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Offline wizardgoat

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lemon wood in Cuba
« on: March 05, 2014, 02:11:17 pm »
A bowyer friend is going to Cuba this weekend for a couple weeks.
We know theres lots of degame there, having trouble tracking down
a website or any info at all.
Has anyone aquired lemonwood in Cuba and
could point us in the right direction?
I know this is a long shot!
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Offline PatM

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Re: lemon wood in Cuba
« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2014, 02:21:08 pm »
I don't think Cuba lets tourists go wandering off on wood harvesting excursions. I really doubt lumber has the same importance it had when there was demand and no embargo.
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Offline wizardgoat

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Re: lemon wood in Cuba
« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2014, 02:57:26 pm »
I more meant if anyone in the past has gotten
already harvested lemonwood from a dealer in Cuba.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: lemon wood in Cuba
« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2014, 03:41:35 pm »
Nobody in the US has gotten anything(legally) from Cuba since the embargo began in the 1960's.
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Offline Badger

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Re: lemon wood in Cuba
« Reply #4 on: March 05, 2014, 03:47:58 pm »
  Funny how the politicians are always smoking cuban cigars. You ever smoke any of those Pat?
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Offline PatM

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Re: lemon wood in Cuba
« Reply #5 on: March 05, 2014, 03:54:11 pm »
Pretty sure you can bring back cigars for your own use after making a trip there.
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Offline adb

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Re: lemon wood in Cuba
« Reply #6 on: March 05, 2014, 04:04:29 pm »
If you're Canadian you can!!  ;) I could bring you guys back some if you want... ooops... can I say that?
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Offline Onebowonder

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Re: lemon wood in Cuba
« Reply #7 on: March 05, 2014, 04:10:51 pm »
Quote from: adb on March 05, 2014, 04:04:29 pm
If you're Canadian you can!!  ;) I could bring you guys back some if you want... ooops... can I say that?

I think it's fine as long as you don't post an unauthorized link to the website you intend to sell said cigars from!   :o ::)  8)

OneBow
 
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Offline adb

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Re: lemon wood in Cuba
« Reply #8 on: March 05, 2014, 04:13:14 pm »
Quote from: Onebowonder on March 05, 2014, 04:10:51 pm
Quote from: adb on March 05, 2014, 04:04:29 pm
If you're Canadian you can!!  ;) I could bring you guys back some if you want... ooops... can I say that?

I think it's fine as long as you don't post an unauthorized link to the website you intend to sell said cigars from!   :o ::)  8)

OneBow


 ;D ;D ;D Wouldn't want a trip to the Principals office over cigars!
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Re: lemon wood in Cuba
« Reply #9 on: March 05, 2014, 04:18:12 pm »
Quote from: PatM on March 05, 2014, 03:54:11 pm
Pretty sure you can bring back cigars for your own use after making a trip there.
They wouldn't let me bring them back from Canada or the Bahamas.
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Offline tallpine

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Re: lemon wood in Cuba
« Reply #10 on: March 05, 2014, 05:02:40 pm »
Don't know about Cuba but my wife tried to  bring back some Guava staves from Honduras. They were confiscated by US customs. They told her that if it was finished lumber it would be OK. Man, I was sick, they were hand picked by my father in law off of his Guava plantation. I'd do my homework if I was you so you don't go to a lot of trouble for nothing.
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Offline adb

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Re: lemon wood in Cuba
« Reply #11 on: March 05, 2014, 06:30:53 pm »
Quote from: mullet on March 05, 2014, 04:18:12 pm
Quote from: PatM on March 05, 2014, 03:54:11 pm
Pretty sure you can bring back cigars for your own use after making a trip there.
They wouldn't let me bring them back from Canada or the Bahamas.

That's a sad story Yankie Boy! Tears bigger than horse terds.  ;D
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Offline Pat B

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Re: lemon wood in Cuba
« Reply #12 on: March 05, 2014, 07:25:33 pm »
Isn't this thread about lemonwood?  ::)
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Offline Hamish

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Re: lemon wood in Cuba
« Reply #13 on: March 05, 2014, 07:28:07 pm »
Never been to Cuba, but all the photo's I've seen of the place are pretty well denuded of forests. I'd be surprised if you couldn't find some to cut down though. There would have to be local hardwood dealers and sawmills too. Hope you know someone who is fluent in Spanish. Good luck.
                    Hamish
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Offline Fred Arnold

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Re: lemon wood in Cuba
« Reply #14 on: March 05, 2014, 07:30:05 pm »
 8) Lemonwood for posterity sake. There's better bow wood in the good old USA. But I will vouch for the Cuban cigars although other countries now closely compare. After Castro took control some of the finest tobacco farmers escaped to nearby regions and started over. You can take away their farms but not their knowledge.
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