I don't exactly know how old this bit of wood i, I don't know if it is Honduran or Brazilian.

What I do know is when I drill it it smells like heaven, that beautiful heady smell of Fresh cut mahogany.

This piece of wood is so dark it makes African and Fijian Mahogany look like rock maple.

I bought htis piece a couple of years ago. when it turned up it looked beautiful until I put a level on it it had about a 5mm warp right across the centre line.

It was a shame, the guy I bouoght it off sent me a new piece and I used that to build an Eagle ii.

I looked at this bit and thought it would be a shame to waste it so I sized it up and worked out if I used a lute shape the warp would be down to only a couple of mm.

So I cut it out in the shape of a lute.

From there Pitbul appeared and I started building Kits.

So today I got this piece of wood which has been sitting under my Computer desk in a Cardboard box for the last year.

I went out in the shed and started to measure up.

Then I put it on the drill press and using my 25mm Forsner bit drilled the neck route to a 17mm depth.

"I love the smell of this mahogany"

The reason for the shallow depth is it leaves me a couple of mm to create an angle for the neck to ramp up to the bridge.