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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.

[QUOTE="Doug, post: 151258, member: 241"] 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. [/QUOTE]

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