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Paua Rosa with Maple Burl Cribbage Board

Project by Doodler posted 950 days ago 1144 views 2 times favorited 17 comments Add to Favorites Watch

Here’s a board I just completed that I had been working on for quite some time. I do find the time now and then to come up with new boards outside of commissioned ones. This new design is a 4-player board of Paua Rosa inlaid with Maple Burl. The large cabochon as well as the smaller ones in the skunk points are Lapis. It measures 18 3/4” x 6 1/4”.

-- Jeff, www.doodler.com


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Karson

25794 posts in 1293 days


posted 950 days ago

That’s a great looking board.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

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dbkmd

19 posts in 970 days


posted 950 days ago

This is a beautiful piece! All that drilling, though, must be about as tedious as sanding. You must have a lot of patience. Great work.

David

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Doodler

22 posts in 962 days


posted 950 days ago

Thanks Karson and David! I actually find peace in doing all that drilling. Kind of a Zen thing. I draft all the lines onto the board after finishing the inlay and then it’s just me and my drill press for an hour or so.

-- Jeff, www.doodler.com

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Chip

1058 posts in 985 days


posted 950 days ago

Beautiful Jeff. Makes me want to take up Cribbage… well, after I’m done my Thorsen Table of course. ;-)

Great piece and thanks for sharing!

-- Better to say nothing and be thought the fool... then to speak and erase all doubt.

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Jeff

997 posts in 986 days


posted 950 days ago

Jeff, I just checked out ALL of your boards. These are great! My personal favs are this new one, the spiral and especially the box. Over here in MN, cribbage is a big deal and I know quite a few folks who would drool over these. Very, very nice work!

-- Jeff, St. Paul, MN

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ShawnH

65 posts in 968 days


posted 950 days ago

My Grandma and Grandpa taught me to play cribbage long ago. I have been holding a deck of cards and yelling 15 2 for as long as I can remember. Grandma is passed now. Time to start teaching my kids. Fantastic boards. Takes me back, as you can now tell.

-- ShawnH "A little knowledge is a tool for disaster." Chinese porverb

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Greg Markus

17 posts in 956 days


posted 950 days ago

WOW! That is an amazing piece. Beautiful detail work. Thanks for sharing

-- Greg

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dennis mitchell

3791 posts in 1207 days


posted 950 days ago

It’s been a long time since I’ve played and I’ve never played on that nice a board.

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jockmike2

7297 posts in 1139 days


posted 950 days ago

Man would I like to 15 2 15 4 on that board. And you just hang these on the wall huh? They are beautiful. jockmike

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

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David

1982 posts in 1031 days


posted 949 days ago

Very nice! I like the wood choices and the lapis accents.

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MsDebbieP

14159 posts in 1053 days


posted 949 days ago

and a pair is 6 !

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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Doodler

22 posts in 962 days


posted 949 days ago

Glad to see there’s a lot of cribbage fans here. Anyone ever get a 29 hand? My partner Betsy got a 28 once playing against me (had the wrong Jack in her hand).

-- Jeff, www.doodler.com

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MsDebbieP

14159 posts in 1053 days


posted 949 days ago

Rick’s the cribbage master in this house. I’ll have to ask him what his best hand ever was.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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Obi

2191 posts in 1129 days


posted 701 days ago

and a run is 9… wait, 15 2, 15 4, pair is 6 and a double run is 12 and I got two for the Jack (on the cut).

I play cribbage with the money guy on a regular basis and he wanted me to make a cut-throat board… Now I got an idea to go on. Thanks Doodler.

Nice job.

-- http://ye-olde-cabinet-shoppe.com/

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toyguy

712 posts in 729 days


posted 701 days ago

“And one for his nibs”........... Nice work!

-- Brian's Table Top Toys http://home.mountaincable.net/~bgraham/

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Jim Crockett

319 posts in 625 days


posted 623 days ago

Beautiful board, Doodler. I have played cribbage since I was a little tyke – it actually helped me learn numbers and addition. Have never seen a nicer cribbage board. Have often thought I’d like to make myself one but it certainly wouldn’t be in the same class as yours.

Again, great work!!!

JimC

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spoonman

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posted 526 days ago

An absolutely phenom, wow. very inspiring. wonderful job on the inlay. wow. beats a traditional board anyday. well done. love the wood selection as well.
Jesse

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