On 13 Jan, 2005, at 7:03, Tom Davenport wrote:
Thanks for all of the information. Henk, please explain exactly what you mean by "sensitized". Am I correct in assuming that repeated exposure to something creates an allergic reaction that previously did not occur? And if so, is this condition permanent?
Yes, and yes.
I haven't had the usual respiratory symptoms such as stuffy nose, itchy eyes, etc. Just inflamed, itchy skin. Most of the symptoms are gone now (I haven't turned since last Saturday) but the skin is rough or chapped wherever the problems occurred. And it still burns a little when I apply lotion.
Could very well be an allergic reaction. Plain irritant/corrosive action can give similar symptoms, but AFAIK there are few woods that contain such irritants.
Here is a list of some of the woods I have: Local: Walnut, Maple, Hickory, Myrtle, Oak, Cedar, Birch, Apricot, Apple, Cherry, Redwood, Pine, Locust, Sycamore, Mesquite, Juniper (many of these are burls) Exotic: Sapele, Shedua, Makore, Bubinga, Wenge, Ebony, Jarrah, Leopardwood, Snake Wood, Bocote, Chechen, Cocobolo, Jatoba, Purple Heart, Yellow Heart, Madrone, Katolox.
Oh man, talk about a collection of nice woods. I have a lot of purpleheart, some wenge, african blackwood, Rio rosewood, american walnut, a nice yew crotch, a whole board (including bark, about 5 feet) of olive, some african padouk, abachi, bubinga (nice for small tool handles), some ilex oak, small piece of ebony,fair amount of zebrawood, maple, cherry and ash... No burls at all :-(
As you can see, as is often the case when starting a new hobby, , I have gone over board. But my primary interest was making reel seat inserts from as many promising different woods as I could find, then selling enough of them to pay for the wood. I don't know how to make money, so that was never a consideration.
Same here with tying tools. Take a look at http://www.xs4all.nl/~flyrod/tackle/tools/index.html
I've sold a fair number of extended body tools at shows, enough to pay for some of this hobby...
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