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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;808 raver, post: 11809622, member: 4654&quot;]My thoughts, it&#039;s not Cuban mahogany, Cuban mahogany is very dark and by the time this was made Cuban mahogany would have been the exterior wood on show. This doesn&#039;t detract from the quality of the slope, it&#039;s about the best you can get for an English made slope, carved ebony slopes from India may be more expensive but this has all the hallmarks of the finest slopes money can buy. </p><p>Saying all that I don&#039;t think it&#039;s worth spending $2500 on restoring it, the reason for me saying this is because it doesn&#039;t need that much work. Boulle restorers often work for people who don&#039;t make profits like museums ect. In the UK a restoration like this would be bread and butter for most restorers and wouldn&#039;t need a Boulle restorer, personally I think it&#039;s ebony or maybe buffalo horn (from India) this would be a very good alternative if it is black tortoise shell as in the UK tortoise shell wouldn&#039;t be allowed anyway. Of course if you have a boulle chevalet it makes the job easier but you don&#039;t need one, any jeweller would easily be able to fretsaw this out if you can&#039;t do it yourself. Restoration costs are sometimes stupid, have you been around antiques stores to ask who does theirs? You might find there are many more local to you who don&#039;t specialise in Boulle but can do the work anyway. I would have thought a far more realistic price for the US would be $800-$1000, at least at that price you still have profit, in the UK I wouldn&#039;t expect more than £600 for the finest job. Why not try doing the work yourself? It wont cost much for the brass and a sheet of ebony and if it is buffalo horn even cheaper as that can be found in pet shops as a chew toy for dogs or bought on ebay, it may take you 20x as long but well worth the time. If you do decide to do it by yourself I&#039;m happy to take you through it step by step but I will need detailed photos as you go.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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