what to do?

[Baron Collins-Hill]

ive got about 6 16" pieces of firewood about 5" radius, but they are only quarter peices, and not realy mando-worthy.

what are some things people have done with stuff like that? i was thinking flame maple wood-nymphs, or maybe a cutting board. anything else mando-related? anything else not mando-related?

thanks for any suggestions....
baron

[MANDOLINMYSTER]

It is the holiday season, how about a nut cracker, ya know the toy soldier looking things,playing a little mando of course. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[glauber]

Wooden picks! Send me a couple for Christmas.

[Baron Collins-Hill]

i was thinking picks, but ive got some ebony piano keys and made some out of those and wasnt to impressed. maybe it was how i was doing it, but they seemed to soak up alot of the punch in the tone. maybe maple is different though.

[glauber]

There's another thread about them, but i tried John Pearse's Indian-made wooden picks (http://www.janetdavismusic.com/sarod.html) and i think the rosewood is nice, but the ebony is a little dead. I'm not sure what other kinds of wood might work.

[Harrmob]

I recently made a couple BEAUTIFUL curly wooden picks, pecan and cherry wood. Both real hard and stiff at 1.14, but the click of the pick hitting the string drove me crazy, not flexible I guess. Back to question at hand: cutting board, turkey call, cigar box, jewewly box with MOP inlay, etc...

[mandodebbie]

How about a bunch of tiny mando fridge magnets promoting your business? Just in time for XmasHanakahQuanzaRammadan hoiday season! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[peteymando]

Or,how about its intended use,firewood! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Brookside]

A chess set.

[rixter]

How about little statuettes of Bill Monroe? http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[sunburst]

Stocking stuffers. Here's one way I use up mandolin scraps this time of year.

[JiminRussia]

A case?

[grandmainger]

Arm-rests, String-winders, wooden tailpiece covers ? http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[steve in tampa]

pick box

[glauber]

toothpicks