New to me wood

[Monty]

Last year I pruned back our bottlebrush trees and decided to put the larger branches in the rafters of the garage to dry. Checked the MC today and it was about 15% (not too bad considering the humidity has been 90% + the past few months). Decided to turn a few down for ice cream scoops and bottle openers. Sorta surprised by how they look. Wood is very hard. I moistened this one to bring out the grain.

 

[gimpy]

they are going look great, please share when finished

 

[robutacion]

Last year I pruned back our bottlebrush trees and decided to put the larger branches in the rafters of the garage to dry. Checked the MC today and it was about 15% (not too bad considering the humidity has been 90% + the past few months). Decided to turn a few down for ice cream scoops and bottle openers. Sorta surprised by how they look. Wood is very hard. I moistened this one to bring out the grain.

G'day Mannie,

There are a few varieties of Bottlebrush, the type I have here #30 is medium to soft density, the root is very soft but the limbs are a lot firmer so the variety you've got is obviously dense, interesting to know...!:biggrin:

Cheers
George