[Woodcarver] What wood would you suggest?

[Linehan718 at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/19/2009 4:26:57 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
barnhardts at carolina.rr.com writes:

It’s in my mind to try to carve a  crucifix, notice I say try!! 
I have some good butternut for the  cross, but am tossing over whether or not 
to try to carve the corpus or buy  one.  If I carve it, what wood would you 
suggest to use since the  butternut is light.  A darker, good carving wood is 
what I’m  after. 
What would you  suggest? 
Barney  Barnhardt

Personally I suggest a nice straight grained Mahogany, hard enough to wear  
well but not too hard to carve. Wonderful color when finished.  Black walnut or 
cherry would be super but also super hard if you're  not used to it.

 
 
Maura
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