Windline Pacific's Woodworks News & Articles
Dispatch from Hamakua 04/14/11
It’s a beautiful sunny day on the Hamakua coast. We have some very exciting new projects that have been in the works for the last few months. It’s finally time to announce that Windline is now making a new line of hair brushes! Three types of wood will be available for all the styles of brushes; milo, mango, and curly koa. The first line of brushes will include a large oval hair brush and a smaller oval purse brush. In these two sizes we will be offering a traditional flat brush and a hand sculpted line. These hair brushes make wonderful gifts and are great for everyday personal use. They will all be made of the the highest grade of curly Koa, Mango and figured Milo. Eventually we hope to have a matching mirror to go along with the hair brush so people can have the full set. The hair brushes will be available online for purchase within the next couple of months. As always we continue to get new wood in on a regular basis making all these new projects possible.
We have a couple of new members working on all of the projects so that we are able to stay on top of all the orders. Winter Anderson will be working on the hair brushes and the other various items available down in the shop. Gena kolander will keep the office and any other projects organized and running smoothly.
We still have wood available! A friend who has been milling Koa for some years here on the windward side of the Big Island has offered us the cutoffs from his milling operation. His prices will allow us to make them available to those woodworkers out in the world who do the type of smaller work which you see on my site, either for pleasure or profit. He has been milling on contract, deadfalls and larger limbs, thinning when necessary, with all the appropriate permits and authorizations from the private landowners, the state of Hawaii and the Federal Government.
These are what we call short shorts and are from twelve inches to twenty four inches long. Thickness is either one inch or two inches with widths from three inches to six inches. Prices will run from ten dollars ($10.00) a board foot for select to twenty two dollars ($22.00) a board foot for curly. Figured (ribbon with highlights) will be sixteen dollars ($16.00) a board foot. A board foot is twelve (12) inches by twelve (12) inches by one (1) inch thick or any variation of that total volume. The wood is slowly and carefully kiln dried.