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I miss having them. A pocket knife and some sand paper will have to do.

I love what I do in PNG (though I don't love PNG). But I greatly miss having tools and making pipes. While I'm back, late night whittling on some tampers gets me by...

beautiful wood, what is it?

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seamonster wrote:beautiful wood, what is it?

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It's called Kwila here, but I think the trade name is Merbau and Ipil. Great for building houses here as it doesn't rot nearly as bad as most and bugs don't seem to like it much. But it's hard as stink and is a pain to drive nails through.