The Wolf wrote:
> 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.
Not looking for a hassle here, but I still don't get it. If HD has a
piece of wood that's not cracked and doesn't have knots, bullet holes
or teethmarks in it, what's the difference?
I bought some very pretty basswood at a Lowe's to make keepsake chests
for my grandsons for X-mas. Just like I made all those years ago for
their mother. They were very simple and the wood was easy to work, in
keeping with my carpentry skills. Rectangular boxes with nice finishes
on them. Rope handles. The wood sufficed for my purposes.
Sometimes the neighborhood supermarket is good enough for the task at
hand, no? I want a choice-grade chuck for a pot roast; Kroger will do.
I want a rib section to entertain my mother, several ex-presidents and
the Queen of the May; the uptown butcher.
Make sense?
Pastorio