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Material: Sinker wood find of many lifetimes
By:Malcolm Schweizer
Date: 7/19/2013, 6:44 am

Can you imagine building a kayak out of this stuff. I have some sinker wood for guitar backs but imagine being able to cut into a 50,000 year old piece of timber. I think a boat would be a fitting tribute to a tree that has been underwater for so long.

http://videos.al.com/mobile-press-register/2012/08/alabamas_underwater_forest.html

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Material: Sinker wood find of many lifetimes
Malcolm Schweizer -- 7/19/2013, 6:44 am
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Bohdan Szymanik -- 7/20/2013, 2:22 am
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Paul Davies -- 7/21/2013, 7:17 pm
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Bohdan Szymanik -- 7/21/2013, 10:55 pm