I found treasure!

[Burl Source]

I feel like a treasure hunter who found gold!
It cost me the most I have ever paid for a single board, but I feel lucky to have found it.

A native Hawaiian had this in his Grandfather's stash (old stock, old growth Koa).
This is the best I have ever seen and it is still under a thick layer of dust.
I will post more photos when I cut and sand some of this.

[Eamon Burke]

Dude, don't sell that!

As much as I love beautiful handles, that thing is a talking piece!

[SpikeC]

Oh my! That does look promising!

[SpikeC]

How big is it?

[Burl Source]

Almost 5 foot long and the best curly figure I have ever seen through the whole piece.

[apicius9]

Oh man, how did you find that. Maybe I have to start going from door to door on the Big Island... I just got a few nice blanks from 80 year old stock, but yours looks fabulous. A true treasure, large boards with such a consistent curl are almost impossible to find. Almost too nice to cut it up, it would make a great knife block

Stefan

[Eamon Burke]

Make a surfboard.

[Darkhoek]

Would be really interesting to have sets made for wa handles 1"x1"x6" and sayas (thin lumber 12"x2.5"x3/8")

DarKHoeK

[Marko Tsourkan]

I feel like a treasure hunter who found gold!
It cost me the most I have ever paid for a single board, but I feel lucky to have found it.

A native Hawaiian had this in his Grandfather's stash (old stock, old growth Koa).
This is the best I have ever seen and it is still under a thick layer of dust.
I will post more photos when I cut and sand some of this.

I buy top notch quality koa kiln dried at $90/BF so if you got it for less, old stock, well seasoned, it's a great find.

M

[Marko Tsourkan]

Would be really interesting to have sets made for wa handles 1"x1"x6" and sayas (thin lumber 12"x2.5"x3/8")

DarKHoeK

Koa darkens a bit when stabilized, so to have a matching color on a handle and a saya, you have to play with water dyes. I find natural (unstabilized) koa the most appealing in terms of color.

M