Hi Dave,

I found the e-mail that goes with the Ham carving vise:

"Greetings Calvin. I created a new HAM-HOLDER. The wooden sheet I made of yew wood. Look how beautiful it is. This tree was standing here in Oberkirch at the marketplace. It was about 300 years old and they cut it off 25 years ago. So now I made this recently. Yew is a very interesting wood. The English made the LONGBOWS of it. So amazing.
Hope you are fine. Regards, THOMAS
Will order a PATA NEGRA from Spain very soon".

I first thought that a "PATA NEGRA" was another antique Panama hat from Spain that Mr. Kashammer ordered. Then I found out it was a special Ham. LOL.