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I have stumbled on to a small supplier of Turkish walnut in the Kurdish part of Turkey. He appears to be honest and knowledgeable and has rational prices. My first shipment is in transit. If you contact him at freest13@hotmail.com he will send you pictures and prices His name is Memet and he is a proud, honest Kurd. Give him a try I believe you will be pleased.
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I hope you remain so proud...if and when yer first shipment arrives.
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Someday, by accident, jOe is going to say something nice and we will all miss it because we ignore him.
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He did say something nice once....
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He does have a point there.
The better rec would be one given by the satisfied customer post delivery.
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There is a similar named individual selling Turkish blanks on Ebay. Fellow has been selling for a few years. His Ebay handle is Freest33. If it is the same fellow I bought a blank from him. Nice blank for the price, but it needed some more seasoning before use.
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This seller has been selling blanks on E-bay for awhile. Although I have not bought any, I note he has 100% positive feedback. Some feedback comments report that the wood has excellent figure but high moisture content. The seller does often give drying time and it is often 3 years or less. As with many blank sellers, grain layout is sometimes less than ideal, but you can usually see that in his pictures. Shipping from Turkey is naturally a bit pricy.
A true sign of mental illness is any gun owner who would vote for an Anti-Gunner like Joe Biden.
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Bill, I have interest as I expect to need a good piece of wood soon. Let me know how it turns out. Thanks.
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I have bought several rifle blanks and two shotgun blanks from him on E-bay, look very closely at the pictures before buying.Some of the blanks are less than ideal but two of the rifle blanks were were excellent. Pricing has been fair and all have been shipped immediatly
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There's a Turk who deals near Istanbul who sells very nice blanks - he occasionally posts on SGW.
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