This wood is beautiful! I wonder what it's like to work with?
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Grapefruit wood?
Dec 04, 2006
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: This wood is beautiful! I wonder what it's like to work with? : FoggyTown In general, citrus woods are quite hard and have quite even grain and little figure; nice for tool handles but bland looking. The spalting makes a huge difference. -- Andy Barss
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Looks like spalted box elder. Without the red streak.
: This wood is beautiful! I wonder what it's like to work with?
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: FoggyTown
In general, citrus woods are quite hard and have quite even grain and little figure; nice for tool handles but bland looking. The spalting makes a huge difference.
-- Andy Barss
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