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Old 06-22-2014, 07:34 AM
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Old 06-22-2014, 07:51 AM
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There are some amazing bears out there! Who knew?!
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Edwinson Falcon with Alaska Bearclaw Sitka Spruce Top
With a bear claw bridge, too!
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Here is a good example of bearclaw in spruce. The technical term is hazelfichte.
Wow! That may be the nicest bearclaw I've ever seen. I'm jealous.
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I know what quilted mahogany looks like and the pieces you are referring too with similar lines are most famously from the tree and that figure is technically not quilted.
That's exactly what quilted is. The Tree is quilted not bearcloaw.

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Quilt or quilted maple refers to a type of "figure" in maple wood. It is seen on the tangential plane (flat-sawn) and looks like a wavy "quilted" pattern, often similar to ripples on water. It is a distortion of the grain pattern itself. Prized for its beauty, it is used frequently in the manufacturing of musical instruments especially guitars.
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Harvey, please! Turn it around
OK... normally I'd be hesitant to hijack a thread but this is even on topic I guess.


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That is simply stunning, Harvey!
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That is simply stunning, Harvey!
Thanks! Tree mahogany never disappoints
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I know some consider bearclaws as flaws in the wood, but I think they are a beautiful natural imperfection.
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