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season wooden chopping boards
On 01/05/2004 5:32 AM, in article
, "Katra"
> opined:
> In article >,
> Bob Pastorio > wrote:
>
>> The Wolf wrote:
>>
>>> You wrote:
>>
>>>> I have a mahogany board (soft, yes, but beautiful, and my
>>>> knives love not fighting hardwood) that I "made" by having
>>>> a droid at Home Depot
>>>
>>> You bought mahogany at Home Depot? You just proved you are more stupid than
>>> even I thought!
>>
>> I don't understand. What's the difference where you buy a small piece
>> of mahogany? Or any other kind of wood. Obviously, I don't buy a lot
>> of wood.
>>
>> Pastorio
>>
>
> I'm betting he shops at places like Furrows. <G>
> This is similar to his challenge to me about 600 grit sandpaper.
> I can get it at different places, (Furrows, Dyers lapidary supply etc.)
> but it's less expensive to get it at Hobby Lobby. :-)
>
> Regular Lumber stores are carrying more specialty woods now and they are
> not inexpensive, but more reasoanble then getting them at specialty
> shops. I'm wondering if he knows that?
>
> He also might be questioning the grade of wood. Supposedly, someplace
> like Lowe's or Home Depot might not carry furniture grade. <shrugs> Does
> one really need furniture grade for a cutting board? ;-)
>
> K.
Home Depot is fine for sheet goods since most are manufactured in Taiwan and
the price is cheap.
The quality of what they sell for hardwoods is EXTREMELY poor but what they
make their money on is uneducated consumers.
Kinda like the difference between a good butcher or fish monger and the
neighborhood supermarket.
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