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The faces on these boards are made from Ebony, which is among the most expensive commercially available hardwoods (up to $100 a board foot). Ebony is commonly used in musical instruments as small accent pieces. Suffice it to say, a tournament size (22-24" long) Cribbage Board with an Ebony face is not that common. :->
Ebony is often sold in "billets"(rough shape log). The ebony used in these boards came from a billet tucked away in a dry corner of my shop around 2001. In Feb. 2012, I cut a piece of the billet off, making inlay point separator pieces and a single piece of ebony lumber. The single piece of ebony lumber was then re-sawn and planed to form the board faces in this series.
