leehljp
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I was in a specialty store (in Japan) today and purchased two pieces of wood. Both said marii suraisu - which I take to be Malee slice. Occasionally in this store, they will put generic names to wood and that is what has me confused about these two pieces.
One piece is more blond/redish in color and the other is more walnut color. Is this normal for Malee burls to be this different in color? They had several of each color in the store, but both colors had the same name written in Japanese.
I had to enhance the pict a tad to give it more of a color as it appears in real. Originally, the "photo" had them close to the same color, but with my wife and a friend looking on, I adjusted the colors in Photoshop until they looked more like the real thing, and quite different in color.
About $18 for the two pieces 7/8 inch thick. Probably get 7 to 8 blanks from them but I would like to know if both are Malee burl.
Your opinions please. . .
One piece is more blond/redish in color and the other is more walnut color. Is this normal for Malee burls to be this different in color? They had several of each color in the store, but both colors had the same name written in Japanese.
I had to enhance the pict a tad to give it more of a color as it appears in real. Originally, the "photo" had them close to the same color, but with my wife and a friend looking on, I adjusted the colors in Photoshop until they looked more like the real thing, and quite different in color.
About $18 for the two pieces 7/8 inch thick. Probably get 7 to 8 blanks from them but I would like to know if both are Malee burl.
Your opinions please. . .