One of the things that I thought I would do as a post was to document a visit to Valencia to one of the wood dealers but I have no plans to go in the near future.  In the meantime I took a few photos yesterday because Ioan Cioloca was here from Romania yesterday.  He comes twice a year with maple and spruce and stops in Madrid, Granada and a few other places.  As with any wood seller the quality can vary wildly but since we get to choose the sets we want that is not a problem.  I have some very nice bearclaw from him, excellent bird’s-eye with tiny little eyes and this time I got some really curly maple.  I liked the look and feel of it and took 100 sets.  That is an awful lot considering that this is not the most common wood for classicals nor for flamencos but the way the Torres copy is selling both in bird’s-eye and curly I think it was a good idea.

I have some space right outside my workshop so “Juan”, as they call him here, parked his van and some of the other builders came by and made their purchases right there.  He promised bird’s-eye for his next trip so I will be putting aside some money for that as well.