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C Cljha Member Earth Joined: Dec 11, 2010 Posts: 58	C Cljha Posted posted on Fri, Jan 18, 2013 1:53 AM Hi Will, Thanks for the answer. So I did some "research" and apparently oak can also spalt. So, my mistake probably... I recently carve a bowl out of some seasonned spalted maple...I do understand what you say about the not fun to carve :wink: But the end result is spectacular (colorwise) and if anything it helps pushing the sharpenning skills:) Oak is quite tough normaly but apparently from what I've been reading the spalting lines are also tough on the tools edges.... Anyway, I do think it is a good learning process to work with harder wood :wink:

Hi Will,

Thanks for the answer. So I did some "research" and apparently oak can also spalt. So, my mistake probably...
I recently carve a bowl out of some seasonned spalted maple...I do understand what you say about the not fun to carve :wink:
But the end result is spectacular (colorwise) and if anything it helps pushing the sharpenning skills:)
Oak is quite tough normaly but apparently from what I've been reading the spalting lines are also tough on the tools edges....
Anyway, I do think it is a good learning process to work with harder wood :wink:

Post #664449 by Cljha on Fri, Jan 18, 2013 1:53 AM