Originally Posted by
landmine
I like old everything, so thanks for sharing info about old wood!!
Will make me look twice before doing demolition anywhere
It's really difficult to tell what is hiding under that tough cut lumber from the saw marks until you take a knife and peel back a shaving or two then spit on it to bring out the grain.
You could have found a nice supply of figured wood worth a fortune, even tight grain has value. You can not get this grade of wood anymore.
The broad leaf figured wood from B.C. is so valuable that poaching has become a big problem from both crown and private lands, one large tree milled into luthier wood could fetch $20,000.00 or more. The figured wood comes from the base of the tree and runs the first 8 to 10 feet of trunk.
The figuration is remarkable, anything from Birdseye, tiger strips, curly and spalted
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