My Martini...

[Matthew Tucker]

Originally Posted by Ken Smith

The Top wood seems hard, the Grain is very fine in the center but turns to slab grain in the outer flanks. This is a sign of a small tree.

I always thought going to slab grain at the flanks meant that the wood was not cut exactly on the quarter.

I have thought about what you said above again and again but I can't for the life of me see why this is a sign of a small tree?

Not that it matters all that much.