| Project by Scott Gilroy | posted 86 days ago | 724 views | 2 times favorited | 8 comments |  |
 |
Made of Hawaiian Koa and Gaboon Ebony, this presentation board was made for my sister-in-law who had bought me the Koa on a trip to Hawaii. I held on to the wood for over 10 years waiting for the right project at the right time…this was it.
The back is engraved with the following Hawaiian saying: “‘Ike aku, ‘ike mai, kōkua mai; pela iho la ka nohona ‘ohana , which translates as “Recognize others, be recognized, help others, be helped; such is a family relationship”.
MAHALO!
-- Scott
| Pin It |
8 comments so far
Hawaiilad
home | projects | blog
869 posts in 1193 days
#1 posted 86 days ago
Nice job of book matching those pieces of Koa. I love working with Koa. I like the boards that go from very dark into a cream color like you are showing. A very costly wood, so I am lucky to have a logger friend that has a permit to log Koa….I get it from him at below wholesale prices, with some thrown in free…but no all the time..He runs out of it.
-- Hawaiilad Larry
woodbutcherbynight
home | projects | blog
873 posts in 581 days
#2 posted 86 days ago
Nice looks great! Interesting woods.
-- Live to tell the stories, they sound better that way.
robert triplett
home | projects | blog
1309 posts in 1277 days
#3 posted 86 days ago
Beautiful!!
-- Robert, so much inspiration here, and so little time!
AspiringWoodworker
home | projects | blog
49 posts in 477 days
#4 posted 86 days ago
Very nice!!
-- Jeff W., Boston, MA area, http://aspiringwoodworker.com
DannyThunder
home | projects | blog
24 posts in 788 days
#5 posted 85 days ago
Very nice. Presentation Board no ka oi!
Woodbridge
home | projects | blog
1549 posts in 590 days
#6 posted 85 days ago
beautiful, I’m sure your sister-in-law will love it.
-- Peter, Woodbridge, Ontario
MonteCristo
home | projects | blog
2061 posts in 360 days
#7 posted 85 days ago
Very handsome !
-- Dwight - "Free legal advice available - contact Dewey, Cheetam & Howe""
Scott Gilroy
home | projects | blog
45 posts in 1174 days
#8 posted 84 days ago
THANKS FOR ALL THE KIND WORDS.
-- Scott
Have your say...