4071 Whitebait, light MegaCurl Super Nice! 3″ x 39″ x 84″

3″ X   35″ to 44″   X 84″

7.5cm x  90cm  to 112cm  x 214cm

68 Board Feet.

Here are some of the qualities you can expect to see in this slab when it is finished:

MegaCurl.

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Whitebait.

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Super-satiny Active Grain.

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Here is a video clip of a slab that has a similar effect in the grain:

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3″ X   35″ to 44″   X 84″

7.5cm X  90cm  to 112cm  X 214cm

68 Board Feet.

Whitebait and light MegaCurl throughout. Active Grain for that super-satiny look from one end to the other, and side to side!

The iridescence in this slab is intense! The color-tone consistent throughout. There is strong fall-away on the two natural edges.

A killer 50,000-year-old piece of wood, and it can be yours today!

Here is a video clip of a slab that has a similar effect in the grain:niceactivegrainpic

We cut-up a sister to this slab to create some guitar billets. In the process we milled these billets, and you can see them lined-up on the slab (click to enlarge photo):

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The natural edges have great texture, and will be inviting to the touch on a finished tabletop. The fall-away of these natural edges is fairly strong on this slab.

This is a great prospect to be made into an extensive series of guitars- it is time to start your new signature series!

Regarding the cracks: You can see that it cracked during the drying process. While unfortunate, these cracks when treated properly become very interesting features in a finished top. As these cracks follow organic paths through the wood, it echos the existing grain in the slab.

If we were going to fill this crack, typically we would use epoxy, using a formula that adds an amber-color to the infill. This imitates an amber pocket that have occurred naturally in a living tree.

Here are some of the qualities you can expect to see in this slab when it is finished:

MegaCurl.

Rare mega curl grain characteristic seen in Ancientwood's Kahiko Table

Whitebait.

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Super-satiny Active Grain.

satinygrianexample