Post #369968 by Lake Surfer on Fri, Mar 28, 2008 10:09 PM

I betcha if Gman, seek and I all compare the red cedar we have it would be totally different due to our climates. I think the Midwestern variety would be quite dry and waxy where Gman's would be very wet and take a long time to dry out due to the Florida moisture. Seek's would probably be a happy medium, seeing as how he is a cooler climate than Florida, with a decent amount of moisture though.

Same with the bug concentration. We have a yearly frost which would keep infestations down. I've never encountered the bark beetles. I have, on many occassions, found wasp larve in my pine logs. Usually hatching indoors on me in the Spring.

It would be interesting to get a gathering of carvers together from all over the country and have them bring some of their favorite woods for others to try. I'll bet like the cedar, there are many other common woods that are very different depending on what part of the country they came from no matter what the species.