WOODWORK MODELS OF KALLIE DE BEER, 1969

In my training as a technical teacher at the Bloemfontein Teacher's Training College, I preferred to work with emboya wood. It is a dark wood and has a distinctive smell. Quite nice to work with, however, you may experience some cross grain knots if you did not buy the right batch. It is also excellent for the lathe. Currently it is a very expensive wood in comparing it to the nineteen sixties and the seventies. My daughter, Sanmarié and her husband Louwrens Schlebusch still uses it in their bedroom.