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Post #19211 by Basement Kahuna on Sun, Jan 12, 2003 9:56 PM

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That would be poplar...a wood thats kind of akin to basswood but maybe a bit more fibrous...common in Georgia and North Carolina....If you ever carve it keep a can of boiled linseed oil for drying control...paint every deep cut and seal both ends of the log with common pruneseal....the slower it dries the better...