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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 961444, member: 111"]Well, not sure why the OP would need any further information than he already has, but at risk of being hit with cyber-tomatoes, I kinda like it - what was an ordinary relatively new, factory made piece now has a unique, and not unattractive to my eye, look (certainly better than some of the awful paint treatments - and I like painted furniture).</p><p><br /></p><p>My brother used to lathe-turn huge wooden candle pedestals in the early '70s, and used a blow-torch on them, not just for the look, but it also made them less likely to catch on fire (it's an old Japanese technique) - somewhere, I have an Asian cedar packing box of no great age or quality, the blackened grain really it's only attractive feature...</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 961444, member: 111"]Well, not sure why the OP would need any further information than he already has, but at risk of being hit with cyber-tomatoes, I kinda like it - what was an ordinary relatively new, factory made piece now has a unique, and not unattractive to my eye, look (certainly better than some of the awful paint treatments - and I like painted furniture). My brother used to lathe-turn huge wooden candle pedestals in the early '70s, and used a blow-torch on them, not just for the look, but it also made them less likely to catch on fire (it's an old Japanese technique) - somewhere, I have an Asian cedar packing box of no great age or quality, the blackened grain really it's only attractive feature... ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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