Took a while but it was worth the wait. Got these from hatchett creek cases, first is walnut, second is wormwood. Thanks for the look.

Very respectable resting places for ancient masterpieces.
The wormwood is neat ( might not be so neat if it was the wood holding up your
house )

Now those are some real nice cases. I may have to switch over to those. The inlay and design really stands out.

Those are real nice. Yeah I am liking the heck out of em.

The inlay really sets them off!

and the points are killers as well!!!

Thanks guys, appreciate the compliments.

Now that I see how nice wormwood finishes out I wish I had collected more at the time I picked up this piece



From the Washington coast not far N of the Columbia R mouth. What the surf does to driftwood ( including 50' trees ) is impressive. Note RR spike in
what is left of the crosstie.

Plenty of that wormwood around, might be more correctly called swiss cheese wood

Chris, I liked those dandies so much that I just ordered 2 for the Spiro beads I am keepin! Thanks for turnin me on to that guy. mike

I guess I should seen those in person, or maybe she just sent me some crappy work. My long awaited cases arrive with blotchey finish (full of embedded sawdust), miters mis-aligned ( one side sticking up a full 1/16 above the other), glass not set completely into the rabbitt. Even sliced my finger checking that out! After relaying my disappointment in her product, she told me to pack them up and return them. But once i repacked and asked for the shipping address............she told me to keep them and resale them. That there was nothing wrong with those cases! Once again, "if a deal seems too good to be true...it probably is." If you want a quality case, buy from Cox. Hatchett Creek cases are not even the quality of Meador's!

That's very disappointing, sorry about that mike. I would never have recommended them if I knew they would act that way.