I have a board in my shop with stripes of light and dark wood. I have milled some pieces for a box. I will post pictures of the box when finished.
I found this board at my suppliers store. The owner a $1 per board foot off the price because it had so much sap wood. It was 9bf when I bought it. (I did not tell him I choose the board because of the sap wood.) :biggrin:
By the way, of over 1000bf of Padauk in his bin, it was the only piece with sap wood. So I would still call it rare.
I have a pic of the board on my computer at home. I will edit and post it later this evening.
Here is an in process picture of the box and a picture of a section of the remaining board. (No the shelf in the backgroud is not leaning. I took the picture from the side to get enough light.)