#3 was first - now #2 & #1

[kestrel]

Might as well show the lot, and get it over with.

Since I with #3, I'll go backwards. Here's #2:

Maple back and sides; Western Red Cedar sound board; "H" sound board bracing; Ebony fretboard and bridge; Black Walnut and Black ABS binding/head plate; MOP inlay; bone nut w/zero fret built in; Grover Deluxe tuning machines.

[kestrel]

And Ol' #1. Rough as a cob, but a real player. She's still my baby.

I wasn't real serious about this one. Just wanted to see if I could do it, but it started my addiction.

Maple back, sides, and neck from wood that I found in a cabinet shop scrap bin.
Western Red Cedar sound board -leftovers from siding my buddy's house,twenty-two-years ago.
Bridge from my first mandolin - a PacRim - saddle glued to base, 'cause saddle had split. Tailpiece from same PacRim, with walnut overlay to cover the original logo.

Walnut head plate, and other trim, from a tree we took down when we built same buddy's shop, forty-years.

With the exception of the tuning machines, and fretboard, this mandolin was built from reclaimed materials.

She ain't purty, but she sings like an angel.

Gene

[Ken Olmstead]

It is cool to see where you have been but I really like where your headed! Keep up the super work!!