[Spridgets] Custom Gearshift Knobs

[corvallis at peoplepc.com]

Snakewood is a common name of three different plants:

*	Acacia xiphophylla <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acacia_xiphophylla>
(family Fabaceae <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabaceae> ) in Australia 
*
<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brosimum_guianense&action=edit&re
dlink=1> Brosimum guianense (= Piratinera guianensis) (family Moraceae
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moraceae> ) in South America 
*	Colubrina <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colubrina>  species (family
Rhamnaceae <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhamnaceae> ) in North America 

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From: Brad Fornal [mailto:tequila.brad at gmail.com] 
Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 1:18 PM
To: corvallis at peoplepc.com
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Custom Gearshift Knobs

 

Go to ebay and search for snakewood. That is some pretty stuff!!

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On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 3:08 PM, <corvallis at peoplepc.com> wrote:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocobolo
...bill in oregon
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From: spridgets-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:spridgets-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Brad Fornal
Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 10:41 AM
To: Spridget list; Yahoo Spridget list
Subject: [Spridgets] Custom Gearshift Knobs

Martha and I took the 68 our for a cruise today, and we stopped at the flea
market. There was a guy there selling wine bottle stoppers (who keeps a half
full bottle of wine anyway?)
that at first I thought were gearshift knobs. He says that he can make them,
but has not had any market for them. SO, I am asking, would there be any
interest in a custom knob. He currently has about 30 toppers he could put on
them (including one with a V twin Mike!! ) but will also set coins, or
custom cloisonne's as long as they are 1 1/2" and under. He says he can fit
one of those silver 1 oz. coins in them, but they are so large, they are all
the way out to the edge of the shifter. The wood he uses is cocobolo, and
they look very nice.
If anyone is interested, I have photos and contact info I can share, just
hit me off list.

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DON JULIO 1942