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August 18, 2019 Grafton Illinois Meeting, USA
Sunday, August 18, 2019, from 1-4pm located in Grafton, Illinois. Knotty-by-Nature. Check out their website and Facebook page for more information. Thank you Garry Roux for organizing this event on such short notice!
All,
On Sunday, the St Louis area IWCS members went to Grafton, Illinois and toured Knotty By Nature Hardwood, a specialty wood shop with a large selection of common and exotic live edge slabs, lumber, antiques, and beautiful wood products, most pieces designed and handcrafted by veterans and cancer survivors.
Owner Dan Bechtold took the time to show us all around. I’m not sure how he multitasked like he did, as he took time out here and there to make a few sales! His shop was under water for 42 days May through June of this year. It was hard to believe, but the water lines on the windows told the story for sure.
His resin coated tabletops including the walnut burl that was out of a creek bed for over a hundred years, cedar, eucalyptus, monkeypod, and the walnut top with the gorgeous pearl white river were all showstoppers just to name a few.
We ended the day with a late lunch at Beasly Fish just down the road.
Many thanks Garry for setting up this event, we all had a wonderful day. We had 16 members and 2 guests in attendance. Thanks to everyone for the great turnout with just one week notice!
Violet Oman
IWCS Central Region
636 248-0070
Knotty-by-Nature Hardwood
Updated 08/27/2019
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Knotty By Nature Store Front, Grafton, IL
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Garry Roux #6466L and Lloyd Marshall #9124, Black Mora Slab
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handcrafted gift items, many by Veterans and cancer survivors.
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handcrafted gift items, many by Veterans and cancer survivors
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handcrafted gift items, many by Veterans and cancer survivors
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Eric Oman # 10063, Garry Roux# 6466L, Lloyd Marshall # 9124.
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Garry Roux # 6466L, Don Iverson # 10217, Lloyd Marshall # 9124 admiring the white pearl resin river table of beautiful Bubinga resting on a spalted sycamore slab.
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Their generous supply of gorgeous slabs! |
Their generous supply of gorgeous slabs!
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Knotty By Nature owner Dan Bechtold starting his shop tour, Garry Roux, Don Iverson, Burton Noll # 9358, Lloyd Marshall |
Mike Luecking #8570SU, Shelly & Garry Roux admiring the well polished with clear resin, sunken 100 year old walnut burl.
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John Ferreira #8802, Garry Roux, Dan Bechtold, Lloyd Marshall, Burton Noll, Eric Oman, Ken Bald # 10198
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Sunken over 100 years, walnut burl finished in a clear resin
Ken Bald, Burton Noll, John Ferreira, Lloyd Marshall, Elizabeth Desrosiers # 9940, Garry Roux, Dan Bechtold
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Dan with another walnut burl
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handcrafted gift items, many by Veterans and cancer survivors
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More slabs!
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Mike Luecking, Garry Roux, Lloyd Marshall and John Ferreira with the Black Mora
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Brad Storrs, and all with the Sequoia Redwood
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Garry, Eric Oman, John Ferreira
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Elizabeth and guest Kylie discovering their chosen cedar half round was a match!
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More slabs!
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Elizabeth, Denny Krupinski #9623 and John Ferreira
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Elizabeth, Terry Luster #10196, Burton, Mike,Garry, and Dan
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Violet Oman #10063, Shelly Roux, Garry Roux, Lloyd Marshall with the Black Mora
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Denny Krupinski # 9623 Blessing another impressive slab of Black Mora
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Everyone enjoying a late lunch at Beasly Fish in Grafton
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Black Mora
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