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Maple Lace Burl - - What is the Lace?

Started by Gilman, September 12, 2004, 01:05:57 AM

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Gilman

Saw a maple lace burl board listed on ebay, I was wondering what the lace part is?
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SwampDonkey

Its what we call curly maple or tiger striped maple. Here it is as a knife handle.

http://laramieknifeworks.com/gdpfiddlebackmaplephoto.html

It is most common with red maple and yellow birch.
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woodbeard

From the pictures I've seen of "lace burl" ( also common in redwood ) it looks like they are composed of lots of small pockets of burl, and the "lace" is the wood between them which is not burled, but twisted enough to give a lacy appearance.

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