White Ash Block WA-169
3" x 3" x 10"
2-1/2 lbs.
This is another very nice 3 inch square-section, end-grain block of Texas White Ash. The color is an overall light to slightly pinkish brown with strong inter-grain stripes of darker brown (spalting?) and a pattern of crisp, pencil-line spalting along one side and edge (both photos). An incomplete strip of bark is also present along one half of one edge (bottom photo). The grain pattern is strong and linear but nicely figured in the younger wood below that incomplete strip of bark. The grain also includes a distinct ripple pattern with light chatoyance.
I see no cracks, checks or other structural "flaws" in this blank.
3" x 3" x 10"
2-1/2 lbs.
This is another very nice 3 inch square-section, end-grain block of Texas White Ash. The color is an overall light to slightly pinkish brown with strong inter-grain stripes of darker brown (spalting?) and a pattern of crisp, pencil-line spalting along one side and edge (both photos). An incomplete strip of bark is also present along one half of one edge (bottom photo). The grain pattern is strong and linear but nicely figured in the younger wood below that incomplete strip of bark. The grain also includes a distinct ripple pattern with light chatoyance.
I see no cracks, checks or other structural "flaws" in this blank.