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Old 01-08-2012, 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by murrmac123 View Post
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.
Thanks for clasrification. Which leads me to wonder if The Tree figure is also a result of not quartering the wood....?
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