cannot remember the type of tree he said it was from
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    Quote Originally Posted by CINDERS View Post
    Ken and his hand made custom stock
    Is that not a piece of Teak?
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    Re: Ken's "repro" LE stock -

    The light-ish colour possibly indicates faster-growing plantation timber.

    "Wild" teak tends to be darker and VERY close-grained, thus dense and HEAVY, and, a lot harder to work with hand tools.

    Teak: the hardwood birch!

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