Boston Deardorff?

[Dave Wooten]

Any info or reviews?

[Alan9940]

A Google search doesn't reveal much other than it's available for pre-order through Catlabs of JP. Perhaps it's something he commissioned to be built? I'd really want to know who's doing the actual build. Sure puts a smile on my face that I bought a real V8 Deardorff in the early 80's for a whole lot less than what they're charging.

[martiansea]

Description on the site is it's a new camera cobbled together from NOS Deardorff parts.

[Tin Can]

I think he bought all parts and copyright from TN

Interesting newer source of pricing data

[Drew Wiley]

Wasn't even the previous round a somewhat distant cry quality-wise from the old classic versions? Even acquiring the right type of long-cured pattern-grade mahogany would seem to be a challenge; that kind of thing tends to get hoarded. It's certainly not being cut anymore. Not just any species or cut of mahogany is equal.

[Jim Noel]

I agree with Drew about the quality of the different builds.

[RivetGun]

I talked to CatLAB over a year ago and they mentioned they were able to build brand new 8x10 Deardorffs but not in the 4x5 size.

[jnantz]

Catlabs is blazing a trail!

[Greg]

Even acquiring the right type of long-cured pattern-grade mahogany would seem to be a challenge; that kind of thing tends to get hoarded. It's certainly not being cut anymore.

When I needed some. my source was to buy (high) quality mahogany furniture from the late 1940s. Right now have the option to acquire a bedroom set sold around 1949, but resourcing the wood from this very fine bedroom set is bothering me.

[martiansea]

...but resourcing the wood from this very fine bedroom set is bothering me.

Yeah, unless you absolutely need that specific wood for something extremely important, it seems like vandalism to destroy perfectly good furniture for some fancy wood. Would be a different story if the furniture had already been ruined somehow and you were re-using it to make it something useful again.