I can see that. Probably our skin oils working the same way as the veg oil.

Sidebar: use vegetable oil also to clean sap from your skin.

I don’t think birdseye, but I considered quilted maple. I just haven’t seen it this reddish-orange before. Also, this has “fuzzy” textured areas that make me think more of a cedar like another person said.

Imagine my surprise when I pulled that block from the shelf and the woodworker’s hand was still attached!

That guy has cracked the case!

Very interesting, and I assume you mean it’s the same family, but not the same species?

I really don’t know, yet. I’ll be looking at lots of pictures to get some inspiration.

Aha! Thank you!

Is that the same as eastern red cedar? Looking it up, I see a forum discussion about how rare quilting is in this species. I’m going to have to ponder what to make that really does it justice. BTW, I’m certainly open to suggestions.

Yeah, a bunch of 6” maple billets, a few small bowl blanks, some big turning blanks of various types. It was quite the sale. I bought some, then sat in my car for a bit before realizing I’d be foolish to let the opportunity go, and went back for more.

I forgot to say I’m in the Pacific Northwest, though there was wood from all over. The guy was a woodworker for 35 years.