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Holly interesting discount - Bucko - 08-02-2020
How this for a drastic price reduction, picture says it all. $5750 down to $575
RE: Holly interesting discount - farmerj111 - 08-02-2020
Move that decimal one more space to the left and we have a deal!
RE: Holly interesting discount - AHill - 08-03-2020
Since it's normally $30/bf, that's a pretty good deal. The original price is their NORMAL price for Holly.
RE: Holly interesting discount - iclark - 08-03-2020
(08-03-2020, 10:59 AM)AHill Wrote: Since it's normally $30/bf, that's a pretty good deal. The original price is their NORMAL price for Holly.
Having trouble reading the text in the graphic, but it sorta sounds like this is their reject pile holly: cutoffs, warped, and knotty.
Is $30/bf their normal price for low-grade holly?
RE: Holly interesting discount - Bucko - 08-03-2020
Let me try a copy/ paste to go direct to item https://store.hearnehardwoods.com/?s=Holly&post_type=product&type_aws=true
RE: Holly interesting discount - ez-duzit - 08-03-2020
I substitute maple where holly is more traditionally called for (white wood strips between teak planking).
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RE: Holly interesting discount - AHill - 08-03-2020
(08-03-2020, 02:29 PM)iclark Wrote: Having trouble reading the text in the graphic, but it sorta sounds like this is their reject pile holly: cutoffs, warped, and knotty.
Is $30/bf their normal price for low-grade holly?
Their price list doesn't distinguish between grades. It just says $30/BF. If it truly is cutoffs, I still think it's a good deal, since holly is often used for stringing, inlays, etc. and you don't need long, thick boards to do that.
RE: Holly interesting discount - Phil S. - 08-03-2020
If these are cutoffs, I'd like to see what they came from. Ad says they're 6-7 feet long, 6-10" wide, 191 bf. With the defect you wouldn't end up with usable pieces that size, but still a lot of material here for roughly $3/bf.
RE: Holly interesting discount - TomFromStLouis - 08-10-2020
The extraordinary thing about holly is its color and these boards do not really have it; they are all blue stained to a degree. This is a common defect in holly (along with warping which also they acknowledge) and while it does not detract from holly's favorable (to me) working characteristics, it does disqualify it as usable for the things we usually use holly for: stringing and contrast.
So what is it good for? Not sure. If I knew I'd be using more of the blue stained holly I have from my kind neighbor.
RE: Holly interesting discount - Handplanesandmore - 08-10-2020
Ya know what? They just fixed a typo!
Simon