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Thou shalt not steal! (esp. if it's Eug's stuff from a church) - Pix!
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OK, it's not about a church, but some furniture, including one piece from a church:
We ordered a pine dining table. You can see from the pic it has a worn look. The guy who makes them does this by bashing it with a metal chain, staining it black, and then sanding it down to expose the wood again before finishing it. All the divots keep the black giving it that look.
The table was finished last week, and we went to see it on the weekend at the store. Perfect. We set up the delivery.
He also showed us a church pew as a bench for the table. (He wasn't sure, but thinks it was a church bench, not the actual pew, but who cares.) I'm not usually into this sort of thing, but it matched the table almost perfectly, and was unique. We asked him to increase the height a bit by adding a bit of wood under the legs. No problem, easy and very quick job. (You can see some unfinished wood in the pic, as we were testing the height.)
We were to have both delivered this morning. The guy goes out this morning to drive here, and his trailer is gone. Not just our furniture, but his entire trailer.
He'll make us a new table, but we're SOL on the church pew. We hadn't actually paid for the bench yet but nonetheless we're quite disappointed since it was a very well-built piece with thick strong wood and very heavy cast iron sides, and it was a one-of-a-kind piece. I feel more sorry for the store owner though, since his trailer is worth a heluvalot more than our few pieces of furniture.
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pew pew pew.
Neat. 
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Originally Posted by Eug 
The guy who makes them does this by bashing it with a metal chain, staining it black, and then sanding it down to expose the wood again before finishing it. All the divots keep the black giving it that look.
I think we've just found the furniture equivalent of having pre-ripped jeans. Fascinating.
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Oh crap, that sucks.
So, does that mean you have to *stand* in church now ? 
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Sucks. I had a bike stolen a few weeks ago. Grim.
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The church stole it back.
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Hmm... I've been checking craigslist. There are a lot of church pews for sale there. It's like a little cottage industry of its own. However, it seems that ones with heavy duty cast iron sides and pristine wood are rare.
I truly missed out this time. Damn crooks! 
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Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth
I think we've just found the furniture equivalent of having pre-ripped jeans. Fascinating.
Heh.
When I first saw it, I kinda thought that too. But I liked the effect nonetheless.
The good news is that it's a local carpenter and it's actually cheaper and better quality to get it from him with the extra work than a similar table from somewhere else without it. I suppose I could get it from him without the pre-ripped jeans look, but hey, like I said I like it. 
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Originally Posted by Eug
When I first saw it, I kinda thought that too. But I liked the effect nonetheless.
That's all that counts, as far as I'm concerned.
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Definitely not to my tastes, but unique nevertheless.
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Originally posted by Dakar the Fourth:
I think we've just found the furniture equivalent of having pre-ripped jeans. Fascinating.
Fender has been doing this with guitars for several years now.
Fender� Custom Shop
Interesting to see the amounts collectors will pay for pre-packaged mojo.
Eug, good luck finding a new bench like that. I saw a couple of similar benches in shops in the S.F. area and they went quick.
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Originally Posted by Dr. Wahnsinn
... and they went quick.
Yeah, this one did, too.
*rimshot*
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I predict all will be recovered by the coppers.
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Originally Posted by Dakar the Fourth
I think we've just found the furniture equivalent of having pre-ripped jeans. Fascinating.
It's not new, it's called "stressed." You can buy hardwood floors that look like pots and pans were dropped on them. I don't know why, but people buy it. I sure as hell wouldn't.
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