Western Red Cedar
Western Red Cedar 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
- 350 lbf
- Grain
- straight, soft, aromatic
- Used for
- totems, masks, paddles, relief
- Ease of carving
- easy
- In the woodworking database
- Western Red Cedar
- Notes
- The Pacific Northwest carving wood for masks and poles; very soft, splits cleanly along the grain.
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