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Would you smoke this or save it?
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<blockquote data-quote="Blackhorse" data-source="post: 591439" data-attributes="member: 1365"><p>Lignum Vitea? Very interesting stuff. It’s known among wood carvers for its hardness. I recall its SO hard they made bearings out of it for some unique applications. It is also one of the more commonly misidentified species out there. A roadside papa san claiming it to be the species of his craft should be suspect at the least. I would never in a month o’Sundays believe it to be the actual species. </p><p></p><p>So you’re left with:</p><p></p><p>1. It’s real…is it OK to smoke?</p><p>2. It’s not real…so what is it? Is THAT OK to smoke?</p><p>3. Even if “safe” do you even WANT to char its pristine beauty?</p><p></p><p>For me, number three is the real question here. Once it’s burned - it’s burned. I’d druther have it preserve some memories of your trip forever and look as lovely as the day it suckered some gullible American tourist. Um…that came out sounding a bit more harsh than intended. You might have picked up two! One fer saving and one to test. </p><p></p><p>Be sure your kin put “My friends TOLD me not to smoke it!” on your tombstone. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😪" title="Sleepy face :sleepy:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f62a.png" data-shortname=":sleepy:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blackhorse, post: 591439, member: 1365"] Lignum Vitea? Very interesting stuff. It’s known among wood carvers for its hardness. I recall its SO hard they made bearings out of it for some unique applications. It is also one of the more commonly misidentified species out there. A roadside papa san claiming it to be the species of his craft should be suspect at the least. I would never in a month o’Sundays believe it to be the actual species. So you’re left with: 1. It’s real…is it OK to smoke? 2. It’s not real…so what is it? Is THAT OK to smoke? 3. Even if “safe” do you even WANT to char its pristine beauty? For me, number three is the real question here. Once it’s burned - it’s burned. I’d druther have it preserve some memories of your trip forever and look as lovely as the day it suckered some gullible American tourist. Um…that came out sounding a bit more harsh than intended. You might have picked up two! One fer saving and one to test. Be sure your kin put “My friends TOLD me not to smoke it!” on your tombstone. 😪 [/QUOTE]
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