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Old 07-29-2009, 05:18 PM
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Default chestnut

i have a question is chesnut good for carving?
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Old 07-29-2009, 09:00 PM
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Default Re: chestnut

I've never carved it but a neighbor has an old farmhouse with some very ornate woodwork that is all chestnut. He's 95 and remembers cutting the wood with his grandfather when he was small.
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