Sabtu, 30 April 2016

Grande Acredex medieval great chess

The Libre de los Juegos commissioned by King Alfonso X the Wise of Spain in 1283 contains many descriptions of medieval games of chess, dice and back-gammon like games. However, it also contains some more unusual (or uncommon) games. One of them, the game of the four seasons called the world,  has been described in a previous blogposts. Another...
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new claro walnut slab tables

we finished the claro walnut slab table above just in time for the next rough cut slab to come into the shop.  even though the slabs are from different logs, they are remarkably similar in width, grain, and appearance.  fortunately, the new one is two and a half feet shorter than the last one, which was over 12 long and 4 wide when it got...
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