I arrived at the Lumber yard  to meet the lumber lady, Judith Mattard, a very nice lady who has some very unique woods and after dealing with her I can safely say she is one of the few wood merchants I have met that you could trust. The gentleman beside Judy is Kenny,  a clever fellow that can solve any problem you come up against.  He was helping me cut up some snakewood and I made the comment that he was a lateral thinker, and his reply made me laugh.  He said, "I was pretty much used to fitting 10 pounds of shit in a 5 pound box."  That sums Kenny up - he is one of the good guys.

The next photo is what greeted me at the lumber yard. A tense moment as you don't know what you are looking at as far as quality goes.   There were a few cracks on the outside of the logs, but that is to be expected. After rolling the logs around the figure on the outside looked good which is promising.   I was feeling confident, the lumber lady had come through with the goods.

Kenny sharpened the chain saw up and I cut a log into the sizes I could manage on the bandsaw.   A smile came to my face when I saw the bomb burst figure on the end grain, this was looking good.  

The next photo is what I found when I cut some of the wood up on the band saw.   It doesn't get much better than this.  I purchased the 4 larger logs shown in the third photo and they all contain figure like this. I can't wait to make some planes out of this wood.

Thanks Judy & Co