steveb leatherworks: the blather

of both my lower back and stowing wood…

Looking for the good wood requires you visit places like Stecks.

A beauty of a park, not far from Freddy’s secret location. Very nice, very secret, very private. We like.

Hey now – didnt I call this like 2 months or so ago – Freddy’s wood is still sitting in his driveway. If you dont stack the damn wood when ya get it – this is what will happen… it will season in your driveway…lol I am telling ya  – the only reason any of it has […]

Staying on the NYC natives getting screwed by the price of wood theme – I have for your perusal – the not so good wood vendor. You can get a plastic wrapped bundle worth 1.75 in my neck of the woods, for about $20 NYC dollars or you can get a couple of log fakies for […]

NYC is the last stop on the train for alot of stuff. Alot of this stuff gets sold by the ounce, gram or dollar. These 6-8″ diameter, 6-8″ tall Aspen/Birch chunks of whatever you want to call it wood is pretty pricey at this rate. $7.50 for a chunk…a branch is $55… amazing what city folks will pay for country folks trash thats […]

Round these parts – getting your winter wood can be a hit or miss proposition. It can go wrong in a few places: the wood can be green and burn “hissy”, not good for the chimney, the wood can be cut to the wrong size for your application, ever try and get a manly man log into a small […]