I am pretty sure "good" Stabwood is much stronger than resin. If you drop a Mod, resin "should" crack before Stabwood does. The problem with Hybrid mixes is there is no real mechanical bond and it is very easily broken or split apart. Resin mixed in with wood of course is what "Stabwood" is in fact. I am talking about solid Stabwood meeting against solid Resin. Those IMO are rather fragile designs. Correct me if I am wrong. They are not glued together or anything AFAIIK. Just fit by expansion and pressure. Drop it, you might relieve that pressure, thus cracking the whole darn thing. Trust me I know.
VA makes very good Mods but mine was a dud. I treated it well. I was joking about slathering it with juice of course. I never did that obviously. It turned from a Blonde to an Afro. No racist pun intended. Plus the wood greatly expanded/bulged and cracked in multiple places. That should not happen. They either cured it too long or not long enough. Everyone makes mistakes. Just my loss of course. Luckily it happened to someone that can afford the loss at least. Not some poor guy/gal that saved a year for it. I still trust VA enough I did not hesitate to order another. Look, Manny's and mine Dukes are still fine. That Primo was just a dud. Honestly they should have stood behind it given the circumstances but I guess they are just not saints like Phil from Stabwood UK. Oh well, in the scheme of things it is no loss to me. The price came down to $400 on them anyways so I hardly even care.
Quite frankly I like the new one better anyways. Manny, what would you do to waterproof it? Air brush it with Lucite? I do not use Minwax and do not understand why you folks do. Minwax is the cheapest crap that there is. Lucite is the absolute best. I could also just use synthetic spray wax. A lot easier. It is a hard shell but not as permanent as Lucite. I actually decided Butchers is crap on Mods. Makes your hands all greasy and stink. It is #1 on furniture/cabinets though. I do not brush on. Even if you use a good brush and lose no bristles in it might leave marks with my luck or "build up". I will probably just spray on Lucite.
You are right Manny, VA's coating is like "hair spray" it wears off in a day. Comes looking all nice and shiny, dull the next day. The VA do need to be coated. Honestly I think this one looks almost as good as your DPM that I love and it is smaller to boot. I just need to spray it. Plus I need new 21700's. Mine have no wrappers! in Stabwood it does not really matter(the tube is non conductive) but still a really stupid idea from a safety standpoint. I prefer the LG's over the Sony's but that is just personal preference and what I can get cheap. I can obtain them for less than $5 each. Cheapest you will find them is about $7-8 each retail.
You know what the dumbest thing is? As usual it says it will arrive Wednesday and I guarantee you it will be here Monday. The asshole does not stick around for someone to open the door for the signature though. He does ding-dong-ditch. So I just leave a signature label and hopefully the asshole accepts it. They most usually do. It is not like anyone is going to steal here. First of all there is no one here besides whom should be. Second, blink and you will miss this. It is that well hidden. There is no "driveway". There is a "road" and it is over 3 miles long up to the home. So no one is even coming up here. If the idiot is worried about security he/she really is an idiot! First of all signature in the first place just pisses me off but it is standard fare on expensive goods. Watch it get caught up at customs though. It won't happen I have a customs broker for that exact reason. my shit goes through customs in 1/2 hour always. If you do a lot of business internationally worth having a customs broker.
SS looks the shit as usual! SS is undoubtedly a better Mod than the Primo but I will not use it as much either. I wish we could find a 18650 with great MAH? we can go down to 5A but that is a very bad idea. Yes, I vape at 16W but it should be what it is rated for in case you make a mistake and bump it up before boom!
Sorry for such a long post
You said it first, not me! 
