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Jute is a long, soft, shiny vegetable fiber made from plants in the genus Corchorus, family Malvaceae. Like kenaf, industrial hemp, flax (linen) and ramie, jute is a bast fiber plant, one in which the fibers extracted from the stem or bast. Jute is…

Harp comes with cover attached. Although commonly referred to as a Jew's Harp, the harp is unrelated to Judaism and actually originated in Asia. The instrument produces one pitch, using the player’s jaw and mouth as a resonator to produce different…

Description: Goodbye cluttered cupboards. Squish collapsible products transform bulky food prep tools into neatly tamed items that behave within confined spaces. Crafted using an exclusive design technique that marries flexibility with rigidity,…

Tycoon bongo drums (not pictured but available in collection) hand-crafted in Thailand, made with Siam Oak (Rubber Wood) and water buffalo skin.

It is believed that skis originated in the Scandinavian nations 5,000 years ago. The specific materials and methods used to make modern skis differ based on the manufacturer, but typically skis are consists of a laminated wood core then layered…

Shellac is a resin produced by female lac bugs (kerria lacca) found in the forests of India and Thailand. It is scraped from the bark of the tree where the female lac bug produced it in order to form a tunnel as it crossed the tree. It is sold as…

High carbon steels (0.5-1.7% carbon) harden when quenched - a quality that gives great control over properties. High carbon steels achieve hardness sufficient for them to be used as cutting tools, chisels and cables, and "piano wire" - the metal…

Think of steel and you think of railroads, oilrigs, tankers, and skyscrapers. And what you are thinking of is not just steel, it is carbon steel. That is the metal that made them possible - nothing else is the same time so strong, so tough, so easily…

Medium carbon steel (0.25-0.7% carbon) hardens when quenched - a quality that gives great control over properties. "Hardenability" measures the degree to which it can be hardened in thick sections; plain carbon steels have poor hardenability -…

Polyetherimide (PEI) is an amorphous, amber-to-transparent thermoplastic with characteristics similar to the related plastic PEEK. Relative to PEEK, PEI is cheaper, but is lower in impact strength and usable temperature. Ultem is a family of PEI…