Re: [Harp-L] Ironwood Combs

["Mike Rogers" <harpman9@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ah, but I would bo back that far.  I remember my mother mixing an orange 
little pill into the white oleo, to make it yellow.  Instant butter.

Bullfrog
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joseph Leone" <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Kevin Hamilton" <kham27@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Harp L Harp L" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2013 9:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Ironwood Combs


> Try Osage Orange, aka Monkey Ball tree, aka 'Genus Gumblembi'. It is a 
> buttery colored wood with streaks running through it. Very much like in 
> the old days when we would buy Oleo margarine (which was snow white) and 
> add a packet of yellow dye along the top. Which would seep into the Oleo 
> and make for a swirly varigated effect. Oh, but then you wouldn't go back 
> that far. Sorry...scuze me.  lolol
>
> smo-joe
>
> p.s. I used it to make authentic long bows.
>
> On Jan 2, 2013, at 10:47 AM, Kevin Hamilton wrote:
>
> > Yup. We live surrounded by carolinian forest so hornbeam is the other
> > common name used mostly in North Corolina.
> >
> > So my guess is that it has never been used for a harmonica comb.
> >
> > It is a super duper hardwood for anyone who has weilded an axe at one.
> >
> > I'm entrigued now! Stay tuned...