Basswood
Basswood for carving: how hard it is, how the grain behaves under the knife and what carvers use it for.
- Janka hardness (lbf)Side hardness as published by The Wood Database
- 410 lbf
- Grain
- fine, even, almost no figure
- Used for
- whittling, relief, chip, figures
- Ease of carving
- easiest
- In the woodworking database
- Basswood
- Notes
- The default carving wood. Cuts cleanly with and across the grain, holds detail, takes paint well. Sold as blanks in every size.
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