Feels a bit like Xmas-Engelman has arrived

[Allen]

I just got my package of Engelman Spruce from Graham Hein today in the post. It left Canada on the 28th of August and showed up on the 30th of November. Not quite the 6-8 weeks that I was hoping for, but I'll plan well ahead the next time.



10 tops and 10 lbs. of brace wood. Guess what I'm going to be doing over the holidays.

Customs and Quarantine opened it up as well. I can only wonder what they think when they open a spruce box full of spruce....makes one think were all a little mad .

[graham mcdonald]

Try coming through customs at Sydney airport with a 10" thick billet of Sitka taking up most of your suitcase. That caused considerable excitement once I opened it up. Their main concern is beetle and bugs and such like and once I explained what it was for they were fine and even a bit interested.

Graham Hein has just sent me some Englemann mandolin wood. He was going to be in the US and the US Postal Service sent it by airmail for only a little more than the Canadian Post Office wanted for surface mail. Arrived in 9 days from the US and untouched by customs. It is random because I have had to make lengthy explanations to the Customs people in Sydney several times to get stuff through without paying duty/GST, yet most of the time things just appear at the PO box.

Nice wood too!

cheers

graham

[Hesh1956]

Very nice Allen!!!!

That looks like some mighty fine Engleman and it should produce some excellent instruments.

enjoy!

[Serge]

Happy for ya mate, what a nice feeling when such a package gets at the door huh?


Nice wood indeed!