I promised myself I would accomplish a couple of things with my woodworking this past week and those items will be accomplished once I post this today.
For starters, I have been unhappy with the available colours. I had cherry wood hair sticks but no colour remotely reminiscent of a traditional cherry finish. The cherry stain that I purchased and still offer barely colours the wood much more than highlighting the grain. I'm sure customers will like it but for me, I think of a cherry finish with that old-fashioned rich reddish brown colouration. I have found a stain that gives me what I was looking for. The website will only officially offer it on the black cherry hair sticks but if someone makes a special request I will apply it to any other kind of wood I offer. I just don't show it here because I don't want to misrepresent one kind of wood for another. This is done with cherry all the time. I worked for a rocking chair manufacturer that sold chairs with a cherry finish. No piece of actually cherry wood every went through that factory. The underlying wood was always maple or birch. They are quality hardwoods but they are not cherry. If you buy furniture in any large store unless it is specifically advertised as cherry wood it's just a cherry finish. My black cherry hair sticks are actually made from cherry wood.
I did get some photos of maple hair sticks added to the hair sticks page. I have to put in some more pictures yet but the page is really rounding out.
I have a goal to make a post every week. A big pat on the back for myself for making this two weeks in a row. I have something in mind already for next week so hopefully, I can build up some momentum and see things start to take off.
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