MapleBurl on Etsy: colorful burls from Russia!

**desisparkles** · June 20th, 2020, 06:44 PM

I’m still waiting on orders shipped from April too.

If you scroll down to the bottom of his page under shipping it states if you haven’t rcvd your item within 3 months he will issue a refund and if it arrives you can just re submit payment.

I will be contacting him at the 3 month mark.

**Hailwidis** · June 21st, 2020, 03:40 AM

Sorry to hear that, AmaryllisRed. My March 15 order ended up arriving on June 4, almost 3 months later. Tracking just stopped for two months, and resumed towards the start of June. In the meantime I had e-mailed Igor, and as Desi said, he refunded me. So when I received the forks I just re-refunded him. I wouldn't give up just yet, since the distance your order has to cover is even larger than mine, and postal services are struggling now (especially in the US).

**Milady_DeWinter** · June 24th, 2020, 07:34 AM

My 2 latest Mapleburls, were nowhere since May 25th (were posted by mid May) but yesterday they came home! Just 1 fork coming now, but I expect it to be here by July

Lame pic, but you get an idea. Here is the fork alone.

And the small hairsticks, love the shape, they are perfect for half ups of double buns as I wanted:

**eshta** · July 1st, 2020, 04:59 AM

The double buns are so cute Milady!

I’m waiting on a fork but the tracking shows it is delivered in Austria? I emailed Igor, hopefully it’s just a mix up of tracking numbers and not of packages.

I’m also waiting on a fork from the swap meet from MusicalSpoons, that eases the pain of waiting for the other to arrive.

ETA Wow Igor responded within minutes, I’m impressed. Thankfully it was a mix up of tracking numbers, my package is just released from customs in Russia.

**AmaryllisRed** · July 18th, 2020, 08:46 AM

You guys, look what finally arrived! My March 22 order!

**AmaryllisRed** · July 18th, 2020, 02:36 PM

Help! My fork smells SO BAD. Like poo. I didn't notice when I first got it but I just took it out of my hair after wearing it for a few hours and OOF it reeks.

ETA: And it made my hair smell! And the sticks I only wore long enough for a picture have the smell, too. What the heck?

**desisparkles** · July 18th, 2020, 04:23 PM

Yay thx for letting us know, still holding out hope I’ll get mine.

Eek, poo smell is no bueno. What about wrapping dryer sheets around it for a bit?

**AmaryllisRed** · July 19th, 2020, 04:12 PM

Originally Posted by desisparkles

Yay thx for letting us know, still holding out hope I’ll get mine.

Eek, poo smell is no bueno. What about wrapping dryer sheets around it for a bit?

I can try that. I'll have to buy some. (I only buy them in the winter to fight static.) Do you think unscented would work or should I get some with scent?

**CuteCrow** · July 19th, 2020, 06:38 PM

Some woods have a distinctive odour. I would contact the seller to find out the origin of the smell so you know how to tackle it. An easy, somewhat temporary, fix is submerging the stick in dry ground coffee and leaving it in there for at least a day, the longer the better.

**enting** · July 19th, 2020, 06:40 PM

I have a sono wood (or east indian rosewood, I think) hairfork from a different maker that I really disliked the smell of. I slathered it in coconut oil several times until the smell was manageable. Apparently some of the rosewoods do smell quite unpleasant to some people.