Heres todays beautiful wood. It is Stabilized Redwood Burl. You don't see very much redwood with this kind of quality. It was amazing to work with and turned out very nice. The grain has some contrast and just zig zags every which way. You can almost see beneath the surface. Reminds of some agates that I polished years ago. That is another hobby that is very interesting, I haven't done any of it since I left Minn. years ago, I won't tell you when because that would give away my age