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With all this time off I’ve got to do some smaller projects. Got lots of scrap and spare time. I was raised with a pig board my dad had built in high school woodshop. This is my take on it, a Bear board. I made my wife a large “fancy” cutting board but it never gets used because it is just to large and heavy. The main board is a sapwood cherry. The lightning bolts are made from walnut, heartwood cherry, and purpleheart.
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Napaman
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#1 posted 1581 days ago
hahha…that is really cool…and colder on that white stuff—-what is that???
-- Matt--Proud LJ since 2007
Mark A. DeCou
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#2 posted 1581 days ago
very unique Dennis, maybe you’ve started something for a new design competition, “The-not-your-normal-cutting board” here at LJ.
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Douglas Bordner
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#3 posted 1581 days ago
Zuni Bear Fetish cutting boards…Dennis there is some rich gal in Scottsdale,Taos or Albuquerque that wants to drop $250 on this for you. Need to get you wired into those SW folks.
-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.
Bill
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#4 posted 1581 days ago
Nice cutting board Dennis. I like the different style. Maybe you are on to something there.
-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com
CharlieM1958
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#5 posted 1581 days ago
Dennis, I must admit I’m pretty sick of looking at cutting boards, but this one is one is great! I mean….... it bear-ly even looks like a cutting board.
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
mtnwild
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#6 posted 1581 days ago
Good imagination and design. Bet you sparked some folks out there, besides myself.
-- mtnwild (Jack), It's not what you see, it's how you see it.
MsDebbieP
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#7 posted 1581 days ago
once again Dennis creates a piece of art! Awesome.
I’m sure there is some Native story being told in the design. I really like it!!
-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
Scott Bryan
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#8 posted 1581 days ago
Dennis, this is a unique design and a nice way to use those offcuts they seem to lie around the shop for eons.
Nice job.
-- Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful- Joshua Marine
RusticElements
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#9 posted 1581 days ago
Nice board. I like it.
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Bill
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#10 posted 1580 days ago
Now Dennis can start the whole bear family, and use up more scrap wood. Then there are birds and other animals too….a whole nature scene
-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com
Karson
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#11 posted 1580 days ago
Great Dennia. A very nice board.
-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †
dennis mitchell
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#12 posted 1580 days ago
That’s right Bill. I’ll call it the Goldilocks collection. This cutting board is too small, this one is tooooo big….
Thanks for your comments!
Dan'um Style
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#13 posted 1580 days ago
very well done … reveals your artistic side
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brianinpa
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#14 posted 1580 days ago
A very nice design to change from the ordinary. Nice work.
-- Brian, Lebanon PA, If you aren’t having fun doing it, find something else to do.
motthunter
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#15 posted 1580 days ago
great pattern look. I like it.
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