Wood suppliers and why they hate me....

[R.D.Metcalf]

Sorry but I got to vent somewhere....My project is at a standstill and its giving me a major attitude problem. I've called dunlap 3 times waited for the thrice promised next day call back....no call.... changed plans ....decided to do a curly maple inlay in an ash scabbard....Son of a b%^&!!.... No ash to be had! went to look at some, it was outside half rotten, the dude looked surprised when I didnt take it.

The last guy I talked to at dunlap sounded like a woman over the phone I called him ma'am 3 times....so I figure I'm screwed with them. Sharps lumber is nice but frankly I cant afford them at the moment, and I needed a cigarette and help to the door after the last transaction .

I got enough maple to inlay but not enough to make a scabbard and I've been planning this all winter....This is the first time a project has went t*ts up and I'm not to blame....as it stands I've got the option of oak, hemlock or dead plain birch...Or a sword with no rig I've tried to set my bar high,but I think it just cracked my head .....

[Eric C]

I've tried to set my bar high,but I think it just cracked my head .....

Hehe, I know the feeling. But usually it's my own fault. Hope it works out for you really soon.

[Mirimaran]

Admitting beforehand that I know nothing of wood and/or the choosing of wood for a special scabbard project, but here is a link:

http://www.woodworkerssource.com/lumber.html

[R.D.Metcalf]

Ken, you are the man! Thanks, bro! You just saved me some money and time


Eric, now that I'm cooled down a bit I have to say the part about it "not being my fault" was hasty and not true. I should've laid in my scabbard supplies when I bought the grip wood...So I have to own that one too.

I just hate playing phone tag especially when it becomes clear they either dont have it or want to part with it...I dont blame them for that, but I do blame them for not being upfront with me. What raked me over the coals was the fact I bought a stock blank from them less than a month ago... I will do business with them again Wayne and Daniel are good guys, but I think they're better lumber men and sawyers than office workers.

Thanks to both of you for the kind words and for putting up with my rant.

[Eric C]

RD, I can't tell you how many times I've dressed someone down only to calm down a bit and have to come back with head held low and apologize for how I treated them. It's humbling. I'm slowly but surely learning to slow down a bit. But still, things happen.

[R.D.Metcalf]

Your a bigger man than me, I have only apologized to loved ones for angry words. But it does make for a regret at times....I've come down hard on several that in after thought I know I shouldnt have...This is why I prefer to work alone. I'm focused, driven, and hit it hard and I find it very easy to lose patience with the less focused and more relaxed types. I work to live and even when I play...its work. I cant handle inactivity, and what I, sometimes mistakenly, perceive as sloth, lack of focus, or stupidity lights my fuse. I grew up with a hard lot and I'm slowly becoming all the curmudgeons I used to hate

[Mirimaran]

You're welcome R.D. and I hope that you can get the things you need for your project, and of course I can't wait to see pics! Sometimes I get a bit impatient myself and sometimes find it hard to hold my tongue, but there's a bit of wisdom in these words, and they've proved themselves to me as great advice time and again:

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. Proverbs 15:1

and, of course:

Patience is a virtue.

Ken

[Ernildir]

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. Proverbs 15:1

Very true. Lots of good stuff in Proverbs. One of my favorite books.

[R.D.Metcalf]

Thank you, Ken . I declare for the Old Troth but there is alot of wisdom in the King James Bible, ironically it was the book I learned to read from, as it was the only book my great-grandparents owned, Grandma Freeman had me reading before first grade, she baby-sat me while my parents worked.

As I have the weird, self destructive tendency to jump in over my head and go full speed into the challenge my favorite quotes have always been adversial in nature so my favorite passage comes from the book of Micah "Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy, when I fall I shall arise"

[Ernildir]

Thank you, Ken . I declare for the Old Troth but there is alot of wisdom in the King James Bible, ironically it was the book I learned to read from, as it was the only book my great-grandparents owned, Grandma Freeman had me reading before first grade, she baby-sat me while my parents worked.

As I have the weird, self destructive tendency to jump in over my head and go full speed into the challenge my favorite quotes have always been adversial in nature so my favorite passage comes from the book of Micah "Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy, when I fall I shall arise"

KJV is certainly my favorite translation. I think it is pretty cool that you learned to read with archaic English. And that is quite a passage. I had not grasped the profundity nor the beauty of it before you brought it up just now.

[R.D.Metcalf]

Yeah, well... when folk ask me about real mountain folk...I just tell'em we were like the amish, just better armed If folk would read the bible with the rhythym and tonal inflection used to recite Shakespeare IE true spoken middle English, it makes for some beautiful reading indeed... to quote Cahill "sheer, ruthless, prose". Like Beowulf Havamal or the sagas these words were meant to be spoken not read. another good one is the words of none other than Christ himself regarding John if I recall, "what came ye for to see... A reed shaken by the wind?"

Frith,

RDM

[Cinead]

Try Advantage Lumber, they have a website. I have used them with great success when ordering ipe to make the cores for my longbows.

[appalachianranger]

Sometimes the best medicine a man can have is to rail uncontrollably for a few moments before calming down and collecting himself, refreshed.