Gorgeous! That’s the kill-you-from-the-inside wood, yes?
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oooh the grain on that wenge is so nice though!
And what type of wood is the bottom left one in this picture? Love the look of that one!
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That’s the one. I wouldn’t take take a whiff of it without a respirator on. It looks and smells something like chocolate when you are turning it, but it produces a very fine dust that when breathed gives an enormous headache.
It also splinters very easily and the splinters cause infection almost straight away. There are also reports of people getting a kind of blood disease from it.
Have no fear though. It’s perfectly safe to throw as a yoyo.
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That one is tiger oak that was grown locally. Super nice, but very gnarly. It’s hard to find decent parts of the board of It I have to cut yoyo halves from.
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Beautiful grain, very aptly named with that tiger-y look.
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I made this yoyo as a gift for the first person ever to buy one of my yoyos. I made it from photinia wood from the backyard of my childhood home, so it has some sentimental significance to me. As do you @French. Thank you for being the first person to take a risk by purchasing one of my handmade yoyos. Your encouragement by doing so helped give me the confidence to continue.
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The pictures below are first yoyo I bought from @Glenacius_K. If memory serves me correctly, this is the yoyo I used for fixed axle at the New York YoYo Club’s first one throw event. I also seem to remember a few guys borrowing it for their fixed axle freestyle.
Thank you Glenn. I am at a loss for words beyond thank you!
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Are the White Oak Ballsy, and Wenge Boon for me!?!?
If the Boon’s not, I’ll pay extra to make it mine!
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They should be! You’ve got the biggest Spinworthy collection in the US I’d bet!
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I don’t know, but I’m close to having more SWs than any other maker! Different yoyos at least, I’ve got whole boxes of 3-in-1s and YYFs.
Couple of dud Survivalists as Glen mentioned, have lowered my count. Maybe I’ll send them back, and see if he can put Cabal guts in them!
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We are gonna need a Spinworthy collection pic!!
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OK, but I do it after it’s grown by 2!
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The white oak Ballsy I made was really nice, but not as smooth as I would have liked, So I will be remaking it from a different board of white oak. Yes, it was intended for you.
The wenge Boon was fot someone else, but I’ll happily make your Boon out of wenge if you like.
I think also @gcoomans has a pretty big Spinworthy collection also, even one of a kind single piece yoyo I made called the Onesy. I think he’s traded away a number of them though, So You may actually have the largest Spinworthy collection.
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I’ve only given away one of my harbingers, the rest are used on a weekly basis! I’ve gotta try a boon in the future!
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I’ll get some pics up tomorrow when I’m not at work!!
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Gosh, I’ve come a long way in my knowledge and skill since that yoyo! I believe that one had a 6mm oak axle and response recesses that were too shallow, but it still seemed to perform OK.
I used a router back then to make my yoyos, rather than a lathe.
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I’m curious, do you use any sort of finish on your yo-yos? Tung oil? Wax? Or do you just keep them raw?
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I have used a few things before. I used to use a beeswax based product, then I changed to just using mineral oil.
Now I use a woodwipe made from tung and citrus oils. I’m happiest with that one because it is the most natural.
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More natural than bee’s wax?
Edit: noticed ou wrote beeswax-based. My bad. Think beeswax straight would work? Have a bunch laying around.
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I’ve noticed that wood workers usually combine the beeswax with something else before using it on wood. I’m guessing that it wouldn’t penetrate properly on its own.
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