[Woodcarver] black gum

[Kathy Sylvest]

Is anyone familiar with black gum as a carving wood? My dad cut one up and
saved several chunks of the tree for me to try as a carving medium. I carved
away a small section of bark and found a very light, almost white, wood
underneath. It seemed to carve like butter, but, as I said, it was not very
deep. Dad says it is that way all the way through with not even rings
showing. It seems like it has almost no grain.

Does anybody know anymore about it? Anything will be a help before devoting
much time to trying it.


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Kathy L. Sylvest
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