Butternut
Butternut 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
- 490 lbf
- Grain
- straight, coarse, visible growth rings
- Used for
- relief, figures, spoons
- Ease of carving
- easy
- In the woodworking database
- Butternut
- Notes
- Soft with a warm brown colour and a walnut-like look; carves nearly as easily as basswood and finishes well without paint.
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