This was posted just after I turned it in the fall of '05. I also did a mallet out of another piece of Pistachio. The discussion was in a Forum thread. http://www.turnwood.net/cgi-bin/YaBB/YaBB.pl?board=Turning;action=display;num=1129852967;start=0#0
BTW, this piece has spent 2 years as a card holder on my desk with no sign of wear even though it has been dropped on the floor a couple of times.