Paul (Bushmiller) drew my attention a nice piece of Tulip-oak, and a wood I'd never heard of before, Dillenia. We shared a lump of Dillenia & I decided I had to add the Tulip oak to my collection of bits under the house as well.
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The Dillenia is an import from somewhere to the north of us. It's a deep brown, with prominent ray-fleck that on some cuts gives it a snake-skin-like appearance:
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The Tulip oak is home-grown. Not sure which particular one this is (Blush or Brown), but it has some quite nice fiddleback figure:
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