: Bill, the okoume ply is really nice to work with and i have a
: couple of sheets 'lying' around from a previous wanted to do but
: didn't finish project.

: I'd like to do somekind of summer course with youngster and for
: that i'll probably go with bruynzeel garant sheets. Costs about
: the half and has a garantee of about 10 years and they are also
: okoume, but the outer layer is only .6 mm instead of the 1 to
: 1.5 for the hechthout. Also no hollows in these garant sheets.

: There's a really good source of marine ply in the UK, not that it's
: much good to you, although the ship worldwide at very reaonable
: rates, and their prices are about 30 to 40% cheaper than
: Bruynzeel's and still feature a full 1mm outer layer of okoume.

Hi George,

I've still got several sheets of fir marine ply that's been sitting around from a long past project. Until that's gone I won't be buying more, though the okoume is both lighter and prettier :)

Bill H.