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I had fun with these, but I hope someone will help me remember what the heck type of wood I made these from! The name is at the tip of my tongue, It is an exotic, not cocobolo but something along those lines, very dense and heavy. The plank I used had a partial live edge so you'll see some of them with rustic edges, I love those the most. I finished them the night before the event, which was yesterday. My youngest daughter belongs to a Gymkhana club, barrel racing, speed poles, and more. We meet every third Saturday of the month and I volunteered my lumber and time to fabricate the plaques or trophies. They fund the engravings and horse head medallions. For a look at the last ones I did CLICK HERE. See the plaques I made and delivered yesterday morning to the event! They loved them! The stand about 8" tall by 7" wide. I sanded the plaques to 400, and applied a generous coat of BLO and let sit for 15 minutes, then I wiped them off. I re-visited the plaques 4 hours later and wiped them down again as the oil does leach after the initial wipe. The engraved plates came from a wonderful out fit here in town, just as the last ones I did, they came from Anady's Trophies. They are great folks, ready to help, and their quality and attention to detail is un-paralleled. We shopped around and found plates cheaper, but that's the operative word here, cheap, they were cheaper for a reason, the print was lasered on, it looked just like black print smooth to the surface of the plate, very un-classy. After all the work I put into these, I do not want cheap plates to grace the surface of these. So Anady's is the only way to go. Excellent quality and precision engravings. Also, how can I finish this topic without sharing some images of our day yesterday, the first image is my girl holding up here First Place ribbon in the Bi-rangle competition, Division 3 Junior. Her riding partner is sitting behind her, they are great friends and love riding with each other. And my lil girl getting ready to enter the competition area for the Birangle event. The horse she is on is a Mustang named Bubba Joe. He is 26 years old, that's almost a hundred in horse years, but folks, he is fast! The only reason he is living this long, and staying this strong, is he is being used as a daily rider, he gets love and attention, and he is not left in the stable for days on end, he feels needed. Lastly, my girl standing next to her instructor after the competition. The two of them have formed a wonderful friendship and our daughter loves riding with her, and she looks forward to Fridays as that is her lesson day. We had a great time folks. We always do. You cannot get more American then with these events out here in the west. The atmosphere is great, family, American, country music, kids laughing, parents fully involved in all facets of the event, and we all volunteer our time through out the day, yesterday my job was at the registration table, signing folks up for each event, and selling raffle tickets. Just good ol fashioned fun! Thanks for looking, thanks for putting up with my gloating.
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