Montserrat Posted January 20, 2016 Report Posted January 20, 2016 (edited) Mystery wood from the scrap pile at Woodcraft store. Was something special they said, but I can't remember. Can anybody identify the wood? It look like silk once I put the oil on. Amazing. Got the pattern from the German Scrollsaw magazine. Japanese Designer: Saburo Oguro. Edit: "Saburo Oguro" Edited January 20, 2016 by Montserrat Lucky2, tomsteve, neptun and 2 others 5 Quote
DWSUDEKUM Posted January 20, 2016 Report Posted January 20, 2016 Very nicely done. I like that grain a lot. Thanks for sharing this with us. DW Quote
Phantom Scroller Posted January 20, 2016 Report Posted January 20, 2016 No idea on the wood but love the puzzle. Roly Quote
Dan Posted January 20, 2016 Report Posted January 20, 2016 Nice! I think it's highly-figured puzzle wood. Quote
Ron Johnson Posted January 20, 2016 Report Posted January 20, 2016 Excellent work Monti. The wood looks like Lacewood from Australia. There are 25 different species. A beautiful wood when carving fish being the scales pop. Quote
Scrolling Steve Posted January 20, 2016 Report Posted January 20, 2016 Love the puzzle !....Very nice grain in that wood! Quote
penquin Posted January 20, 2016 Report Posted January 20, 2016 Very nice, love the wood. Saburo Oruro. does some great puzzles, to bad we can't get then here. Did buy a book from a store in what we call "Little Tokyo " here in Los Angeles. Not cheap and all in Japanese so I need help with it but the patterns are super. Thanks for showing us your work. jim penquin Quote
orangeman Posted January 20, 2016 Report Posted January 20, 2016 (edited) Very nice. It didn't take Google long to pick up on your post with the image!! Just Google Saburo Oruro puzzles and your post comes up #1!!!!! I sure wish his book was available! Edited January 20, 2016 by orangeman Quote
Montserrat Posted January 20, 2016 Author Report Posted January 20, 2016 Very nice, love the wood. Saburo Oruro. does some great puzzles, to bad we can't get then here. Did buy a book from a store in what we call "Little Tokyo " here in Los Angeles. Not cheap and all in Japanese so I need help with it but the patterns are super. Thanks for showing us your work. jim penquin https://www.bookdepository.com/Making-Marvelous-Wooden-Puzzles-70-Animal-Families-Saburo-Oguro/9781565236882 how about this book? Quote
Montserrat Posted January 20, 2016 Author Report Posted January 20, 2016 Could the wood be bigleaf maple? I seem to remember it being some maple variety. Quote
Montserrat Posted January 20, 2016 Author Report Posted January 20, 2016 Very nice. It didn't take Google long to pick up on your post with the image!! Just Google Saburo Oruro puzzles and your post comes up #1!!!!! I sure wish his book was available! It's because "autocorrect" changed Oguro to Oruro when I first posted... I corrected it! Quote
orangeman Posted January 21, 2016 Report Posted January 21, 2016 Montserrat, Says book is not available. bb Quote
Montserrat Posted January 21, 2016 Author Report Posted January 21, 2016 Now I want it and can't find it... Quote
LarryEA Posted January 21, 2016 Report Posted January 21, 2016 Well, you did excellent on the puzzle. Could be 'figured' or 'quilted' Maple. Quote
Dave Monk Posted January 21, 2016 Report Posted January 21, 2016 Cool puzzles! Thanks for sharing. dave Quote
Lucky2 Posted January 21, 2016 Report Posted January 21, 2016 Yes Monti, it very well could be bigleaf maple. It's a beautiful piece of wood, whatever type it is. Len Quote
wombatie Posted January 21, 2016 Report Posted January 21, 2016 No Idea what the wood is but it looks lovely so does your puzzle of Dachshunds. Marg Quote
Phantom Scroller Posted January 21, 2016 Report Posted January 21, 2016 Excellent work Monti. The wood looks like Lacewood from Australia. There are 25 different species. A beautiful wood when carving fish being the scales pop. Ron I think you right now you mention it I've seen boxes made from it. Roly Quote
amazingkevin Posted January 22, 2016 Report Posted January 22, 2016 Mystery wood from the scrap pile at Woodcraft store. Was something special they said, but I can't remember. Can anybody identify the wood? It look like silk once I put the oil on. Amazing. Got the pattern from the German Scrollsaw magazine. Japanese Designer: Saburo Oguro. Edit: "Saburo Oguro" First stacked dogs as a puzzle i've seen! Quote
orangeman Posted January 22, 2016 Report Posted January 22, 2016 Montserrat, I contacted Fox and the book never got published. Complications over "rights" at the last minute. We lose. Quote
Birchbark Posted January 22, 2016 Report Posted January 22, 2016 Fun design and excellent job cutting it. Love the wood Russell Quote
penquin Posted January 22, 2016 Report Posted January 22, 2016 https://www.bookdepository.com/Making-Marvelous-Wooden-Puzzles-70-Animal-Families-Saburo-Oguro/9781565236882 how about this book? Thanks for the lead but if you look it does say unavailable. This is the story everywhere. It seems he got into a fight with the publisher and it was pulled off the market and so far I have been unable to locate it anywhere or in any country. Thanks for thinking of me. jim Quote
bobscroll Posted January 23, 2016 Report Posted January 23, 2016 Very nice work there Monti! Thank you for showing! Bob Quote
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