Thread: Nectarine slab. Sell it or stash it?

HI guys,

I had a nectarine log milled a couple of years back https://www.woodworkforums.com/f14/seasoning-timber-142441, which has been seasoning in my shed ever since. Used a piece of it to make a cutting board for my sister a few months back (who I got the log from in the first place), and while it made a very pretty board (I think she deems it decorative rather than functional!) it was as hard as hell to work with. I had to go out and buy a bigger sander to strip the saw marks out of it, and shredded half a dozen sheets of sandpaper before it even got close. I have worked steel that took a shape quicker than this nectarine did...

Some of the slabs came out pretty well, but one in particular has a bit of a twist in it - so much so that I can't see it being usable other than cut into smaller pieces. It's also one of the more colourful of the slabs, so I thought you guys would be far better placed than I am to decide what to do with it. (I'm an electrician by trade, and very much an amateur when it comes to wood.)

I have considered putting it on e-bay but then noticed you have your very own market place here... So - is something like this saleable or should I just chop it up into thin slices to experiment with a parquetry table top or something like that? The slab is 40mm thick and just over 1100 long. The twist in the middle is about 30 degrees. I'll attach some photos below. If you think it is worth putting on the market place, can I have some guidance on what you all think it would be worth? I have absolutely no idea at all. I mean, I know what it cost me to have it milled, and how annoying it's been dodging around it in my shed for the last couple of years - but I can't find any nectarine slabs for sale anywhere to compare with to get any idea.

Opinions and suggestions welcome for both sale or use...

For some reason I don't understand, the system rejected a couple of the photo's I had intended to upload. The bark is only on a short section in the middle of the back side with the full 40mm thickness at both ends. The section with the bark is mostly where the twist happened, with both ends mostly flat.