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Originally Posted by murrmac123
No way.
Sapele pommele (to give it its correct name) , is and always has been widely available, mostly in veneer form.
The quilted figure is a function of how the tree is cut (ie it is not quartersawn).
Any sapele tree, cut judiciously, could yield sapele pommele.
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Uh, no - The quilted figure you see in Sapele, as well as with mahogany, and maple, and redwood, and many other woods is a result of growing conditions and genetics, not a result of a choice made when sawing any old log. You see it mostly in veneer as it is highly prized and valuable, and so it is made into veneer where you can get the best return/highest yield/greatest value -
If you consider quarter-sawn as being sawn with the annular rings perpendicular to the face of the board, most of these highly figured materials are not truly quarter-sawn as the grain runs all over the place, but they can be cut to be as quarter-sawn as possible. Usually though, really unusual logs like these are cut for maximum yield -