[Woodcarver] Softwood or Hardwood

[Tom Clarke]

Bob,

      The answer is easy as science or common answer. In science
a deciduous is hardwood and needle bearers are softwoods. In
common parlance there's a difference between "hard woods" and
"soft woods". Common parlance doesn't pay attention to where the
wood came from or what specie it belongs to, it's either hard or
it's soft. Hardwood and Softwood are scientific terms. Simple,
just spell properly (shuuuuuurrrre <g>) and thing's are fine.

Tom (nj) ;-)

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I've heard two different versions of the softwood vs hardwood
controversy. One says that all deciduous trees are "hardwood" and all
needle bearing trees are "softwood".

The other says that if you can leave a fingernail imprint in the wood
then its "softwood", which would be a more traditional description of
'soft vs hard'.

So what do you think?  Basswood is a deciduous tree yet you can leave
a
fingernail imprint in it.  Is it a "softwood" or a "hardwood"?
--


Bob Campanaro
re2camp at aol.com
Stowe, VT

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