Your favorite woods to work with

[Orion]

When it comes to my favorite woods, I’m not talking about cutting them. Recently found a beautiful slab of maple at a local shop and I’m itching to use it for a table. What’s your favorite wood to admire or use in projects, not for cutting?

 

[Apex22]

I've always had a soft spot for oak. A few years ago, I crafted a small bench from it, and the grain still looks fantastic.

 

[hunting1]

I like quarter sawn oak but walnut is just beautiful.
I will say I was really pleased with a catalpa bookcase I made one time. Never had the pleasure of sawing any pecan and working with it but have always wanted to.

 

[Alan]

Heard pecan is great to work with, nice and stable, kind of a mix between hickory and walnut.

 

[Old Kiwi]

Tasmanian blackwood looks like black walnut bot much harder

 

[Alan]

Absolutely, it really does and definitely tougher.