{"id":3548,"date":"2021-07-15T21:04:46","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T01:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.woodturningpens.com\/?p=3548"},"modified":"2021-07-15T21:04:46","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T01:04:46","slug":"bird-peck-hickory-and-cherry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.woodturningpens.com\/bird-peck-hickory-and-cherry\/","title":{"rendered":"Bird Peck Hickory and Cherry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Today’s bowls are Bird Peck Hickory<\/a> and Cherry<\/a>, both of which I have worked with before.<\/p>\n Hickory can be quite plain but today’s bowl shows a heavy figure known as “bird peck” although it has nothing to do with birds pecking at the tree. In fact, no one really knows what causes these types of figure but it is always a fortunate find to discover figure such as this when a tree is processed. Heavy figure of this type, including in Hickory, greatly increases the value of the timber. Also note that Hickory is HARD. In fact, it is the 6th hardest of the North American woods.<\/p>\n