Mesquite Board M-515
2-3/4" x 8-1/4" x 3/4"
3/4 lb.
This is a very nice quarter-sawn board cut from the heart of the Mesquite log. The color is the reddish-brown of Mesquite heartwood, with a strong linear grain pattern.
The tail-ends of two pith-related radial cracks remain in one face (lower right side, top photo), made distinctive by a darker-brown spalt staining. Being the extreme tail ends of old growth cracks, they are quite tight and shallow, and should be no future problem, but the price reflects these "flaws". I see absolutely no other cracks, checks or flaws. Those light gray-black patches/stripes on the back side are just surface smudges from my less-than-clean jointer table!
2-3/4" x 8-1/4" x 3/4"
3/4 lb.
This is a very nice quarter-sawn board cut from the heart of the Mesquite log. The color is the reddish-brown of Mesquite heartwood, with a strong linear grain pattern.
The tail-ends of two pith-related radial cracks remain in one face (lower right side, top photo), made distinctive by a darker-brown spalt staining. Being the extreme tail ends of old growth cracks, they are quite tight and shallow, and should be no future problem, but the price reflects these "flaws". I see absolutely no other cracks, checks or flaws. Those light gray-black patches/stripes on the back side are just surface smudges from my less-than-clean jointer table!