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Location: Scotland | "Bearclaw" Ceres asked that a while ago & I posted this:
Bearclaw figure, also known as "hazelficte" is a pattern in the grain which occurs sometimes in spruce. It's a rippling of the longitudinal fibres of the wood and is called Bearclaw because it can look like clawmarks. Unlike the figure in "tiger-stripe" or curly maple, the effect is random and assymetrical. Bearclaw Spruce carries a premium price because it usually occurs in older trees with tight grain structures which will produce very stiff, yet lightweight tops. It's also very pretty, and stiff lightweight spruce usually means killer tone.
Dubyatoo was more succinct. "It looks like stretchmarks" |
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