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Your Choice Of Wood
- Thread starter Jim
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billyb_imp
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(edit) sorry Jim, I replied with my post before your list was showing above, but I do like Olive which will get my vote from your list
I love the London Plane, its a reasonable price, easy to work with & a plentiful supply in the UK
And then of course the grain
Much underrated I feel
I love the London Plane, its a reasonable price, easy to work with & a plentiful supply in the UK
And then of course the grain
Much underrated I feel
Chilprufe
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I like them all ... but Burr Elm because it native ... sells well when you say it came from a local area that they know
Olive has such a wild grain pattern & shows well when polished.
rayf6604
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Thuya Burr gets my vote. The graining is just great, the colours and of course the scent from the wood. It also has an interesting story too. 
Chilprufe
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Thuya Burr gets my vote. The graining is just great, the colours and of course the scent from the wood. It also has an interesting story too.
Lovethe smell of thuya
Penpal
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I nominated Amboyna because its a loose naming of the Burl form of so many Rosewoods grown around the world cover so many timbers. The Mallees are Eucalypts all 760 of them.
Peter.
Peter.
chas_41_uk
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Tooo many stunning woods to choose form 
Moondoggy
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I always liked Natalie Wood, but as she's gone, second choice would be walnut.
I love guns and there are some stunning walnut stocks out there.
I love guns and there are some stunning walnut stocks out there.
Penpal
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I nominated Amboyna because its a loose naming of the Burl form of so many Rosewoods grown around the world cover so many timbers. The Mallees are Eucalypts all 760 of them.
Peter.
Ambyna Burl and Golden Amboyna
Peter.
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Put Mallee as they didn't have Conkerberry.
The problem with timber is you think you've seen a species then a piece of wood comes along & completely changes your view of that species.
I like Hornbeam but it's a fairly boring timber re grain, then last week I came across some spalted Hornbeam & I think it's possibly the nicest spalted timber I've ever seen & I certainly didn't think I'd be saying that the week before, plus it's native & I do like the idea of knowing where my timber came from.
I like Hornbeam but it's a fairly boring timber re grain, then last week I came across some spalted Hornbeam & I think it's possibly the nicest spalted timber I've ever seen & I certainly didn't think I'd be saying that the week before, plus it's native & I do like the idea of knowing where my timber came from.
Don't know how you could possibly choose, they're all gorgeous in their own right!