I delivered a number of knives in the morning and caught up with the owner of the gunshop up there who carries my knives and left a few more with him then we headed over toward Blenheim and stayed the night in a cabin at a roadside camp ground with roadside being the operative word as there was an almost constant stream of traffic for most of the night and while I sleep easily (at least for the first few hours most nights) my wife does not so had a restless night but was delighted next morning when we found one of the cemetaries where we found over 20 of here ancestors burried so took lots of pics of the headstones for her records. Then it was out of town a bit to see Brian at NZ Walnut supplies
http://www.nzwalnut.co.nz/
I have corresponded with Brian a lot over the years through the purchase of 35+ blanks for the rifle stocks I have made so it was a real pleasure to finally meet him and see the extent of his blank stock on hand.
A manlicher blank out for parceling up for a buyer