Mike L B
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I helped move a shop several years ago and was given some wood and a few tools for my labor.
This was in the trade.
It is marked Vera wood and it is 9 1/2 inches long, 5 1/2 wide and 4 1/4 thick.
I don't have any use for it as it is VERY hard and I don't want to break my Lie Nielsen planes 
Any idea on the value?
Thanks,
Mike
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Humanbackhoe
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Mike L B said:
Any idea on the value?
Mike
I have made a couple of mallets from that wood, I'll give you $50 for it.
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This will give you an idea and the $50. offer is very fair, your block looks like premium wood
Cookwoods, verawood
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RokJok
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You may be able to extrapolate a board-foot price approximation from what Gilmer Wood Co gets for vera wood.
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I got a block of that under the bench too.
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Arlin Eastman
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Wow
That looks nice. Would be great to make a hollow form out of with maybe some Maple as a collor.
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JR1
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Its a Pita to work. Very dense and hard, similar to Lignum Vitae and more difficult than Ipê. Very oily so it is difficult to glue. Some folks are violently allergic to it. It will not damage your hand planes but be prepared to sharpen early and often. The guy around here who regularly uses it uses it strictly for turnings. I got a piece and made some shelf edging out of it—never again. Trashed a band saw blade. Work with carbide tools if machining. Very durable and pretty though. You can verify that that is what you have; it doesn't float.
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