The guy’s children were doing the sale and didn’t know what this is. It was too beautiful to pass up.

Here’s another angle. The pics are really close to the actual color.

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      Yeah, a bunch of 6” maple billets, a few small bowl blanks, some big turning blanks of various types. It was quite the sale. I bought some, then sat in my car for a bit before realizing I’d be foolish to let the opportunity go, and went back for more.

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    I could be totally wrong but it at least partially looks like a burl to me. Not sure what type of wood, though.

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    I’m no woodworker, but I’ll at least venture a naive guess and say birdseye maple. You said he’s got other chunks of maple, so maybe that was part of his maple stock?

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      I don’t think birdseye, but I considered quilted maple. I just haven’t seen it this reddish-orange before. Also, this has “fuzzy” textured areas that make me think more of a cedar like another person said.

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    That’s a human. You can tell by the distinctive phalanges and claws or “fingernails”.

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      Aha! Thank you!

      Is that the same as eastern red cedar? Looking it up, I see a forum discussion about how rare quilting is in this species. I’m going to have to ponder what to make that really does it justice. BTW, I’m certainly open to suggestions.

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        Its the same species but it’s not in the same family. It really is a rare specimen you’ve got there we don’t usually see them this far north.

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    That’s a weird and cool thing to collect. Do you plan to leave it as a block, carve out, or undetermined yet