This past Saturday, four of us from the Harrisburg Women's Woodworking Club visited Hearne Hardwoods in Oxford, PA.
The new sho
wroom that's currently under construction will be spectacular when complete. Let's put it this way—they're using ebony pegs for the mortise and tenon timber framing. I think that says it all.The current showroom houses samples of exotic and domestic lumber, including some jaw-dropping flitches leaning against the wall.
Two amiable labs who like to pretend your legs are a bridge under which they should travel halfway and then stop, and a fluffy puffball masquerading as a cat greet you upon entry.
The people are friendly and helpful and let you wander throughout the warehouse at your leisure.
The women were choosing lumber for jewellry boxes they plan to build at our next meeting and I was looking for wood for handplanes and whatever else caught my eye.
We came away with Curly Cherry, European Plum, Bocote, and a thoroughly enjoyable experience.