Saturday, 7 June 2014

What's New - June 7th

It's been a busy week for us at KJP! Unloading skids & skids of beautiful wood... here are some pics of what has arrived! There are many more new things - but you'll have to visit the store to see :-)

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Redwood Lace Burl
Live Edge Cherry & Pine slabs - exceptionally wide.
Here is a close-up of the slab right above. The dimensions are 2.5" x 29" x 102".
And here is a close-up of the Pine slab from right above. The dimensions are 4" x 25" x 101".
Our Spalted/Live Edge row is bursting with new slabs... a must see!
For the first time in KJP history, we finally have 6/4 Walnut - and it's gorgeous stuff!

9ft Prime Cherry, 4/4

Looking to save on Cherry? These new 4ft lengths are ideal!

5/4 Maple - back in stock

5/4 Cherry - a wonderful new skid with some really wide boards as well! Don't wait long if that's what you need...

6/4 Cherry 

This is only a small amount of the Live Edge Walnut slabs now available... if you like Walnut, a trip in to KJP is a must!

See what I mean? And each one is nicer than the next...
Another new Live Edge species for KJP - Ambrosia Maple! 

This is our Cherry section, nice and full!

Pen Blanks & Turning Hardware - lots of new goodies! See our What's New page for all the items

Calling all carvers! We now have 4/4 & 10/4 Basswood in stock. 16/4 to arrive later next week.

Tuesday, 27 May 2014

California Redwood Slab - FINISHED!

Have you ever seen the trees in California that you can actually drive through? If you haven't, quickly google that and return to this blog post :-)

'The Beast' arrived back in March and Cathy has been working on it daily ever since. Measuring 3" x 30-61" x 91", this absolutely stunning piece is now complete.

Here are some photos taken throughout the process... enjoy!

Just in the door
Close up of the slab to show the figure


Began by sealing the reverse side and edges. Ready to flip over and begin sanding down the main side.
Edges were sealed with epoxy and then sanded finely with steel wool to minimize the gloss
Slab has been flipped, and the good side is ready to begin sanding





Let's just say we went through a lot of sand paper...
Sanding the piece down exposed about a hundred little surface cracks. Each and every one was meticulously filled. Depending on the depth,  coffee grounds and/or epoxy & CA glue were used.

See those tiny cracks where the top of the slab meets the side? Yup... they got filled as well.  
Done! Finished with 6 coats of Livos. This slab is a must see...


Friday, 23 May 2014

One of a kind pieces - Currently in stock

Our stock is constantly rotating but I thought we'd do a little post about current "one of a kind" pieces throughout the showroom. Here are just a few examples...

Water-cured Redwood Slab
Guanacaste

Olivewood
Cherry & Walnut

Bubinga & Spalted Maple

Olivewood

Highly Figured Quilted Maple

Spalted, Figured Maple

Honey Locust

Claro Walnut 

Claro Walnut


Maple Burl
Maple Burl

Claro Walnut Burl

Bubinga

Claro Walnut

Claro Walnut

Maple Burl

Maple Burl

Claro Walnut

Buckeye Burl

Wenge & Iroko

Siberian Larch

Spalted Basswood, Spalted Maple, Maple Burl

Frijolillo

Maple Burl

Zapatero

Claro Walnut

Quilted Maple

Maple Burl